Free Paper Textures and Tutorial

Jan 7, 2017 | Free Stuff, Maps and Infographics

Hibbay | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

Drawing by hibbay. Click for more of her awesome work.

I do a lot of my own design work, and I know that many of you do, too. I guess it’s one of the perks of being an Indie author; for better or worse, the only limit to what we do is our imagination. And our skills. Which is why I thought you’d enjoy these links that explain how to make your own dyed paper textures, and lets you download dozens of paper backgrounds – for free! These work great as a background for any of your ads, like Facebook ads etc.

Many thanks to Hillary Luetkemeyer, aka hibbay, for sharing her amazing talent with us!

You can download 16 paper textures from Hillary’s DeviantArt page.
You can download 15 more paper textures here
You can also download 30 paper textures for free from Graphic Mania
And you can follow Hillary’s instructions to make your own dyed paper (tutorial found on her DeviantArt page):

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Free Paper Textures and Tutorial

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22 Comments

Tara Sparling on January 16, 2017 at 18:07

What a great idea for blog or social media banners as much as anything else! Maybe I should take pictures of some of the pages in old books I have myself too. But now I have to go and write witty one-liners to go on them. Thanks, Nick.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 16, 2017 at 23:02
  
  Witty one-liner is your middle name, so I doubt that will be a problem for you.
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  - Tara Sparling on January 17, 2017 at 00:11
    
    Oh no. The pressure!
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    - Nicholas C. Rossis on January 17, 2017 at 11:51
      
      Just take the cooker off the stove and you’ll be fine.
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Cheryllynn Dyess on January 9, 2017 at 18:18

Oh wow, what a great find for this morning! Nicholas, thank you for sharing this! I am now going to go play with all these …
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 9, 2017 at 18:56
  
  Yay! Have fun 🙂
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Leslie on January 8, 2017 at 13:13

Wow, great post! I’ve just started doing my own designing and these are gorgeous.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 8, 2017 at 16:02
  
  Wonderful! I hope you find these useful, then 🙂
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dgkaye on January 7, 2017 at 23:46

Fantastic article and tips Nicholas. And thanks for sharing the downloadable links. I’m off to download for social media backgrounds. 🙂
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 8, 2017 at 11:09
  
  Yay! Good stuff 🙂
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  - dgkaye on January 8, 2017 at 18:39
    
    🙂
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D. Wallace Peach on January 7, 2017 at 20:30

Oh Cool! Thanks for the tutorial. And the link to Hillary’s artwork. It’s stunning! Happy New Year!
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 7, 2017 at 22:46
  
  She’s amazing, isn’t she?
  
  Happy New Year, D! May it bring nothing but joy 🙂
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  - D. Wallace Peach on January 8, 2017 at 01:04
    
    Beautiful work. That dragon drew my eye instantly 😀
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Let's CUT the Crap! on January 7, 2017 at 18:54

Fabulous. Thank you, Nicholas. 😛
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 7, 2017 at 22:46
  
  A pleasure. I hope you find it useful 🙂
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beetleypete on January 7, 2017 at 17:46

More great tips from The King of Tips. Thanks very much, Nicholas.
Best wishes, Pete.
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 7, 2017 at 18:28
  
  Lol – now I feel like royalty! Thank you, Pete 😀
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Gwen Plano on January 7, 2017 at 17:32

Amazing process! Thank you for explaining how it is done….
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 7, 2017 at 18:27
  
  Thank you, Gwen 😀
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John Fioravanti on January 7, 2017 at 17:19

Thanks for the helpful post today, Nicholas. All the best to you and your family in 2017!
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- Nicholas C. Rossis on January 7, 2017 at 18:27
  
  You too, John! May 2017 bring you nothing but joy and success 😀
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