As requested guys, here is a quick tutorial about how to make a NR blend for your layouts. I made it real quick as I'm about to head off to work so I didn't have time to make a proper one. Though I think it's understable! Drop me a note or post here if you have any questions but this is how I basically make the images I used in every of my layouts. (:
My only suggestion is and will always be to have a second color for your color scheme so it doesn't look plain. This wallpaper, for instance, is all blue and it would've been bored if I had used the same colors on everything. As you see, I colored red that texture and the images completely changed. If you happen to have PS and PS actions, then go play around with them!
I don't. I never change the opacity in any moment. Maybe if I want to add the same image in some empty spaces, then yes I do make the image opacity lower but other then that I don't (:
Thanks for the tutorial, Sosu!