70+ Awesome Free Textures and Texture Sets
Textures are used more often than one may think and in fact they are essential building blocks for designers. The reason why most people are not aware that textures are being used everywhere is that textures usually remain in the background or fade into other elements, supporting the overall design. This way textures are used to create a more realistic ore authentic atmosphere.
How you use textures is entirely up for you but I’m sure you can’t resist to take a closer look at the selection you will find below.
In this article I have selected more than70 great textures on Flickr, all with Creative Commons license. I have also included a stunning list of texture resources that you can’t afford to miss.
Before you use any of the textures make sure you check the license carefully.
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Free Textures Found on Flickr
Did you know that you can search on flickr using a filter that only return material under Creative Commons license? It’s simple and effective and if you add a texture tag too you will get the list I did when writing this post. This is how it looks.
And then some textures please!….
Stunning texture packs
Stone and rock
Concrete and Pavement Texture Pack
Vintage Textures
Vintage II Texture Pack
Vintage III Texture Pack
15 Old Book Cover Textures
17 More Old Book Cover Textures
texture 26
Free High-Res Texture Pack: The Anatomy of a *Really* Old Book
Vintage Texture Pack
Dark Symphony Textures
turn back time texture pack
Vintage Bum
Wood Textures
Free Hi Resolution Wood Textures
Textures – Wood
Local Texture: Three by One
Dark Wood Texture Pack
Fabric Textures
Free Fabric Texture Pack
Denim Textures
Paper and Cardboard Textures
5 Fantastically Free High Res Brown Paper Textures
Paper Textures 2
White crumbled paper texture
Natural Paper Texture Pack
Paper Textures Pack 02
Texture: Notebook Paper – 3
Cardboard Textures and Objects
Rough Paper Textures
old books
paper skies stocks
Free High Resolution Plain and Grunge Paper Textures
Grunge
Grunge II Texture Pack
rust textures
Old Grunge Photo Texture Pack
Grunge Hell 1
Grungy and Dirty Textures
Broken Glass Textures
Victorian grunge texture pack
24 Free High-Res Textures
Smashed Glass Texture
grunge textures 01
TEXTURES PACK 1
Christy Sobolewski Textures
vintage grunge textures
color grunge textures
hardcore vintage grunge
Motion-Texturen von Photoclinique
ni-irensle institute
Large Paper Grunge Textures
Anatomy of a Dumpster: 12 Textures
Good textures are hard to find. Thanks for the post.
First things: this is not a protest. I just would like to remember you that Creative Common is not “totally free use” but “Some right reserved”. So the use depends on what these “Some rights” are. For example, mine “some right” was: not commercial (respected), no derived images (and in this case it is derived because my images on this page are cuts from the originals) and by attribution (and yes, I don’t see my name here, as the link is not a real attribution). For all other use a mail would be appreciate.
I’m not angry for this but some other could not appreciate this use.
Anyway, interesting post.
Regards, mikyjpeg.
@Mikyjpeg: Thanks for sharing your concerns and advice – it is highly appreciated. Before using any of these textures and other artefacts licensed under Creative Common it is always important to double check details in the license. I will remove any images that owners does not appreciate to be included ASAP. Just let me know.
Great little list, thanks for the share.
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great resource thanks for sharing