27.11.08

List of free texture sites

!Notice, please check each license before using the textures,
some licenses may only allow personal use!


Here is a pretty complete list of free texture sites.
If you have a new one, please leave a comment with the link

2Textured
Large selection of textures, mostly photo based.

3D Elyvisions
Skyboxes, check them out! :-)

A great texture search engine

3D Photorealism Toolkit
A small selection of medium resolution textures.

Good selection of medium resolution textures, bump, and opacity maps also.

3d-rekonstruktioner
Medium resolution textures, Mostly building materials

A few free samples

3D Valley
Small selection of low resolution textures.

3DXO
A list of free texture sites

Photo based textures, medium resolution

4Images Gallery
Some free, public domain images and textures

Absolute Cross
Large selection of strange pattern/textures

Nice selection of medium resolution photo based (mostly) textures.
Also some really nice HDRS!

Amazing Textures
High resolution photo based textures.

Animax
High resolution photo based textures.

ArchiBASE
Huge selection of textures of varying resolutions.

Archive Textures
Large collection of medium resolution textures, mostly photo based.

Area Autodesk

A growing collection of textures, unknown resolution.

Arroway
Arroway textures, lower resolution previews are free (still good though)
Includes bump, specular and diffuse.

Assist CG
A great collection of seamless textures. Mostly 1024 x1024, but some higher also.
(Only allows 3 texture downloads before a pay-subscription is needed)

Nice collection of medium resolution photo based textures

Back of beyond
Decent selection of medium resolution photo based textures.

Ben Cloward
Good selection of photo based textures, with a few high resolution bump/normal/diffuse textures.

BildBurg
Small collection of computer-based textures.

Blender Texture library
Good selection of medium to low resolution photo based textures.

The Blender Texture Disc
A good selection of textures of varying resolutions

A bunch of texures

Celestia Motherlode, The
An awesome selection of extremely high resolution textures of heavenly bodies, including bump, normal and more.

C4D Hotline
Good selection of textures of varying resolutions

C4D user
Several great textures with bump maps

A complete collection of High resolution planet maps, including every planet in out solar system.
Plus a few more.
(Reccomended)

CGArena
A few good textures with bump maps.

CGtextures
Huge selection of photo based textures of varying resolution.

Creative Closeup
Really nice collection of high resolution photo based textures.

DesignMag
Really nice collection of high resolution photo based textures.

Digital-Artist-Toolbox
A package of high resolution photo based granite textures

Continuum Skies In Motion
Several 360 animated skies.

A few high res textures of heavenly bodies

Klicker free textures
A small selection of medium resolution textures.

KTN 3D models and textures
Great selection of low resolution textures

David Gurrea
Great selection of scanned paper based textures (good though!)

Fat Strawberry, The
Good selection of fabric textures varying resolutions.

Filter Forge
Huge selection of medium resolution computer based textures, with normal bump and diffuse maps.
(Recommended)

Free Art Textures
Decent selection of low resolution photo based textures.

Free seamless textures
Medium resolution photo based textures.

Free textures.org
Good selection of medium to high resolution photo based textures.

Free Texture Site
Great selection of high resolution textures.
(Nice job 3Dmedieval!)

Photo based textures

FunnyFarm
Lots of stone and wood textures, as well as some alpha mapped trees.

Got 3D
Good selection of photo based textures of varying resolutions.

Grunge textures
Great selection of high resolution photo based textures.

HDRI.UK

A growing collection of high resolution HDRI images.


High Resolution Textures
I guess the name says it..

Image After
Large selection of photo based textures of varying resolutions.

Kropped

Lost and Taken
Some photo based textures, of quite high resolution.

A bunch of high resolution textures

Lugher Texture
Good selection of photo based textures of varying resolutions.

Maxwell Materials
Huge selection of textures of varying resolutions. Free registration required.
(Recommended!)

Mayang
Unknown

Medieval textures pack
52 game textures, 512 resolution.

Mega tex
Large selection of medium to high resolution photo based textures.

Meta's Material Library's
Large collection of textures and materials.

Mtextur
Good selection of medium resolution textures.

My Free Textures

Blender Texture Pack and 125x125 (low res) texture pack
...Well the name pretty much says it all :-)

Noctua graphics
Good selection of medium to low resolution textures.

A small collection of photo based textures medium resolution.

Photo Textures Home
A nice selection of photo based textures.
(Nice, Fishcake :)

PixelPoke
Good selection of seamless textures, medium resolution.

A large collection of high-res photo based textures

Shannon Palmer
Good selection of photo based textures, medium to high resolution.

Small GFX
Lots of really nice vector graphics, I recommend the flame pack!

Stock Textures
Good selection of photo based textures of varying quality.

Texture Archive
Large selection of photo based textures, high resolution.

Texture Base

Terminal 26
Good selection of medium to low resolution textures.

Textura
Good selection of textures, computer based.

Free high resolution photo based textures

Texture Barn
Good selection of medium to high resolution photo based textures.

Texture bits
A blog of high resolution photo based textures.

Texture City

Texture, Colour
A large selection of low resolution photo based textures.

Textures.forrest.cz
Good selection of medium resolution photo based textures.

Texture king
Large selection of photo based textures of varying resolutions.

Texture Library

Texture Love
Good selection of photo based textures of varying resolutions.

A large collection of high-res textures, mostly photo based

Textures Pedramk
Some photo based textures and a few reflection maps.

Good selection of photo based textures

Texture Snob
A good sized collection of high resolution photo based textures

Texture Studio, The
Eight texture packs (unknown resolution)

Texture Vault
Great selection of high resolution photo based textures.
(I recommend this site!)

Texturenwelt
Good selection of medium to low resolution textures.

Texture Warehouse
Large selection of photo based textures. Varying resolutions

Texturez
Great selection of high resolution photo based textures.

Textures Zone

A large collection of high-res photo based textures

Wanted Textures

Wild Harmony studio
Good selection of photo based textures of varying resolutions.

WWa Wood Sampler
Good selection of low resolution wood textures.

Z7server
Large collection of medium resolution photo based textures.

(Free) Texturing software

Allegorthmic Mapzone
An amazing texture creating software.
Create Diffuse, Bump, Displace, Normal, Specular and SpecularColor.

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