Free Texture and Reference Images

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jupitermapthumb.jpgI thought we were due for a nice group of links to free texture and reference images. Of course there are too many to list here, but here are a few that I’ve visited on occasion. Some of these are standards for free images, but not everyone knows they’re out there.

Textures

  • Noctua Graphics
    Great straight-on 512×512 textures.
  • Tor Oera’s Homepage
    There are several sites out there with Earth, Moon, and Mars maps but Tor also throws in a beginner tutorial on how to use the Earth maps.
  • Planet Pixel Emporium
    ALL THE PLANETS IN TEXTURE FORM
  • CG India
    Free textures for personal use only. The texture maps are downloadable through the website in .RAR format at are at a medium resolution.

Reference Images

  • Art Morgue
    A reference material site with a wide array of reference types with over 6,000 images. You can view the images, but if you want the higher res you’ll need to join (which is free).
  • Morgue File
    Here is what they say: “A place to keep post production materials for use of reference, an inactive job file. This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.”
  • Thomas Surland’s Page
    Lots of blueprints for cars, planes, and other vehicles.
  • Got3D
    Last, but certainly not least. Got3D is very well known for textures and reference images, but if you haven’t visited, take a look. They have a for money and a for free section. They for purchase section has a lot , but the free one has some nice ones too.
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    • Durden

      Also u can watch through http://www.imageafter.com

    • well

      Once again I miss the central role of the blender hq pages. The most links were spread on several pages,blogs,wikis :-(

      well nevertheless a nice collection!

    • http://www.totalnonsense.com Chris

      Let’s not not forget the Stock Xchange for excellent free stock photos.

      http://www.sxc.hu/

    • etr9j

      Stock Xchange! Of course! I can’t believe I forgot to add it.

    • MC

      Another great link that should be included is mayangs texture lib: http://www.mayang.com/textures/

      He has awsome textures! They are huge, and detailed. Definetly should be on the list.

    • http://antholog.com Mike

      I’ve used this:

      http://www.imageafter.com/

      It’s very well organized, free, and has a MASSIVE amount of textures.

    • http://mke3.net Matt

      There are also a lot of Creative Commons (attribution) licensed textures available, linked from this post on the Orange blog: http://orange.blender.org/blog/a-call-for-textures

    • roofoo

      Newtek (publisher of Lightwave) has a bunch of free texture collections to download! Registration is required, but it’s free.

      http://www.newtek.com/freestuff/

    • jaycun

      Also, if you want more celestial textures . . . you can get a few here

      http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/

      I has color, bump, spec, normal maps, etc.

    • http://www.osysi.net Bmud

      At times like this, I go hunting for a huge sticky thread like this one I just found on CGTalk: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=77484

    • krishna Reddy

      I want to become a 3d modeler& animator

    • http://texturez.com Tom

      Please allow me to introduce to you a free texure site: http://www.texturez.com

    • http://texturebarn.headfirstdm.com Gordon Stewart

      Here’s a good site with lots of royalty-free textures, all free: The Texture Barn

    • jack

      More free textures here http://www.texturebits.blogspot.com

    • http://www.surfacereference.com Teagan

      I just got my collection online, royalty free texture reference in a wide variety of categories:
      http://www.surfacereference.com

    • TextureMan

      Lots of extra large royalty free textures here: http://www.texturesnob.com

    • Robert

      http://freebitmaps.blogspot.com/

      A growing collection of free 360 HDR Panorama’s.

    • http://www.gfxplace.com GfxPlace – Free Graphics

      Other site: http://www.gfxplace.com/ – Free Graphics and Textures for your commercial games and projects!.

      You can find: Textures, sprites, animations, gamepacks, tiles, backgrounds…