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[TroDuS]

Hey guys,

 

today I gotta ask you something about "creating a straw/hay texture". My problem in general is, that I don't know how to create this kind of overlapping alpha texture in photoshop. I mean there are some strokes which go farther than the "plain texture" and I just don't know how to do this in a realistic way. I tried to "brush" it on the texture by using a "hair brush", but that ended out, having unsatisfying results. That's why I am asking you to help me out with tips, tutorial-links or any suggestions. I already know how to create an alpha layer, but I can't proceed the creative step of create the strokes.

 

I would totally appreciate help here.

Edited by TroDuS, 10 February 2014 - 03:35 PM.

[Irenë Hawnetyne]

Honestly? Most modders just use royalty free textures instead of brush strokes.

[Mathijs]

I usually do what Irenë said...

 

But!

 

I know how to do it by hand.

 

Grey surface > slightly darker grey brush on overlay (small, around 3p) > stroke stroke stroke > dodge brush around 45% hardness and opacity (small, around 3pp) > stroke stroke stroke > burn brush around 25% hardness and opacity (small, around 3p) > stroke stroke stroke > CTRL-U, colourize, change hue to golden-ish), then attack it with the dodge brush again. That should get some results.

[Pasidon]

If you don't know how to draw something, look up a real picture and it will show you.

[TroDuS]

Honestly? Most modders just use royalty free textures instead of brush strokes.

And where do I get such specific alpha-textures from? And don't give me a cgtextures-link now, cause there are just "plain" textures...

 

I usually do what Irenë said...

 

But!

 

I know how to do it by hand.

 

Grey surface > slightly darker grey brush on overlay (small, around 3p) > stroke stroke stroke > dodge brush around 45% hardness and opacity (small, around 3pp) > stroke stroke stroke > burn brush around 25% hardness and opacity (small, around 3p) > stroke stroke stroke > CTRL-U, colourize, change hue to golden-ish), then attack it with the dodge brush again. That should get some results.

Thank you very much

[Irenë Hawnetyne]

Just search it on Google Images with the usage rights setting on 'labeled for reuse with modification'. Simples.

 

Personally, I like mayang.com's textures

[TroDuS]

Just search it on Google Images with the usage rights setting on 'labeled for reuse with modification'. Simples.

 

Personally, I like mayang.com's textures

Uhhm. I guees you didn't really understand what I was looking for. Again: I am not looking for pure or so called "plain" textures of specific forms like straw or hay. My Problem is to find a "technique" to create overlapping straw, which goes over the titled edge of the texture, to be used with an alphachannel.

Edited by TroDuS, 10 February 2014 - 09:51 PM.