Linen Love: Create Realistic Fabric Texture for Your Patterns in Photoshop

[@AngelaDale-y2g]

Fabulous tutorial! Thanks very much.

[@lizziloony]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Exactly what I needed and you made it SO easy! :)

[@KaterinaBuscemi]

Great tutorial, Mel, thanks! I wondered if you knew of a way of isolating which layers are applied to the blend mode. For instance if I have a pattern and I want to add a texture but also a colored background but I don’t want the colored background to get applied to the blend mode.

[@melarmstrong7988]

You can do this by using groups. So group all the layers of your pattern (not the background) and apply the blending mode to that group. The background will be isolated and won't have the blend mode applied. I hope that makes sense.

[@KaterinaBuscemi]

@@melarmstrong7988 you’re an angel, thank you so much! I’ve been looking for this answer for ages

[@KaterinaBuscemi]

@@melarmstrong7988 do I need to apply a layer mask to the texture layer to prevent it from being visible on the transparent part of the pattern layer? I was hoping there was an option I could check to just affect the opaque portions

[@maykerscorner]

Thank you so much for sharing how to do this! You really make learning new techniques easy! Can’t wait to try this!

[@MelArmstrong]

Oh...thanks for your lovely comment! Have fun trying this technique.

[@orlamdc]

Really nice tutorial. Thank you for sharing. ☘

[@melsgil484]

Thank you so much! I was really admiring this effect

[@MelArmstrong]

Awesome! So glad it was helpful.

[@mitamarcus1916]

Thank you so much for sharing Mel!

[@MelArmstrong]

You're welcome!

[@illustrationfannyHH]

Very interesting tutorial Mel. Thank you so so much. I also would use the brush in clear mode to homogenize a bit the dark areas. What do you think?

[@AnneLaFollette1]

Fantastic Mel! Thank you so much! ❤

[@MelArmstrong]

So glad it was helpful Anne. Feel free to share!! Thanks so much!

[@amiemilton2981]

Thank you, this is a great and helpful tutorial!

[@MelArmstrong]

Fabulous! So glad you found it helpful!

[@DanielaGlassop]

Great tips Mel; thank you.

[@MelArmstrong]

You are so welcome!

[@dianegibbs]

This is very cool, you make it look so easy! Thanks Mel!

[@MelArmstrong]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@Giomagia]

Cool Mel, thanks sharing this technique

[@MelArmstrong]

You’re welcome! So glad it’s helpful for you!

[@petaoloughlin3473]

That was so interesting. I'll be giving that a go. Thanks.

[@MelArmstrong]

Fabulous Peta!

[@julielopez5678]

awesome! thank you for the great tutorial! been wanting to do this for some time but didn't know how!

[@MelArmstrong]

Fabulous! So glad it was helpful!

[@AutumnHathaway]

This is a great video Mel! Eactly what I needed to know. ✨

[@MelArmstrong]

Fabulous Autumn!

[@flossiphyart6332]

Brilliant Mel... thanks

[@MelArmstrong]

You're welcome!

[@cec2394]

thank you Mel, cool tip!

[@MelArmstrong]

No Problem. I hope it was helpful.

[@leannepayne1000]

this is fantastic, thanks Mel

[@MelArmstrong]

Enjoy! I'm working on a tutorial to do this in Procreate as well.

[@JulieEngerer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MelArmstrong]

You're welcome!

[@monashabanpour]

That was great and useful, thank you ❤

[@MelArmstrong]

So happy it was useful.

[@HeidiPALLADINO]

I like how the transparent linen texture changes color as it is laid over the colors below it. (e.g. it become a darker pink over the pink, a darker teal over the teal, etc.) Is it possible to get this same look in a vector format?)

[@MelArmstrong]

I haven't been very successful in creating a brush that will do this in Illustrator like I do it in Photoshop, but you can do it using filters. I will be doing a tutorial on how to do that.

[@HeidiPALLADINO]

@@MelArmstrong Wonderful! Thank you so much!

[@jaspalette]

brilliant! I have a question Mel: Do we need to remove the texture when send to print?Or it will print double texture?

[@MelArmstrong]

It's really up to you and also what you're printing it on. You may not want this texture if you're printing on Linen fabric for example. But I use it in a lot of my designs and it prints well on a lot of fabric and art prints.

[@jaspalette]

@@MelArmstrong Got it, thank you so much for sharing this, Mel!!! So excited to try this

[@laurascarfo3240]

Can you create this brush in Procreate?

[@MelArmstrong]

Yes, you can. Tutorial in the works!! 😀

[@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552]

That would be greatly appreciated Mel! Love you videos can I send you my first attempt at a pattern😀