can you see the texture*

I want to overlay my designs with some texture to give an extra dimension/tones to the image. This is a way to use the colours i want but for them not to look so blocky! 

These are some of the texture i have been over laying over my illustrations and watercolour printings. i have been uploading them to them and putting them on photoshop, by putting each image on a different layer i was able to change the opacity levels on the texture. Resulting in the darker tones of the texture being left affecting the colours underneath resulting in an interesting effect. 

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by doing this i have accomplished a gritty outcome that has more relevance to the illustration and the overall feel i want this book to give off. Which is a dark, confusing and textured drawing meant to suggest the ground. See below my favourite outcome, the colour behind pushes/complements the central drawing and text.