DataLife Engine - Softnews Media Group

A collection of 40 high resolution distressed graphic textures and design elements.

This collection was inspired by the abstract 'cut & paste' style made popular by graphic designers David Carson and Chris Ashworth in their work for Ray Gun magazine.

Dirty ink marks, distorted fax prints, photocopies, dry transfers, distressed typographic elements, crop marks, colour bars, halftones, grids, arrows, lines, cardboard, registration marks and various analogue elements are all included.

Layer up and combine elements. experimenting with blending effects in Photoshop to create unique designs for your print or screen based projects.

Cut, paste, sample and resize to build up interesting collage effects.

What's included:

40 black high resolution, transparent PNG files measuring 420 x 594mm (A2) / 4,961 x 7,016 pixels

40 white high resolution, transparent PNG files measuring 420 x 594mm (A2) / 4,961 x 7,016 pixels

40 greyscale high resolution, TIFF files measuring 420 x 594mm (A2) / 4,961 x 7,016 pixels. These can be placed in Adobe Illustrator artwork for colour editing.

An Adobe Photoshop template with all 40 of the textures on separate layers which can be toggled on or off and also allows for control of blending modes including colour control.
A visual reference guide in PDF format.

Requirements:

The transparent PNG files can be imported into any application that supports them.
The TIFF files can be imported into any application that supports them.
The Photoshop template requires a copy of Photoshop CS or later and a basic knowledge of working with layers and blending modes.

Tags: Abstract, Textures, Items