Honesty (texture tutorial and recipe)

by | Tutorials

In this quick and easy texture tutorial, I’ll illustrate how I transformed this photo of honesty in a bottle into something more painterly and rich. Mouseover the photo to see the before and after effects. The textures come from Flypaper Tex Box 1 texture pack.

The first texture I tried was Pompeii stucco, an easy-to-use texture that adds depth.

I opened the texture in photoshop and dragged it on top of my photo, don’t worry if your texture is a different size or shape from your image, just resize to fit.
Once your texture is covering your image, have a play with the blending modes and opacities. Here it is at Soft Light 47%
I rarely use just one texture on an image so I tried some more and ended up using a layer of Necropolis at Overlay -40%  and a layer of Elysium at Colour burn -14%
 
Just a quick curves adjustment layer to tweak the tone and contrast a little. Click “Create new fill or adjustment layer” button at the bottom of your layers pallet  and selecting curves from the drop down list.
And we’re done!