How do you TEXTURE

I really want to add that exciting seasoning to my art but I do not know where to begin ... all of your art is so visually gorgeous and the different uses of texture is a really unique part of that for me. How do you do it??

i'm not the best at explaining these things since the "texturing" aspect is just me turning my brain off and adding lines wherever. things like hair and fur can follow a shape to show structure, and adding these patterns where two colors meet allows for some interesting effects. it's up to you what type of line you choose to represent things, for example i like short straight lines for fur and round, isoline (isopleth? contour line?)- like ones for odd stuff, such as angel bodies

using textured brushes is nice here as well. i particularly like ones that are kind of like pencils (like the SU cream pencil in clip studio)