155+ Free Grungy And Beautiful Bokeh Textures
I was looking for some Bokeh textures recently to be used in a project and came across some beautiful free textures that I had to share. For those who don’t know what Bokeh is, it is originally "boke" and pronounced as bo as in "bore" and ke as in "Kennedy". Having originated in Japan, it loosely translates to "fuzzy" or maybe old people with cobwebs in their minds. It basically means the "out of focus" parts of a photograph. There have been a lot of discussions and controversies regarding the actual meaning of boke which was a source of much interest in the 90s. Mike Johnston, who was then the editor of Photo Techniques realized that people mispronounced it very easily and added an "h" to the word in the articles. And so "Bokeh" was born. It has definitely caught on and is a very sought after effect amongst photographers and designers who especially love the textured quality of the out of focus bits. Enjoy this lovely collection of over 155 amazing Bokeh textures, many original and many digitally altered to produce beautiful effects. Please read the artist’s terms of conditions and copyright advice before using them in your projects.
Redwolf518stock’s Bokeh Textures
RegularJane’s Bokeh Texture Pack
Lost & Taken’s 30 Bokeh Textures
Nice article Sneh. Thanks ^^
Huge collection.
I am amazed at the work of these people.
In my opinion i like the hearts ans the stars textures, though others are also good.
Great post, Sneh, thanx for sharing!
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Some great textures here, glad to be a part of them. Thanks for the link
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I’m amused at how an image that some people consider “throw aways”, are now celebrated as beauty and have a place in our visual world… I love these shots!
Next time your grandma (or similar) tells you that it’s a shame your photo isn’t in focus… ignore her and remember this post and how it could be useful!
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Great collection – twitted, bumped etc
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Cool Textures…
For some more, click here:
http://www.cssstyle.me/textures
Thanks guys! I hope you can make some good use of these beautiful textures
Thanks also for all the tweets, bumps, moos etc ..
This is definitely the new in thing to do on a website background. But, it’s everywhere now. Even new television shows and ads are using it.
I used a bokeh texture on my own site when I redeveloped it about 3 months ago but I feel it’s starting to look cheesy because it’s so over used.
These are awesome … many thanks for sharing.
Cool! These remind me of a photo I took of a Christmas Tree a couple weeks ago. Nice compilation. I didn’t know these were called “Bokeh Textures” : )
Sounds like a nice photo Katie
. I didn’t know about Bokeh till a few months ago when I saw a post on Abduzeedo about Bokeh photography. It is a very cool effect.
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