39 Grunge Resources: Tutorials, Textures, Fonts, Themes, Brushes and Icons

A collection of tutorials and resources useful when trying to accomplish the grunge, worn and dirty style of design.

DESIGNING GRUNGE

Tutorials about designing the grunge look

• Make it Worn 1 – Desiging a Website with a Worn Look
• Discover the Art of Grunge – Elliot Jay Stocks shows how to Design a Grunge styled website
• Grunge Type Photoshop Example
• 15 Great Tutorials on Grunge Design Style
• How to Create a Grunge Webdesign in Photoshop
• 50 Dirty, Filthy Grunge Photoshop Effects
• 40 Beautiful Grunge Photoshop Tutorials
• Creating a Retro Grunge Poster
• Create a Grungy Header Graphic
• Create a Grungy Web Design and Paper Texture

GRUNGE RESOURCE COLLECTION

Sites focused on grunge design or good posts that deliberate on grunge design and give examples

• Grunge Style in Modern Web Design – Smashing Magazine gives a full writeup on grunge design with website examples, grunge fonts, icon sets, and textures.
• Ultimate Resources for Grunge Design a Massive Collection – Design Shard gives a huge list of grunge design with tutorials, brushes, photography, textures, fonts and Wordpress themes. Excellent list.
• Grunge Style Blog
• GrungyBit
• The Secrets of Grunge Design – An absolutely fantastic post explaining grunge design in detail. It shows the elements, colors and websites of grunge design.

FONTS

Good typography for grunge designs

• 5 Free Grunge Fonts
• Bleeding Cowboys Grunge Font
• Grunge Serifia
• XBAND Rough
• 63 Must Have Grunge Fonts
• 30 New (Free) Grunge Fonts

BRUSHES

Grunged out Photoshop brushes

• Grunge Ink Splatter Brushes
• Splatter, Spray and Watercolor Brushes
• 15 Scratch Splat Grunge Brushes
• Grungy Textures Photoshop Brushes
• 200+ Free Grunge Photoshop Brushes
• 12 Grunge Brushes
• Grunge Corners and Edges Photoshop Brush Pack
• 33 Subtle Grunge Textures and Effects
• Journal Brushes – Not exactly grunge but they have a nice distressed look that could be useful in grunge design.

TEXTURES

Grunge textures such as rust, dirt or paper

• 50 Grunge Icon Textures
• Grunge Paper Textures
• 5 High-Resolution Rust Textures

ICONS

Mostly social media icons given that trendy worn effect

• Collection:Grunge Icons
• Free Grunge Style Social Bookmarks
• Feeds Grunge Icons

WORDPRESS THEMES

Collection of grunge Wordpress themes

• 13 Best Grunge Wordpress Themes
• 15 Must Have Grunge Blog Themes
• 23 of the Best Grunge-Style Wordpress Themes