Rust textures~

Today we looked at making a rusty corrugated iron texture. First we  made long thin selection and filled it with a gradient so the two sides of the selection were black with a white middle bit. We then went into edit > define pattern. We then selected the whole canvas and selected edit > fill and chose the pattern we just made to get this. 

Next we made a new layer with rendered clouds on  it and a crystallized effect and set it to multiply. 

Then with an orangey-red colour  we brushed on some rust on a new layer with a big soft low opacity brush set to multiply to get this. 

 For a little extra touch we set the rectangular marquee tool to fixed size and entered in a third of the canvas size and selected the left third of the canvas of the rust layer. We then added shadows with the same brush with a dark grey until it looked like three separate panals.

I then used the same big soft brush on a brushed steel file to get another rusty look. 

Lighting effects in photoshop

Today we had a closer look at using lighting effects in Photoshop to make 'rocky' textures and 'raised' effects.

As you can see this simple rock texture was made by simply rendering clouds on a normal layer and also on a new layer in the 'channels' area, then going into render > lighting effects and setting the texture to Alpha 1. 

As you can see this technique can be used for giving a 'raised' or 'etched' look as well.

As you can see I used this technique to make this quick brick wall.

Research

The first thing we did after reading the brief was to go out and take pictures of streets and the different textures there so we know where to start with our textures. I researched a couple of streets and decided picked up a few aspects of the streets I really liked like cobbled streets and old houses but I also like modern buildings like the Plymouth college of art building. Thinking over this I decided that I wanted to have an old fashioned street but with modern things built on top, and with this idea I went on to research old fashioned houses and sci-fi houses. 

 I like this picture because of the way the raised bit's are nice and clean looking while the rest is rusty, it would be good for a floor texture.

 I really liked this picture because of the yellow patches, it would be a good texture for an old wall.

 I like this picture because of the way the light falls on the different layer's of rock, this would be a good texture for a wall of rock.

 I like this picture because of the yellow mould (?), this texture could be used for a floor or wall.

 I really liked this picture because of the ivy, I think it'd make a good wall texture.

 I think this picture is good as you can see the different depths of the rock and cement, this would make a good wall texture.

 I really likes these bricks because of the grunge all over it and I think it'd make a good old wall texture.

I liked this picture of tree bark a lot because of how rough the bark is, it would make a good texture for a tree.

Here are the rest of the pictures I took.