Originally a wallpaper.
Original picture:
Starting with my base, cropped to 100X100 and sharpened once.
Take this by
inxsomniax and set to 100% overlay.
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The above texture was cut out from this larger one. Take this by
inxsomniax and set to 100% saturation.
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The above texture was cut out from this larger one. Duplicate your base once, bring to the top and set it to 100% soft light.
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Set this to 100% color, again, by
inxsomniax.
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Paste the texture in again and set it to darken 100%.
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The above texture was cut out from this larger one. Duplicate your base and bring it to the top, set to 100% hue.
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And if you want to do this last step, duplicate and bring to the top your base once again, and set to 100% luminosity.
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I also think adding a brush in black, and setting it to overlay or soft light looks snazzy.
This brush is by
haydens__hunnie.