Free Texture and Reference Images
I 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.
- 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.
Also u can watch through http://www.imageafter.com
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!
Let’s not not forget the Stock Xchange for excellent free stock photos.
http://www.sxc.hu/
Stock Xchange! Of course! I can’t believe I forgot to add it.
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.
I’ve used this:
http://www.imageafter.com/
It’s very well organized, free, and has a MASSIVE amount of textures.
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
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/
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.
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
I want to become a 3d modeler& animator
Please allow me to introduce to you a free texure site: http://www.texturez.com
Here’s a good site with lots of royalty-free textures, all free: The Texture Barn
More free textures here http://www.texturebits.blogspot.com
I just got my collection online, royalty free texture reference in a wide variety of categories:
http://www.surfacereference.com
Lots of extra large royalty free textures here: http://www.texturesnob.com
http://freebitmaps.blogspot.com/
A growing collection of free 360 HDR Panorama’s.
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…
Here you can find lots of Free Commercial Use Textures:
http://www.textures4photoshop.com/tex/