My Bookmarked CG Resources - Update 6-6-2008

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Hello Everyone,
EDIT> This update brought to you courtesy of 3dmedieval and nfollmer!! Thank You!!
I have posted bookmarks in the past in response to questions like:

Where can I find…?

However, the posts are old, and I can no longer find them in a search (limit 500)
So, here are my latest resource bookmarks - Most - but not all are free image/texture sites. I hope you find them useful. 500 posts from now, I’ll post them again.

Ringing Endorsement

So what does it take to get a ringing endorsement? - I have to like it! It’s my list.


Daily limit without paid subscription, but if the daily limit is holding you back, then you are probably making enough money in a CG related field to afford the paid subscription.

http://www.accustudio.com/
Textures and HDRI

http://www.imageafter.com/
Good quality textures and photos for all kinds of stuff

Wood Specific
http://www.distressedwoodfloor.com/hardwoodfloor.html


http://www.victorianfloorfinishing.com/page4.html
http://www.teaklumber.com/teak.htm
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/forestry/hough/index.html
http://www.worldpanel.com/veneersp2.htm
http://www.sykestimber.co.uk/index.html
http://www.springerlumber.com/
http://www.curlymaplewood.com/
http://www.m2wood.com/galleriatop.htm

http://www.defcon-x.de/textures

General
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour/
http://www.free-textures.com/



http://www.o2-photo.com/
http://gallery.hd.org/index.jsp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8248319@N08/sets/72157600190964218/
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://biodiversity.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/suzuki/halimun/plant/PlantPhT.htm
http://www.accustudio.com/exchange/textures.php
http://www.digitalcraftsman.com/textureBin/textureBin.htm
http://www.3d-rekonstruktionen.de/downloads/3d_textures
http://www.mayang.com/textures/

http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/search.php?action=detailsearch
http://textures.forrest.cz/
http://padimentum.muskatli.hu/Textura/
http://www.morguefile.com/ - Many pictures of many things - allot like imageafter - read the terms
NEW - http://www.dougturner.net/blendersite/

People Related - Mugshots
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/index.html
Celebrity Mugshots

http://services.co.dakota.mn.us/InmateSearch/
Just search for a name using a wildcard

People Related - Facial Expressions
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/ytw/www/facial.html
http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch10/facex.mhtml
http://www.dotolearn.com/games/facialexpressions/face.htm

People Related - Eyes
http://www.milesresearch.com/main/sampleimages.htm
High quality images of eyes

People Related - General
http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomy.html
http://fineart.sk/
http://www.rhinoplastyspecialist.com/Rhinoplasty-PhotosGallery1.html
http://free-textures.got3d.com/natural/free-character-references/index.html
http://www.massagenerd.com/photos/index.html

Blueprints
http://www.the-blueprints.com/
http://www.suurland.com/main.php
http://blueprints.migee.com/blueprints.shtml
http://www.e-interiors.net/default.php
http://www.linedstudio.com/
http://carblueprints.narod.ru/ - Cars Obviously
http://www.shipschematics.net/ - Starships
NEW - http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/plans/plans.html - Submarines, old & new

Characters
http://characterdesigns.com/
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/ff9/art.html - Fantasy Character Reference
http://www.catsuka.com/gengal.php - Anime
http://www.anime-model-sheets.com/ - Anime
http://www.animationmeat.com/ - Animation

Animals / Dinosaurs
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Science/subcollections/VetAnatImgsAbout.html - Veterinary Anatomical Illustrations
http://skeletaldrawing.com/shdguide/anatomy.htm - Dinosaur Skeleton Drawings

HDRI
http://www.aversis.be/hdri/room_day.htm
http://www.hdrimaps.com/downloads.html
http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Data/HighResProbes/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cwis/research/graphics/PICS/envmaps/
http://www.sachform.de/index_EN.html
http://www.rastermon.com/hdr/hdr.htm
http://hdri.3dweave.com/library/
http://www.clarac.net/nataz/hdr.html
http://www.unparent.com/
http://www.dbki.org/hdr/index.html

Wallpaper - Stop with the boring plaster already
http://www.designyourwall.com/


http://wallpaperadditions.com/display.mv?Show+Textures+Linen+Single+Group+Textures+1115826882+7
http://www.totalwallcovering.com/Category/c2~Borders.aspx
http://www.usahomefashions.com/wallpaper.html

Tansu Hardware
http://www.chisler.net/tansu69.html
http://www.japanwoodworker.com/dept.asp?dept_id=12977
http://www.tansuhardware.com/main.html
http://int.kateigaho.com/mar04/antiques-tansu.html

Misc Home Accessories
http://www.signaturehardware.com/
http://www.seraphimglass.com/glass_designs.htm
http://www.invitinghome.com/index.htm
http://www.efineantiques.com/schumann2.htm
http://www.bearnes.co.uk/Catalogues/EX111207/page11.htm
http://www.vintagepoint.com/tradetools

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Very nice list you got there Obi_Ron, quite alot of those i have not heard of or seen before.

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Thank you for compiling this list, OBI_Ron, very helpful.

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Hello All,

Glad you like it - Notice also the new link in my sig. Now even I will be able to find it easily.

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It would be great if someone could add relevant ones to http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Tutorials/Links .

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This should really be made a sticky somewhere.

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TheANIMAL,

Thanks! As you may have noticed, I added 2 new links, preceded with “NEW”, and updated the title of the post to indicate the date they were updated.

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Hey OBI_Ron, I found two nice blueprint/reference images sites focusing on animals, one for dinosaurs, the other for some common animals, for inclusion in your list in case you find them interesting:
Veterinary Anatomical lllustrations
Dinosaur Anatomy (check the skeletal drawing gallery)

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well, i have editing rights so, might as well look into it. :slight_smile:

wont do without talking to some others on the wiki irc channel though.

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Sweet, thanks a lot!

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ok, so if anyone’s got such links to share, feel free to post,
and I’d skim trough them, and add some nicer ones with good licenses to the wiki list. :slight_smile:

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Great resource!

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nice link collection
here’s one to add to the wood specific list : http://www.defcon-x.de/textures
and another for the HDRI list : http://www.dbki.org/hdr/index.html

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Updated - Thanks treaktor!

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Oh my gosh, you’re our savior! I wish this was a sticky…

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Wow, that’s a huuge list!

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Still loving the HDRI image sites, really a god send all i need is a space themed one.

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Great list, it can be a sticky

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Bump - New site courtesy of relledom!

The site - http://www.massagenerd.com/photos/index.html has numerous human reference photos.

Thanks again relledom!

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Agreed to sticky. I personally think that it’d be better to create another section in BA forums just for links to put something like this thread.

Is http://www.bobotheseal.com/ relevant to this thread? If you want some video game artwork (what I found was mostly 2D though) I can contribute.