Last week we gave out some free Batik vectors. In that post, I mentioned that if anyone wanted the patterns as Photoshop patterns, I’d be glad to share them. Well, you asked, and I’ve finally come through.

In this pack of Photoshop patterns I have 6 different color schemes ranging from nice to WEIRD. There is a 500px wide and a 250px wide version of each pattern. Have fun my friends! Let us know if you do anything wonderful with them.

Download the Batik Photoshop Patterns (.pat)

Download the Batik Photoshop Patterns (.png)

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Here’s a neat effect that I happened upon by accident. It’s a really simple Photoshop trick that results in a cool little watercolory smudge. Now you may be thinking, “You fool! Why bother with this? What could you even use this for?” The answer, my friend, is anything your heart desires. They make great ambient backgrounds, nice accents, and are just a fun thing to throw into your composition when you need a bit of subtle color.

Step 1:

The first step is creating a new layer with a transparent background and dragging a small radial gradient onto it. Make sure you don’t bring the gradient to the edge of your canvas, as you’ll have to stretch it in the next step.

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