Hope this finds you well!
What’s new at the Lab? Well, let’s seeee...
A larger batch of new textures this month - I added a new Subcategory to the Ink/Paint section, WATERCOLOR. A nice little handful of images in there for now - you gotta get started somewhere! There’s also some cool new stuff in the Stone section. Download anything or everything new in the...
2022-06-02 19:10:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! New one that'll go live to the public feed next week...
Here's my feeling about this video - it doesn't make the snappiest click-bait headline, but the subject it covers in Photoshop is just SO DANG USEFUL that I had to make the video!
I know a few of you pros have been using this layer setting - we've even had a few conversations about it. But for anyone who hasn't dug into using KNOCKOUT LAYERS in Photoshop, be sure to check this one out.<...
2022-05-23 17:41:04 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to @YourArtDude for pointing out a ridiculous oversight... Wednesday is May 4th, so yes, the Adobe Live stream is this Wednesday and Thursday 12PM-2PM PST!
Hey everyone, hope your month is off to great start!
Texturelabs on Adobe Live! With Wednesday being May 4th (“May the 4th Be With You”), we’ll be creating some Star Wars-themed propaganda posters.
Lots of good old-fashioned Texturel...
2022-05-02 21:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, new tutorial alert!
COMIC BOOK STYLE EFFECTS IN PHOTOSHOP
A few old Texturelabs tricks in this one… plus a few new ...
2022-04-12 18:25:22 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I hope March wrapped up nicely for you and all is well! I had a nice little getaway last week - drove to Southern CA to see some family and a few close friends for the first time since 2020. As always, brought the camera gear long and made a few extra stops to shoot some images for the site. I'm pretty excited about some of the new textures... check out the NEWEST section on the site! Uh oh - jus...
2022-04-02 01:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I stepped out of Photoshop plugin-mode to create a new tutorial… we’re back in After Effects! I’m opening up the books on this one and sharing a method I’ve used again and again when working on movie trailer graphics. It's a versatile setup - hopefully I won’t have any clients see that these looks can be built in 15 minutes :)
Here’s a link to the prereleas...
2022-03-22 16:29:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
Here we go!!! After many many weeks of working on this thing, I’ve got a Beta version of the Texturelabs Real 3D Plugin for Photoshop ready to go. The plugin is built using the new Abode CCX format, which is only compatible with the latest versions of Photoshop (2022… possibly 2021).
I’ll probably still fuss with the panel layout a bit - I also want to inc...
2022-03-09 22:49:50 +0000 UTC View PostTHIS MONTH: Texturelabs 3D Extrude Plugin, Upcoming Adobe Live Stream, Pencil Sketch Tutorial, New Textures!
Hello everyone!
Well I've been absolutely glued to the screen this month, getting close to wrapping up something I'm very excited to announce... the first Texturelabs Plugin for Photoshop!
As you likely know, the native 3D workspace is being ...
2022-03-01 21:31:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Just uploaded a new tutorial! This will go out to the "masses" next week, but here’s a link for you to check it out now :)
Sometimes it’s worth digging a little deeper into tools I’ve taken a look at in previous videos. The Art History Brush is certain...
2022-02-11 22:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Wrapping up the first month of the year…. That went fast!
Round 1 of updates to the Texturelabs site! I’ve got a list of things I want to accomplish, and will be rolling out changes to the site one at a time. So, along with sending out this post, I’ll be pushing the first updates to the site. Please let me know if the updates cause any issues for you (t...
2022-02-01 17:34:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Hope the year is off to a great start!
So… Before I started the first Texturelabs tutorial, I made a list of ideas. This video, no kidding, was the very first thing on the list. It was also a video I thought I’d never make. Where would I start? How could I explain the logic of this strange effect? It’s an effect that, without question, I’ve spent the most time noodling with over the years in After Effects. With so many possibilities, what would I focus on? 2022-01-21 20:53:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope the year is wrapping up nicely for you and you’re looking forward to 2022! Let’s see if this decade can manage anything like a normal year…
I’m mixing it up for the end of the year with a Patreon-only video update! A little behind-the-scenes here at the lab and of course a huge thank you for your support. Here’s a link!
2021-12-30 19:30:37 +0000 UTC
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I’ve got new tutorial here that just finished uploading! It’s a fun approach to creating collage portraits and images in Photoshop - but I think could also be used in a number of other ways to combine texture and imagery. The effect stays completely live, so there’s tons of room to experiment.
Here’s the link for the prerelease vid -
Alright! New tutorial link for you guys… I’m excited about this one, thanks for your patience. It’s a very simple setup in After Effects to create this organic illustrated look:
I do spend a few extra minutes getting into the details of how and why it works - I’m hoping that’ll make...
2021-12-08 20:45:21 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
A huge thank you as always for your continued support, and an enthusiastic welcome to all new Patreons! A quick update this month. It's business as usual here in the lab - some new textures, a new tutorial along with some halftone patterns, and a tutorial that I’ll have wrapped up in the next few days!
TUTORIALS
2021-12-01 17:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Just posted a new tutorial for release next week! This one took me a bit longer than I had planned, but I just kept having ideas for things to add to it. While it’s branded as “Turn An Image Into Stars”, I think there are some interesting applications well beyond that. Especially with the extra set of patterns for Patreon supporters - be sure to check those out!
Another MAGIC PATTERN! Turn an image into stars in Photoshop 2021-11-18 20:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Happy Halloween!
It was a seemingly uneventful month here… up until the West Coast megastorm showed up and knocked down a tree and flooding our property, taking out our power, phone and internet! All is well now, but there's still a huge mess to clean up. I know a few of you guys are also in the Northern CA area… everybody good? I’m also seeing news that the East Coast may be experiencing a similar event at this very moment. To our East Coast friends - hang in ...
2021-10-30 18:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Just uploaded a new tutorial for release next week… It’s more of an everyday timesaver tip, but one I use just about every day for quickly converting black & white to black & transparent, white & transparent, or a solid color & transparent. Here’s the unlisted link:
2021-10-28 17:48:58 +0000 UTC
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New tutorial alert! This one required a bit of extra coffee - I gave myself the challenge of building the same thing in both Photoshop and After Effects. I thought it would be interesting to see what we could learn about the similarities and differences between the two. Turned out to be a fun experiment, hope you enjoy.
It’ll go live next week - here’s a priva...
2021-10-15 17:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Hope you’ve had a great month. A huge thank you and welcome to the new Patreon members this month… glad to have you on board! All is well here. I’m slowly getting my studio space dialed in after the move earlier in the summer. I'm looking forward to shooting some behind-the-scenes, I’ve just got to make the time to pick up some paint and get this Electric Kiwi Green color off the walls. I can’t let that go on the permanent record.
The latest this month:
... 2021-10-01 15:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone-
A quick update with a new feature for the Patreon Expert supporters!
I’m releasing all videos a week early as an extra benefit… just one more way I figure I can express my gratitude for your support.
Sidetone - I know there have been a few requests for other features on Patreon, the most popular probably being bulk downloads. Workin’ on it!
So I’ve just wrapped up a 2021 update on the stenciled spray paint effect in Photoshop. Initially, I mapped ...
2021-09-22 17:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Hope it’s been a great month for you! To the new Patreon supporters this month - a huge thank you and welcome to the project. Of course, my continued thanks and high fives to everyone here!
NEW TEXTURES
I’ve been in the zone this month working on grungy paper… It’s funny how obsessive one can get trying to create distress and details that look accidental. In any case, it’s been a fun mess to make. Most of the new textures ended up in ...
2021-09-01 01:36:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Hope you’re enjoying the summer. It was an exciting month here with the big move - we’re a family of four so, needless to say, a lot of boxes were involved. Slowly sorting through things and getting the new space in order. My studio space is currently painted a color called "Kiwi Kiss", so new paint is at the top of the list. I did manage to get some Texture days in this month though - there’s a great overgrown old cemetery just down the street, so I spent...
2021-08-01 18:02:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Hope you’re doing well. Busy month here! I hope some of the new vector elements on the site will prove to be useful. My favorite elements are definitely the simple ones - I’ve used some of the basic sun ray patterns over and over again.
It was good for me to take a breather from the tutorials and focus on the new section of the site. The dark secret about the tutorials is that they take me FOREVER to create… on average, it’s about 6 days for a 10-12 ...
2021-06-30 22:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone -
Quick update, I just launched the vector category of the site! For now, it's just over 200 assets to get things started... some handy basic shapes, geometric background elements, and a few elements that I've illustrated over the years that have continued to be useful.
By the way, I had to do a bit of housekeeping on the site as well - I realized it was storing the records of about 450,000 textur...
2021-06-23 23:16:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
In addition to being super-flower-magic-blood-moon month, the cosmic calendar also lined up to be a 3 tutorial month… I hope you found something useful in the new additions to the library.
I’m hoping the tutorial portion of the site will scratch the itch for new project ideas for just a bit, as I feel pressed to shift some energy over to building up the texture library this month. In addition to expand the existing sections, my intention is to launch the ...
2021-06-01 01:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostI'll start...
I'm Brady Erickson, originally from LA but now in the San Francisco Bay area.
I've spent the last 17 years primarily working in the film industry. About 50% of my work has been graphics for trailers (Deadpool, The Hobbit, Mary Poppins, Suicide Squad), 30% has been title sequences (Now You See Me, the Step Up franchise haha, Vacation, indie stuff), and the other 20% has been random stuff (been doing a lot of graphics for Will Smith's instagram, which has actually been...
2021-05-01 04:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Well... it seems that the Youtube algorithm has discovered the Texturelabs project! In the previous months, views had gone up to about 1000 per day (which I was very excited about). Then, out of the blue, the Engraving tutorial from January must have triggered a turbo boost switch. I logged into YouTube and was looking at 50,000 views in a single day…. WHAT!!??
That also made for a very exciting month here in the Patreon group. So I’m thrilled to welcome new supp...
2021-05-01 04:36:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Hope all is well with you!
All good here at the lab; a couple new tutorials and a few coming up that I’m really excited about. I’ve been digging deep into this Art History Brush Tool - have you guys experimented with this thing? At first it seems a little gimmicky, but once you start really tuning in some custom brushes, you can get some INSANE looks out of it. I’m working on a tutorial to create an Oil Paint look this month, so I’ll probably make one set of ...
2021-04-02 02:56:26 +0000 UTC View Post