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Andrew Fairclough creates a variety of digital design assets that make it easy for graphic designers and illustrators to incorporate realistic vintage textures in their work. He first established True Grit Texture Supply in 2016, inspired by queries he received regarding his own examples of similar textures he shared with his online students.

After fielding questions about whether those textures were available for purchase anywhere, the idea for True Grit Texture Supply was born. Dedicating to providing “the best digital texturing tools money can buy,” the studio and online shop offers a variety of textures, brushes, and other assets for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Procreate.

To obtain realistic texture in the digital design space, Andrew uses actual objects — including photocopiers, wood, and folded paper — to create textures that will later be scanned into the computer to be digitized.

This process allows him to tweak every tool to perfection, whether he’s working on the design of a new brush, a texture, or an action. 

Andrew’s found that True Grit Texture Supply’s products are especially popular with people working in the maker space, including game designers, comic illustrators, music and film designers, and streetwear designers.

One of our favorite products is Beat Tones Halftone Brushes For Procreate, the perfect tool kit that will let you “superbly beat up halftones to satisfy the dirtbag within.” This brush set features more than 45 distressed halftone brushes designed to work with Procreate on iPad Pro First Gen or higher.

(Don’t have Procreate or an iPad? No problem! There’s a version of this brush set for Photoshop CS6 and above!)

Beat Tones Halftone Brushes For Procreate offers a huge variety of halftone dot and line patterns crafted from authentic source materials in various shapes, sizes, shades, and screen angles. This brush kit includes 25 continuous tone dot, line, and crosshatch brushes in five shades from 10% to 90%. It also provides 24 shader brushes that darken in response to increasing pressure on the tablet/iPad. 

Beat Tones Halftone Brushes For Procreate makes it easy to build gradient halftone shading using the pencil pressure from your Apple Pencil or a compatible stylus. Large repeated patterns leave behind no obvious seams and precision brush tips enable designers and illustrators to fill in even the tightest areas with absolute control over stroke weight.

Enabling designers to create “perfectly imperfect textures,” this tool kit was carefully crafted from real distressed paper, ink, kraft board, and card stock. It’s ideal for adding distressed halftone textures to everything from digital art projects and illustrations to posters, marketing materials, logos, book covers, album artwork, and any design project that needs an authentic touch of retro flair.

This product includes easy-to-follow instructions for direct download to iPad or via desktop. The brushes in Beat Tones Halftone Brushes For Procreate are numbered and tonally grouped, making it easy to choose the right halftone for the job — from light to dark, subtle to bold.

This tool kit is perfect for Procreate users of any skill ranging from novice to expert. Beat Tones Halftone Brushes For Procreate is designed to work with version 4.0 and higher on iPad Pros (first gen or higher) running iOS 11 or above.

True Grit Texture Supply currently offers 26 products through YouWorkForThem, providing an array of design kits and tools that make it simple to add vintage, distressed textures to design projects of all kinds. If you love working on things with a retro spin, visit their portfolio to take a look at the rest of their products and bookmark it so you can check back for new additions as time goes on!