Textures

It may or may not have been evident in my design practice posts but for this project I wish to use textures in some way. Only very recently have I discovered how to create this effect in Illustrator, but it definitely a skill that I will take forward and try to execute to the best of my ability. In order to create interesting textures you first need to have a library of stock images. This I was finding hard as all the images I could find where quite generic and samey, however then I found lostandtaken.com. Its got an incredibly large gallery full of all sorts of interesting textures. Below is just one example of what I mean.