#textures and patterns

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Cute every time

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Textures and patterns / ©all rights reserved / htm.studios/2024/543

[daveamisdpda]

Shadow play…

This is more experimenting with shadow shots to create semi-abstract images. There's an intentional focus on textures and patterns with these ones. This is taking the everyday and unnoticed, and through cropping, creating something with a semi-abstract quality to it. I'm having fun doing this:)

Shot: 16.08.25

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Mononoke (2007) gifs

Amazing patterns, textures and colours in Mononoke. Some amazing work has been done to animate the series. A bit of a niche thing, but highly recommend for any anime fans.

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I have a new tutorial out today! I love this one, it looks so intricate and grabs attention and you won’t believe how easy this is to make! Follow along with me on Youtube as I create this texture and show you how to make a glass style text effect with it. Plus go to Prettywebz.com and download free textures in the shop!

How to Make Unique Glitter Tile Texture in Photoshop

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Patterns & Textures: Floral

Floral pattern and flower socks are a way to bring some spring to your step no matter what season it really is. All those pretty petals freshen up any look, which must be why floral socks are so popular!

That’s definitely part of why Sock Dreams has a lot of different flower pattern socks, though we’re also just suckers for a good floral. There are a couple of loosely categorisable flavours of flower socks, from overflowingly abundant to general motif, and then, that most classic option: floral lace.

We’ve talked about our floral socks before, but although we’ve looked at floral meanings and flowery holidays and places, we haven’t really sat down to categorise general floral pattern types.

What’s a floral pattern?

My friend, what isn’t? If it’s got some plant in a stage of bloom, then it’s a floral.

We try to reign it in, you won’t find us classifying some bloomless twisting vine pattern as “floral”, but we hop on any flower showing it’s pretty petaled face with the same fervour we cheer the emerging buds of daffodils and crocus as harbingers of spring.

Abundantly Floral Socks

For me, what defines an abundantly floral sock is naming the sock style after the particular flower on display and making it the centrepiece of the sock show. Ozone’s various flower sock lines are basically the acme of the abundantly floral style.

Between their marvelously magical Witches’ Garden collection,

On left: Fairy Gloves Crew On right: Belladonna Crew

To their earthier Apothecary Florals collection,

On left: Echinacea Crew On right: Marigold Crew

They’ve already claimed the corner on fabulous flower socks. But, then you throw in all their other styles, which aren’t quite as intensely floral (but are still very flowery), and Ozone is clearly the prizewinning rose here.

Nordic Stripe Crew

In close competition, however, is Sweet Marcel. Though the styles are named after people of note, not flowers, the patterns themselves are often inspired by florals and flowers from those people’s lives.

On left: Frida Crew On right: Jean Crew

The bold colours and dense patterning make them pretty abundantly floral, in my opinion.

Generally, Flower Socks

These might be the most common flower pattern socks. They’re rarely so rich with flowers that one could confuse them with abundantly floral, but they don’t just put one bloom on there and call it good.

Our Dreamer Socks florals fall into this category, with both bold and subtle all-over patterns that sedately march from toes to tops.

On left: Dreamer Lotus Thigh High On right: Dreamer Jacquard Flowering Vine OTK

Another good example of this more moderate floral is Stance. Thanks to their dedication to dense patterns and printing, their array of options ranges from sporty,

On left: Briar Midcalf On right: Ferny Midcalf

To styles that could almost be abundant, though they're far less common than the sportier options.

On left: Yumas Midcalf Center: Lotus Rihanna Midcalf

And, with their ever-changing line-up of options, there’s always going to be a Stance sock that offers fresh florals and their trademark fabulous fit!

Classic Floral Lace

Now, not all lace has a floral pattern, just most of it. That means many of our lace socks and stockings can also be categorised as florals! Think of the big rose patterns floating between sheer panels of net, or scallop-edged lace trim filled with flowers. They’re soft and femme, but often rendered in black, so they’re perfect for soft goth feels and sensuously bold statements.

Probably the brand with the most floral lace is Leg Avenue, who loves their lace cuffs! Some are stay ups, with silicone grips hiding behind that pretty lace, and some are just big bold bands of lace finishing off already stunning stockings.

Sheer Vertical Striped Stockings with Lace

Of course, they also have fully floral options, not just in stockings, but tights and accessories too! From their cornerstone black floral lace to some uniquely gorgeous patterns in net, Leg Avenue has floral lace on lock.

On left: Floral Vine Net Tights On right: Stretch Lace Wrist-Length Gloves

Of course, our flower socks encompass more than these three basic groups, there are about as many variants as there are common species of cultivated roses. So, take a walk through our garden of socks and see what gets you buzzing like a bee!

Delicate Flower Crew

Because, even if you don’t have a green thumb, it’s the middle of winter and nobody has ever given you flowers, flower socks are a bouquet you give yourself every time you wear them. ♥

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[daveamisdpda]

An expired creeper…

The support structure of a now expired creeper left on a riverside tree. There was something about the patterns and textures that caught my eye, and prompted me to press the shutter on the camera. I've rendered this in black and white to avoid the distractions of colour.

Locations: Portavon Marina, Keynsham Lock, Gloucestershire, UK | Shot: 26.7.25