Challenge Thirty-Nine: Tons of Textures

[luminousdaze]

Challenge Thirty-Nine: Tons of Textures
NEW Deadline:Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11PM [Pacific Daylight]
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For this challenge your icons must feature at least one of the provided textures linked below used in a way that is visible (fake background, frame/edges, screen layer decoration, coloring enhancement, overlay layer etc). You can adjust the textures however you like but you must use at least one of the provided/linked textures on your icons.



Shire Icontest Rules:

♣ You may use the images provided and/or find your own.
♣ You may enter up to 5 icons.
♣ You may use textures, brushes, blending and/or text. Anything but animation.

*Remember: You may only use 1 movie image 3 times and this includes any variations or blends done.
♣ This contest will be anonymous, so please do not post your challenge icons elsewhere, including your own journal or your public galleries until after the voting has closed.
♣You may use any images from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy films on your icons.
♣ As always you may use screen caps, stills or character pictures.
♣ Enter by posting your icons in a comment below along with direct links.
Example:


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/mer_manatee/All%20Graphics%20Main%20Archives/LOTR_Things/898035_original.png
♥ suggestion: have fun!
You have 14 days to enter this challenge.

LotR galleries are linked in a comment to this entry due to formatting complications.

New to textures?

Here are some short tutorials (not on LJ):
Awesome techniques for using textures.
Enhancing a portrait with textures

If for any reason you're not able to download the texture packs, please comment & I can post individual textures from the sets for you to use (sorry I will not re-post all of them just a small selection).

{{Provided Textures (over 200 in total!)}}



Oh, And Don't Forget To Breathe by lookslikerain on DeviantArt



Tear Me To Pieces by lookslikerain on DeviantArt
(complete previews of these two sets here at soaked)



Vintage by innocentLexys on DeviantArt



Elea 2 by innocentLexys on DeviantArt



Decorative Damask by mellowmint on DeviantArt