Images of timber grain...

[goldeneyedmonkey]

Hello all,

I'm working on the logo for my new website/ business. I need a decent image(s) of timber grain, I'm not really sure what I should go for, so will consider anything, be it dappled, rippled or just a nice image of fairly typical but beautiful grain. It will most probably be used for the background and banner/ logo on my site, and I would like it to be large enough so that it could be blown up for future purposes.

So if anyone has any suitable images (and they don't mind me using them to represent my business) then please send them my way, it really would be much appreciated.

Either to goldeneyedmonkey at hotmail.com or link to them here.

That's all folks! _Dan

 

[Benchwayze]

Hi Dan,

I will have a look through my bits and pieces of timber, and you might have to use a 'tile' effect for some of the smaller pieces of exotics. Please don't think I am pouring water over your ideas, but wouldn't you feel good if you found some examples among your own offcuts. (If you have any of course.) All it takes is a digital camera these days, or even your phone?


Let me know.
Regards
John

 

[jimi43]

Any use to you?

(without the copyright obviously!)

or this one as a montage...

I have hi res versions too.

Jim

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

John, I will modify the image in photoshop and then it will be used faintly as gradient, getting lighter down the page into nothing. I do have a few nice pieces I can use (but have to wait till I can borrow a mates DSLR), it's a rippled(?) sycamore kitchen worktop, and the grain is amazing so would like to use a DSLR instead of my compact. Also have some Oak that I need to plane, but again, am waiting on a decent camera.

Cheers Jim, not sure about the Burr but the next one down may well prove useful, if you could send it me, high res, it would be great.

These may come to nothing, the whole logo idea may not work at all, but it may just be nice to have a texture/ background made from some of them. the site will be fairly modern and sparse/ clean, but I am leaning towards having some sort of grain featuring on it somewhere, to help it relate to the medium I work with. - but then again I may just leave it fairly plain and let them work speak for itself

Cheers _Dan

 

[jimi43]

Hi Dan

Here you go....they are 4Mb each so may take a while to download.....there are two aspects...


PORTRAIT

LANDSCAPE

Cheers

Jim

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

Thanks Jim... but I'm afraid the links aren't working for me :? -not sure why.

_Dan

 

[DOOGYREV]

I was gonna take some pics of various woods I have, but after seeing the pics from Jim, I think you've got it sorted, I dont have the Grains or the Photographic skills, those pics will look really slick on your website, here are the two I took anyway.

Jim, fantastic pic's especially the first one, Birds eye Wallnut??
What can you see in the grain

 

[CHJ]

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm

Click on individual images for further images if available.

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

That Chas, is pretty much spot on, thank you. _Dan.

 

[CHJ]

That Chas, is pretty much spot on, thank you. _Dan.

With the compliments of the Help , Safety, and Information Notes listed in the Turning section sticky index. :lol:

 

[Ch1ppie]

Huge free resource here at: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search ... =1&x=0&y=0

You may have to create an account to get search results here at Stock.XCHNG, but definetly worth it..

Alternatively create you own with Alien Skin Eye Candy for PS ?

Cheers

 

[jimi43]

It's burr elm Doogy....

I haven't the heart to cut it up yet...saving it for that "special" tool.

Jim

 

[jimmy rivers]

What can you see in the grain

The Woodworkers Rawshack Test

 

[jimi43]

What can you see in the grain

The Woodworkers Rawshack Test

I managed to see (clockwise from TDC...a Pacman, Bamby, The Scream, a Grizzly Bear, a Gorilla (left middle), a Ghost out of one of them ghost cartoon films....and finally....that funny character out of Ice Age...(top left all around arrow).

What does this say about my mind?

Go on...be honest! :mrgreen:

Jim

 

[worsley947]

Hi goldeneye slightly off topic but are you doing your website youself if so which are you useing or are you paying for a company to do it for you as Im looking to set one up
Many thanks
Dave

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

Hi Dave,

I'm doing the basic look of it on Photoshop (I'm by no means trained or an expert in it, but can do basic stuff) then sending it off to a friend of mine to get his business to do the rest, coding and final design tweaks etc. He's very good and he doesn't charge the earth, get in contact with him, if you are interested @ Fresh Spark Creative, ask for Dave and tell him that I (Dan) gave you his details. The website I've linked to is his old website that they're just in the process of updating, but it still has a portfolio on I think.

Hope that's of some help. _Dan

 

[DOOGYREV]

What can you see in the grain

The Woodworkers Rawshack Test

I managed to see (clockwise from TDC...a Pacman, Bamby, The Scream, a Grizzly Bear, a Gorilla (left middle), a Ghost out of one of them ghost cartoon films....and finally....that funny character out of Ice Age...(top left all around arrow).

What does this say about my mind?

Go on...be honest! :mrgreen:

Jim

I think it means that you like cartoons and are a creative imaginative lateral thinker, :idea: or just as bonkers as me :!:

What I see is very similar, Bot Left a Pig Face, Right Middle the windows logo, the gorilla looks like an early homer simpson, Top Left an angry Fuzzy Bear/Muppet, and a whole losd of other things, have yet to see Bambi :deer