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This article is from May 19, 2010, and is no longer current.

Free For All: A Thousand Free Textures

Textures. We’ve got textures. Lots and lots of textures. One thousand one hundred and twenty-three to be exact, from paper to ink, grunge to clean, concrete to metal, wood to grass, smoke to coffee stains. And they’re all 100% free for personal and commercial use.
Since there are so many, I’ve divided the images and links into three clickable categories:
Paper, Ink, and Paint
Concrete and Metal
Miscellaneous
Paper, Ink, and Paint
Burnt Paper (19 Textures)

Stained Paper (10 Textures)

Ink Stained Paper (20 Textures)

Old Books (17 Textures)

Old Book Covers (15 Textures)

More Old Books (17 Textures)

HQ Old Paper (13 Textures)

Old Paper (5 Textures)

9 Papers (9 Textures)

Peeling Grunge Paper (6 Textures)

Grungy Paper (6 Textures)

Grungy Paper 6R (6 Textures)

Liquid Ink Vol. 1 (40 Textures)

Liquid Ink Vol. 2 (45 Textures)

Drips and Spray Paint (40 Textures + 40 Brushes)

Spray Paint (25 Textures)

Watercolors Vol. 1 (36 Textures)

Watercolors Vol. 2 (30 Textures)

Mixed Media (29 Textures)


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Pariah S. Burke is the author of many books and articles that empower, inform, and connect creative professionals.
  • Anonymous says:

    This is one of the best FREE FOR ALL posts yet! WOW! I cannot believe it! I definitely will be using these in my designs!

  • Anonymous says:

    Thanks for featuring some of my textures @designshard

  • Anonymous says:

    What an amazing collection. Thank you! I can’t wait to share this post.
    http://www.kersteincreative.com

  • Anonymous says:

    Found some good info about sketching with pen and ink that might be of interest. Here is the link: https://www.castleink.com/_a-pen-ink.html

  • Anonymous says:

    Loving the splash textures. Loads more free textures and backgrounds at http://www.spectrumtextures.com

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