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I found these huge lists of links. Enjoy!

Textures, reference, photographs and materials for rendering

http://www.gameupdates.org/index.php?cat=11 Over 1GB of texture packs and collections. Mostly from quake / unreal artists and mappers. Some backups of dead sites


Large public libraries of textures. Mostly high res until e able photographs

http://www.freegraphics.org/ (not much variety)

http://www.pawas.com/

http://free3dstextures.com/ (Textures and photographs licensed under creative commons)

http://www.mega-tex.nl/ ( Accepts submissions)

http://www.accustudio.com/exchange/textures.php?dir= (Accepts submissions)

http://www.gamingtextures.com/ (Free low res textures. Paid users get high res textures)

http://textures.pedramk.com/index-html.php

http://www.turtletextures.com

http://www.3dimplant.com/images.php

http://textures.pedramk.com/index-html.php

http://www.afflict.net/option_1/option_1.htm

http://www.3d-resources.com/3d_textures.php

http://www.zbrush3.com/textures/index.html

http://www.archivetextures.net/

http://www.change-books.com/free-art-te ... metal.html

http://www.davegh.com/blade/davegh.htm

http://www.texturevault.com/cpg1410/index.php

http://www.lynnart.net/textures/wood/

http://texturez.com/

http://www.lapicesdecolores.com/neuras3d/texturas.html

http://www.texturearchive.com/

http://www.boogaholler.com/bjudy/finear ... tures.html

http://www.photoshoptextures.com/

http://www.cr-market.com/en/index.php

http://www.thegrimypolygon.com/

http://www.txpgone3d.com/portal.php (must register)

http://www.newtek.com/freestuff/ (must register)

http://www.3dmd.net/gallery/ (some tileable)

http://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/index.php

http://www.sharecg.com/b/6/Textures

http://www.amazingtextures.com/textures/index.php

http://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml

http://www.textureking.com/index.php/ca ... l-textures

http://www.ktn3d.com/textures.htm (some tileable)

http://www.textureworks.com/freestuff.html

http://www.allin3d.com/texures.html

http://www.noir.org/Textures.html (photos of bricks, stones, asphalt, etc)

http://megapoxy.net/free#anchor

http://www.in-texture.com/index.htm (was unreachable when I first saw it, don't know why)
http://www.animax.it/animax/Textures.htm (Highly recommended)
http://www.mayang.com/textures/ (Highly recommended)
http://www.imageafter.com/ (Highly recommended)
http://www.grsites.com/archive/textures/ (Mostly small tiles)
http://www.cgtextures.com/ (Highly recommended)
http://www.grungetextures.com/ (Metal, rust, oxidized, dirty, mud, dust, old, etc)
http://www.texturespy.com (Seems that they were a paid site sometime ago, but now everything is free to download)

(despite of the CD textures being paid, there are some high quality freebies)

http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free ... hp/cat/506

http://tellim.com/texture_cd/html/menu1.html (blender texture CD)

http://textures.vertx.ca/ (Some high quality pho to graphed textures)

http://www.archibase.net/textures



Tileable / seamless

http://www.pixelpoke.com/FREE%20PIXELS_textures.html

http://www.3dvalley.com/textures.shtml

http://www.planit3d.com/source/texture_ ... tures.html (low res)

http://www.ender-design.com/rg/backidx.html (as above)

http://www.freetexturemaps.com/ (14 1024 x 1024 base textures. Have links to other sites)

http://www.openfootage.net/ (High resolution photographic textures)

http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ (as above)

http://www.texarch.eu/

http://www.oneodddude.net/index.php

http://www.spectralogue.com/textures/index.php?path=41 (both seamless and photo reference)

http://tirad.com/textures.htm (a few photoedited seamless)

http://www.fatstrawberry.com/ (many wallpapers and ornamental patterns)

http://repeatxy.com (Very good source of tileable background patterns)

http://www.squidfingers.com/patterns/ (Same as above)

http://www.feedfinder.net/webground/main.shtml (tileable patterns in a wide range of colors)

http://www.citilink.com/~rmc/art/textures/textures.htm (Has some low res textures)

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour/ (all tiles are low res)


Non english resources

http://www.gallerie1.de/html/texturen.shtml

http://alice-grafixx.de/textures

http://www.texturenwelt.de/

http://www.pur3d.de/index.php?id=29

http://www.texturenland.de/texturen

http://www.3dxtra.cygad.net/de/page/46.htm

http://www.joes3dfantasyworlds.com/down/downpreview.htm

http://stilgar.st.funpic.de/

http://www.c4d-jack.de/php/textures/index.php

http://www.kollermedia.at/index.php/pattern4u

http://www.3d-ressource.de/

http://colorfilter.net/largetextures

http://www.mediacastle.de/texturen/rost ... index.html

http://lemog.fr/lemog_v6/index.php

http://www.ulf-theis.de/tutorials/texturen/industriell/

http://www.texturator.de/texturator_d.htm

http://www.on-design.de/goodies/texture/index.htm

http://www.ffranceschi.com/midima/ffita008.html

http://www.france-textures.fr.st/

http://www.bryceart.de/


Misc & Reference

http://www.e-interiors.net/ (Architecture and interior design reference)

http://www.linedstudio.com/ (as above)
http://jeenybeen.typepad.com/gingko_lea ... index.html
http://australiasevereweather.com/photo ... index.html (amazing collection of reference pictures of skies in different weather conditions)

http://www.morguefile.com/

http://urbandirty.com/

http://www.2textured.com/main.php

http://www.diwiesign.com/index.php?page=stockphotos (Ever watched Saw horror movies? This is a lot like Saw I)

http://www.abandoned-places.com/
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
http://www.oboylephoto.com/ruins/index.htm (Modern Ruins)
http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/ (abandoned, decayed buildings)
http://www.filipstadsbergslag.com/ (Dedicated to mines and miners)
http://bunkersite.com/ (Bunkers around the world)
http://www.dubtown.de/ (German. Pictures of decayed buildings and structures)
http://www.new-eden.com/ (Has a database of panoramic images)
http://www.abandoned.ru/index.php (Russian. Another source of abandoned st ructures)
http://www.urbanized.net/index.php?r=30 (Pictures of decayed structures)
http://www.uer.ca/ (More decayed...)
http://www.panoramio.com/ (Pictures of geological formations around the world. Integrated with google Earth)
http://vyonyx.com/ (Both textures and professional quality pictures of various places, and concept art)

www.freemediagoo.com (As above)

http://jeenybeen.typepad.com/gingko_lea ... index.html

http://www.locationworks.com/library/index.html (Excellent reference for interiors and exteriors, all categorized in sections such as bathrooms, living rooms, castles, rivers, etc.)

http://virtualworlds.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page (A wiki dedicated to archive game content that the author's has released under GPL)

http://gplr.bcsims.com/ (Similar to the above)

http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/freebies/index.html


Photos

http://www.sxc.hu/

http://cgusite.ning.com/photo

http://www.webshots.com/

http://www.pbase.com/ (super reference, highly recommended)

http://www.stockvault.net/index.php

http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/index.php

http://www.freefoto.com/

http://www.bigfoto.com/

http://aarinfreephoto.com/

http://www.farmphoto.com/

http://openphoto.net/

http://tofz.org/

http://www.photocase.de/en/

http://visipix.dynalias.com/index_hidden.htm

http://www.flickr.com/ (Must register)

http://www.photosharingforum.com/ (Some very high res textures and many photographs)

http://www.recsa.com/webroot/photogalle ... 4/real.htm (many real marble references)

http://www.boralbricks.com/ (as above, but for bricks)

http://www.freephotosweb.com/

http://www.freephotosbank.com/

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

http://www.dreamstime.com/freephotos

http://www.photoforum.ru/

http://www.fontplay.com/freephotos/

http://www.freephotostation.com/

http://www.freephotop.com/

http://www.freepixels.com/

http://www.everystockphoto.com/

http://www.allfreephoto.com/

http://yotophoto.com/

http://www.barrysfreephotos.com/

http://www.free-photographs.net/

http://www.freerangestock.com/

http://www.freephotos.se/

http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm

http://www.netfreephotos.com/

http://www.free-stockphotos.com/

http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/index.htm





Planets, stars and galaxies
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/mars.php
http://www.galaxyphoto.com/galaxies.htm
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/
http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=com_gallery



Materials for 3D modelling softwares

http://www.blender-materials.org/
http://www.vray-materials.de/

http://mxmgallery.maxwellrender.com/

http://www.tresd1.com.br/texturas.php?t=12921
http://www.lwg3d.com/v3/presets.php


Texture maps
http://www.zarria.net/nrmphoto/nrmphoto.html (how to "take pictures" of normal maps)

http://www.crazybump.com/ (this tool is capable of generating normal maps out of photographs)

http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=589

http://cgexpanse.com/phpBB2/viewforum.p ... 980961f4ed


G imp & Others

http://www.inkscape.org/ (Free vector drawing software)

http://www.zoggles.co.uk/asp/news.asp (pixel art)

http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials.php

http://www.ratemydrawings.com/tutorials (Drawing art)

http://pwrinfo.com/cartoon-drawing-cour ... orials.htm (what the URL says)

http://www.drawingnow.com/ (more drawings)

http://www.psplinks.com/content/Digital_Paint (Paint Shop Pro)

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060 ... n_01.shtml (Texture theory)

http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/forum/GIM ... s-8-1.html

http://www.gimpdome.com/forum/index . php?PHPSESSID=7642a62048818ee0e42f7adbc670100b&board=53.0

http://gug.sunsite.dk/?page=tutorials&P ... 931cdd5b6e







Photoshop

http://www.pixeldigest.com/tutorials.html (Mostly dedicated to photograph editing)

http://photoshop-indepth.com/lessons/ (Index page is offline or forbidden, uh??)

http://www.showandtell-graphics.com/photoshop.html

http://www.graphicreporter.com/tutorial ... rials.html

http://www.tutorialquest.com/tutorials/ ... -painting/

http://www.mapcore.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5318 (Some tutorials about texturing for games)

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/tutorial ... ction_id=6 (Mostly dedicated to digital artists in general)

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials ... p/textures

http://www.photoshopcstutorial.com/

http://www.pixel2life.com/

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/P ... Patterns/1

http://www.spoono.com/photoshop/

http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/two_d/1/

http://www.teamphotoshop.com/The%20Tech ... 5,8,3.html

http://pslover.com/tutorials/Textures/1

http://www.photoshop101.com/tutorials/t ... -patterns/

http://www.tutorialforums.com/

http://www.techtutorials.info/draw.html

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials ... ult_page=1 http://psworkshop.net/psworkshop/Catego ... e=Textures&

http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/browse/4/added/desc/1/

http://www.toxiclab.org/default.asp?ID=3

http://www.fstutorials.com/photoshop/texture/

http://www.radiantvista.com/tutorials?page=1 (Some video tutorials)

http://www.espressographics.com/

http://www.candeekis.com/alltutorials.html

http://www.cbtcafe.com/photoshop/

http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/

http://www.photoshopmosaic.com/Photoshop-tutorials/1

http://www.photoshopgurus.com/tutorials/tutorials.html

http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutor ... ials.shtml

http://www.wikivid.com/index.php/Main_page (Free video tutorials of pretty much any subject)

http://www.photoshopdersleri.net/ (Swendish)

http://www.shanzcan.com/photoshopahol.html

http://totaltutorials.com/

http://www.wikihow.com (a wiki dedicated to tutorials of pretty much any subject)

http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/tutorials/

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com

http://www.celoxdesign.net/free-photoshop-tutorials

Drawing & Painting
http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp

http://www.allcrafts.net/drawpaint.htm (Real painting, not digital art)

http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/ (mostly dedicated to Design & Creativity process)



Links collected in level design and gaming communities, and social bookmarking sites.
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Nice,...
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'She has zero tolerance for idiots'.

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Holy crap :O
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skidz wrote:Holy crap :O
Indeed, the appropriate words for describing the situation and mass of this thread.
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skidz wrote:Holy crap :O
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Tono-Tako wrote:
skidz wrote:Holy crap :O
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sgae wrote:
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DaMaN wrote:
sgae wrote:
Tono-Tako wrote:
skidz wrote:Holy crap :O
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Fire_cube wrote:
DaMaN wrote:
sgae wrote:
Tono-Tako wrote:
skidz wrote:Holy crap :O
C C C C-Combo Breaker
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Did you learn that line on facepunchstudio, big boy?
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Fire_cube wrote:Did you learn that line on facepunchstudio, big boy?
I lol'ed
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Quote Pyramid Failed :cry:

about the textures nice release ;)
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Fire_cube wrote:Did you learn that line on facepunchstudio, big boy?
No i learn that from 4chan
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http://rikku2000.ri.funpic.de/as/index.php
A site made by Rikku2000 with some free downloadable models, materials, sounds, mainly japanese style, more stuff is getting added from time to time.
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W0rf0x wrote:http://rikku2000.ri.funpic.de/as/index.php
A site made by Rikku2000 with some free downloadable models, materials, sounds, mainly japanese style, more stuff is getting added from time to time.
sweet! I will have to start back up that city 8 map I was making to learn hammer
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