Backgrounds can make or break a banner ad or brochure panel, so creating exciting backgrounds that engage a potential customer is very important. Organic designs like that of a stained glass window can work in many different settings. This tutorial walks you through how to create a grungy, stained glass look that you can easily adjust later to meet the color scheme of any design.

Backgrounds are an important part of any image whether you design for print or the web. Being able to create original backgrounds quickly is important, but flexibility in design and use is also vital. In this tutorial we walk you through a very simple way to develop a background file that you can quickly rearrange and edit and reuse for any project that needs an edgy background.

Since design is a creative process, designers generally don’t follow a list of steps in a strictly linear fashion. They go back and forth from stage to stage until the end product looks right. Nevertheless, having a general guideline gives designers a place to start even if they don’t follow it exactly.