Textures

again lots of links for textures happy texturing

large textures http://www.textureking.com/ (high res, 2mb file size, 1600x 1064 @ 300p/i ) http://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/index.php ( 1360 x 1024 @ 300p/i ) http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/27/smashing-texture-contest-results/ ( high res, 700 MB of total textures, some about 3456 x 2304px ) http://www.defcon-x.de/textures ( high res , 720 dpi, 3388x2186px ) http://textures.vertx.ca/ ( 2832x2128. res ) http://texturez.com/ ( high res, 3072×2304px ) http://www.freetexturemaps.com/ ( high res, 2848 x 2136 ) http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/showgallery.php/cat/506 (good res , 3264 x 2448) http://www.openfootage.net/ ( high res texture packs , 2048 x 2048) http://free-textures.got3d.com/index.html ( 2560 x 1920) http://www.autofx.com/utc.asp ( good res , 2920px x 1930px ; requires registration texture preview currently doesn work , but textures online ) http://www.art-dept.com/artists/rankin/portfolio/specialprojects/eyescapes/portfolio.html?source=20i ( high res eye textures ) http://www.grungetextures.com/gallery/ ( really nice high res ones , 3136 x 2204 ) http://www.artssphere.com/textures.php (panoramic cloud shots in high res, from 4285 x 2252 to 13002 x 2201 ) http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=23983 ( link to FORMICA IMAGE CD 2006 , with textures A4 @ 72dpi ) http://free3dstextures.com/ ( some textures hosted on flickr, some up to 3072px / 2048px ) http://www.flickr.com/groups/textures/ ( various sizes, up to 3872 x 2592) http://www.morguefile.com/archive/index.php?display=1164 ( high res textures, some up to 3872 x 2592 ) http://urbandirty.com/ ( some grunge textures, great selection at 3072 x 2304 - 180 p/i ) http://colorburned.com/2008/06/colorburned-texture-roundup.html ( high res beach / sand related textures) http://www.freerangestock.com/ ( needs registration , also has textures 2304 x 1728 ) http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=7109 ( earth satellite images, some 21600 x 21600 JPEG 11.4MB) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ ( high res earth image maps, earth globe @ 4096x4096 and other high res earth images ) http://www.sxc.hu/category/1001 ( high res textures, various sizes , around 3264x2448 ) http://gimp-tutorials.net/GMIP-Free-Textures ( old paper, book cover textures , links to various sites, around 2207x3133 ) http://www.highresolutiontextures.com/ ( various categories , some 3888 x 2592 ) http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/60-most-wanted-photoshop-tutorials-brushes-psds-and-resources.html#Photoshop_Textures ( various PSD textures ) http://texturebarn.headfirstdm.com/ ( textures up to 2600 x 2000 ) http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2008/11/21/Free-wooden-texture-pack.aspx ( 10 wood textures 2288x1712 ) http://psdfan.com/freebies/10-super-high-res-wood-textures/ ( 10 wood textures 3264X2448 ) http://thinkdesignblog.com/?s=texture&x=0&y=0 ( various texture packs , grunge ,italy, motion color band, cork around 1944x2592 ) http://vyonyx.com/?cat=17 ( texture packs , metal, wood, stone etc around 1500 x 2500 different sizes ) http://texturise.com/ (2500 x 2000 @ 300 dpi various categories ) http://www.bashcorpo.dk/textures.php ( paper textures, around 3000 x 2300 @ 96 dpi) http://planetpixelemporium.com/planets.html ( Planet maps 1900 x 1000 ) http://arbent.net/blog/category/freebies/textures ( texture pack freebies by arbenting, grunge , wood, abstract, stone etc, high res ) http://forum.gfxnews.ru/viewtopic.php?t=33551 ( Bitbox freebies link collection updated by carmenlyra , textures updated every tuesday, 3000 x 2000 ) http://www.bittbox.com/tag/free-texture-tuesday/ ( Bitbox freebies, textures updated every tuesday, 3000 x 2000 ) http://photl.com/en/search.Texture.html ( Minimum size of all photos: 4368х2912 ) http://www.cg-links.com/category/Textures/Free_Textures ( mixed links to other texture places ) mid sized http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ ( 1611×1239 @ 72p/i ) http://www.photoshopgoodies.com/textures.html ( between 1600x1009 and 2000x1330) http://www.2textured.com/ ( 1804 x 1920 ) http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ (1647×1233 res ) http://www.cgtextures.com/ ( lots of categories in Small (1024x1024), 498Kb Large (2030x2030), 1121Kb ) http://www.davegh.com/blade/davegh.htm ( various hand drawn textures, 1000 x 1000 ) http://www.texturenwelt.de/texturen.php ( german page / 1024 x 1024 high res ) http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texturenwelt.de%2Ftexturen.php&sl=de&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8 ( translation of texturenwelt ) http://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml (various good res textures, some 1536x 1024 ) http://www.texturextras.com/ ( various different categories, requires free registration , between 1000 x 800 and 512 x 512 also got HDRI) http://www.mega-tex.nl/highqualitytextures/ ( various mid sized ones, 1024 x 800 also got animal reference ) http://photoshoptextures.com/ ( different categories 500 x 1000 ) http://www.noctua-graphics.de/english/fraset_e.htm ( textures under "download" 1024 x 500 mid sized ones ) http://www.lunaestas.com/fantastic/textures_bgs.php ( abstract textures 1024 x 800 ) http://stilgar.bplaced.com/ ( different categories between 512 x 512 and 1024 x 1024 some textures include bump and normal maps ) http://www.digitalcraftsman.com/textureBin/textureBin.htm ( various sizes mostly around 512 x 800 ) http://www.designpacks.com/ ( photo and texture packages , around 800x600 @ 96dpi ) http://www.microshots.org/ (closeup shots of various items and textures, 1000x800, ) http://www.gamingtextures.com/ ( textures aimed for games also got displacements, 512 x 512 , requires registration, free account 10MB/day) http://www.mtextur.com/ ( textures in various categories, sort them by colour , 800 x 800 @ 96dpi, site in german , translation below ) http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtextur.com%2F&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 small sized http://www.freefoto.com/browse/33-00-0?ffid=33-00-0 ( need to type in email address for watermarkless image download, 900 x 600 ) http://www.noctua-graphics.de/english/Tex/metal_01.htm (low res metal textures 500 x 500 ) http://www.texturearchive.com/ ( requires registration, curently only small and some med sized images, small : 500x370 ) http://www.amazingtextures.com/textures/ ( need to register to download, most are tilable , also got tree shadows 500 x 431, need to pay for high res textures ) http://www.rabbarien.de/ ( photostock and textures 1600x 1066px German page "Vollbild" to get full seize picture ) http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rabbarien.de&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 (rabbarien.de translate ) http://www.3dmaxer.dk/Textures.asp ( very small ones maybe some tilable textures ? , site in danish, needs registration translation below) http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dmaxer.dk%2FTextures.asp&sl=da&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://www.zoorender.com/?page_id=5 ( 512 x 512 and other sizes, also some tilable ) patterns & seamless textures http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/60-most-wanted-photoshop-tutorials-brushes-psds-and-resources.html#Photoshop_Patterns ( big list of PSD patterns collection ) http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/200-beautiful-seamless-patterns-perfect-for-web-design/ ( over 200 pattern collection, seamless and nice resolution ) http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/100-new-and-beautiful-seamless-patterns ( links to 100 free patterns ) http://www.patternhead.com/ ( big collection of high res patterns ) http://squidfingers.com/patterns/ (just patterns) http://patterns.ava7.com/ ( seamless pattern collection) http://grsites.com/textures/ ( low and reasonable ok res tilable textures, good for web design 200 x 200 ) http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/showgallery.php/cat/603 ( seemless , tilable textures, good res 1024 x 1024 ) http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freedownloads/ig/125-Free-Seamless-Patterns-/ ( 125 free seamless patterns, 288 x 288 ) http://backgroundsarchive.com/tiles/ ( tiles and seamless patterns , various sizes between 100 x 100 and 400 x 400 aimed as website backgrounds ) http://www.photoshopgoodies.com/patterns.html ( flower patterns in .psd format ) http://www.freeseamlesstextures.com/ ( 1024 x 1024 , small selection ) http://colorburned.com/2008/11/25-seamless-polka-dot-pattern.html ( 25 seamless polka dot patterns ) http://www.obsidiandawn.com/micro-patterns-photoshop-patterns ( patterns for PS or Gimp ) http://www.texturama.com/txt_free.php?osCsid=c1a8482aca9b543ae24490c012d66146 ( tilable textures, high res. only around 12 samples, but updated from time to time ) http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour/ ( lots of tilable patterns, various categories ) http://www.absolutecross.com/graphics/textures/ ( lots of seamless texture packs ) http://www.lemog.fr/lemog_textures/index.php ( big collection around 4000 512 x 512 sized tilable textures) http://visual.literaryspring.com/gallery/index.php ( various different categories , fractals patterns and tilable textures ) http://www.nepthys.com/textures/ ( more tilable ones ) http://citrusmoon.typepad.com/ ( tiles, patterns and textures ) http://www.theinspirationgallery.com/wallpaper/index.htm ( wallpaper patterns ) http://www.k10k.net/pixelpatterns/ ( pixel patterns for webdesign ) http://urbanstrokes.livejournal.com/tag/tiling+patterns ( 61 tiling patterns pack ) http://citrusmoon.typepad.com/patterns/ ( web patterns, various categories ) http://fractured-sanity.org/index.php?navi=resources&site=pattern ( various patterns ) http://www.kollermedia.at/pattern4u/ ( 275 background patterns, various categories ) http://patterns.ava7.com/ ( web patterns ) http://shizoo.frozen-media.de/patternsets.php ( various categories of web pattern ) http://www.tickie.net/Backgrounds/ ( tiled pattern , various categories ) http://www.bgpatterns.com/ ( background pattern generator ) http://bgmaker.ventdaval.com/ ( background pattern generator 2 ) http://www.tartanmaker.com/ ( tartan designer, background creator ) http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/aegsa/freegifs.html ( architectural ornaments ) http://www.hugemagazine.com/patterns/index.html ( huge magazine desktop patterns ) http://www.appendixsquared.com/downloads/patterns.php ( some tiled patterns ) applications http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/index.php?PAGE=HOME (application for creating textures) http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm (seamless texture editor that specializes in the creation of seamless wood textures) not working sites, might be back some time http://www.mayang.com/textures/ ( down at the moment ) http://texlib.povray.org/ ( pov ray texture library, still in beta not much there yet )