Established in 2016, True Grit Texture Supply was founded by designer Andrew Fairclough as a resource that would provide graphic designers with “the best digital texturing tools money can buy.”
Achieving the look of realistic texturing in design projects can be a time-consuming endeavor. Skilled in creating digital textures from real source materials, Andrew shared some of his work in the online courses he taught. After his students inquired about the retail availability of the textures and tools he had made, the idea for establishing True Grit Texture Supply soon followed.
The design studio makes it easy to add distressing, grain, and halftones through handmade texturing tools, thanks to Andrew’s attention to detail and his love for creative experimentation. True Grit Texture Supply is a popular choice for visual creators of all kinds, including game designers, illustrators, comic makers, apparel designers, and designers working in the film and music industries.
One of our favorite design assets from True Grit Texture Supply is Lithotone Distressed Pattern Brushes for Photoshop, a collection that will take you on “a digital trip back to the 70s when Letraset dry-transfer pattern stencils were the tool of choice for zine makers and lo-fi artists everywhere.”
Lithotone Distressed Pattern Brushes for Photoshop features distressed pattern textures and brush presets that make it a snap to create distressed patterns and gloriously textured shading in digital illustrations.
This toolkit includes everything you need to add a diverse range of texturing to your work, including noise, donut sprinkles, sneaker crackle, brush strokes, splatter, and even fabric textures that repeat endlessly for seamless application.
Lithotone Distressed Pattern Brushes for Photoshop includes 244 lightly distressed pattern brushes and 24 pressure-sensitive shader brushes. This design asset offers a wide variety of more than 60 textures that include TV static, geometrics, op-art, linework, stars, wood grain, brick, pointillism, plaid, houndstooth, and many more.
This design toolkit is perfect for adding realistic textures to everything from displays and signage to advertising, logos, marketing materials, product packaging, merchandise, apparel, website designs, posters, publishing applications, album artwork, digital illustrations and collage, comic illustrations, social media imagery, and so much more.
The pressure-sensitive precision brush tips in Lithotone Distressed Pattern Brushes for Photoshop enable designers to fill tight spots with pin-point accuracy or flood large swaths of an illustration with speed and ease — and without obvious seams. Tablet-optimized brushes build up and respond to increased pen pressure and repeated brushes to create perfectly-painted distressed gradients every time.
While Lithotone Distressed Pattern Brushes for Photoshop are recommended for intermediate to expert Photoshop users, this product includes an easy-to-follow installation guide, a detailed brush user guide, a comprehensive video tutorial, and a thumbnail cheat sheet. All brushes are grouped and categorized for easy navigation and brush selection.
True Grit Texture Supply recommends using Adobe Photoshop CS6 or higher on a computer with a 2.4ghz processor or higher. While 8gb of RAM are required, 16+ are recommended.
True Grit Texture Supply currently offers 26 products through YouWorkForThem, offering a wide variety of distressed texturing tools for design projects of all kinds. Visit their portfolio to take a look at the rest of their products and bookmark it so you won’t miss out on future additions!
