Textures
Woodgrain Texture
Here’s a quick Photoshop tutorial for creating a reasonably realistic loking woodgrain effect. It’s a quick technique that looks pretty good. Once you learn it, it can be accomplished in under a minute!
Abstract Background
This is a very simple technique for creating those nice-looking abstract backgrounds you see everywhere these days. Start with a new document. I’m using 500px x 150px but any size will do.