Oct 22

50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

Hundreds of thousands of incredible Textures are all over the web. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of textures available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artworks and photos to give them an aged, damaged, dreamy or any look you want.

So I’ve been surfing and made a list of sites that offer free textures to download. Here are tons of convenient stock textures that others have freely contributed to the design community!

Important: Licenses of every Texture varies, so be sure to check that information before using them.

Grunge Textures

1. Texture 4

Texture26 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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2. Girly Grunge 11

Texture18 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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3. Texture 3

Texture24 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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4. b l u e o i l s

Texture19 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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5. Urban Decay 2

Texture23 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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6. Texture 13

Texture3 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

7. Green White Rusty

Texture31 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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8. Unwanted Texture

Texture4 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

Artistic Textures

9. Texture

Texture2 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

10. Sirian Textures 1

Texture25 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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11. Textures 119

Texture28 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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12. Oct21lma1i

Texture43 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

13. Floral Texture

Texture44 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

Paper Texture

14. Cards

Texture22 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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15. Grungy Paper Textures

Texture29 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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16. Paper Texture 2

Texture30 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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17. Studio

Texture6 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

18. Photo Card

Texture7 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

19. Burned Texture

Texture11 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

20. 10 Plain and Grunge Paper Textures

Texture46 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

Paint and Color Textures

21. Abstract – Color 3

Texture16 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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22. Abstract – Color 4

Texture17 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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23. Paint Drops

Texture27 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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24. Oil Paint Series 4

Texture20 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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25. Srokes on Canvas

Texture21 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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26. Go Media Watercolor Pack

Texture13 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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Granite, Marble, Glass and Sand Textures

27. Dry Sand

Texture14 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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28. Granite & Marble

Texture32 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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29. Outsd 108

Texture9 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

30. 24 Free High-Res Textures

Texture41 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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31. Broken glass

Texture33 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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Wood Textures

32. Wood Texture

Texture34 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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33. Wooden Floor

Texture35 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

34. My little star

Texture10 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

35. Cork

Texture38 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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36. Pressed Wood

Texture39 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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37. Wood Texture

Texture40 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

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38. Plywood Sign

Texture42 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

by Zen

Miscellaneous

39. Guthrie 126

Texture36 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

40. Old Autograph Book

Texture12 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

41. Vines Texture

Texture1 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

42. Glace sur verre

Texture37 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

43. Waterdrops Texture

Texture5 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

44. Texture 8

Texture8 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

45. 30 Free Bokeh Textures

Texture45 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

How to make Textures Tutorials

47. Add Visual Texture 3 Easy Steps

Texture15 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

The use of textures in design are incredibly important in defining a surface. While we can not create actual tactile textures in digital design, we can create the visual illustion of 3D texture. This Tutorial aims to show you an easy way to do just that.

48. Grungy Paper Texture

Texture47 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

Learn how To Make An Awesome Grungy Paper Texture From Scratch

49. The Ultimate Wood Texture Tutorial

Texture48 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

In this tutorial, learn how to create a wood texture and apply some artwork on top of it that has an aged paint feel.

50. Add Texture to Improve Artwork

Texture49 in 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources

In this little Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to design a quick art piece, then add some texture to it, this is to demonstrate the use of texture in artwork

Free Texture Resources

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  1. Simon 22 October 2008

    Great work!

  2. Franz Jeitz |fudgegraphics 22 October 2008

    awesome collection. thanks for including my textures. it’s been dugg and shouted!

  3. vladocar 22 October 2008

    Great collection!

  4. Web Design Adelaide 22 October 2008

    Great collection once again. thank you

  5. Love CJ 22 October 2008

    I find a mistake.the No.41 and No.43 are same.

  6. NaldzGraphics 22 October 2008

    nice list.im gonna use some if them.thanks!!

    Ronald

  7. Web Site Design Michigan 22 October 2008

    That is one long list. Thanks for sharing the texture freebies list with us.

  8. Noupe 22 October 2008

    @Love CJ- Thanks for pointing that out. It’s fixed now.

    @everyone- I am glad you found this post interesting.

  9. insicdesigns 22 October 2008

    great post. this gives me another of grunge and textures.

  10. Brandon Cox 23 October 2008

    Awesome! Love your freebies – keep it up and thanks!

  11. Gforce 23 October 2008

    WOW – Freebies really make my day !!!

  12. Rahul 23 October 2008

    Oh wow… these are really great. Thanks.

  13. Caleb 23 October 2008

    Hey, all kinds of great resources here, glad I made the list! Thanks.

    Caleb
    http://lostandtaken.com

  14. Torley 23 October 2008

    Thanks for the compilation, Noupe!

    Good to see a number of these are stored on Flickr — which is a great resource for organizing textures you’ve made.

    If anyone wants 600+ FREE textures in a variety of styles, mostly surreal but they’re quite a jovial diversity I’ve created, you’re welcome to help yourself to:

    » http://torley.com/textures

    Cheerio!

  15. FBrushes 23 October 2008

    OMG! these are great! I will surely using them in the future.

  16. ThomasP 24 October 2008

    Wow, great list. I especially like those old and burned ones.
    I already linked this article on my blog.
    Thx again!

  17. phipphin 24 October 2008

    Thanks. It’s really useful

  18. zen 24 October 2008

    Hey thanks for including my photos for use in textures! Almost all of my photos are free for use as long as it’s not a commercial (for profit) venture.

  19. Thomas | Brush King 25 October 2008

    Great collection, Thanks

  20. Dainis Graveris 25 October 2008

    It’s really hard in our days to make complete list with all the best textures, but every new article comes nearer to this goal..:) thanks for the resources!

  21. Khalid86 26 October 2008

    you guys are the best =’)

  22. Exdizajn 26 October 2008

    Great list! Texture King is my favorite!

  23. Dennis 28 October 2008

    Thanks for posting these

  24. joryx 4 November 2008

    Excellent!! it’s a great collection!

  25. Danh ba web 2.0 8 November 2008

    Great resources. Thanks you very much !

  26. emre 11 November 2008

    thanks

  27. engin_dlk 14 November 2008

    thank you.. Te?ekkürler ;)

  28. Modern Print 1 December 2008

    Excellent. Keep up the good Work.
    Trevor.

  29. Tony 8 December 2008

    you guys rock :)

  30. mariano 29 October 2009

    muy buenes texturas gracias

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