Free Stock photos are notorious and, in our visual culture, highly desired. While people may think that free stock images can have poor quality, there are many photos of great quality. In this article, I will share 4 websites where you can find the best free stock photos. But before I start with the actual content article, I must admit something. I felt into the trap of using something that has been widely popular. It concerns the topic of titles, titles that make you click more easily. It seems that titles using a certain number and description work particularly well. […]
A while ago, I tend to use Adobe Photoshop a lot. This was in the era that Adobe Experience Design did not even exist, and Adobe Photoshop was used to create websites. I also used Adobe Photoshop to design various posters, such as the ones displayed here in my portfolio. Now for that, I was often on the hunt to take photographs of elements that I could use in my poster designs. And there we go. Some of these photographs had elements that were quite useful for creating Photoshop Brush sets. A brush set is a selection of brushes that […]
For computer graphics artists, our lovely world-wide-web is a great place to find quality content such as textures, which are used in 2D and 3D graphics applications. In this article, six great texture sites are discussed. Obviously, these websites offer their textures for free. What are textures? In visual art, a texture is the perceived surface quality of an artwork. We see something same with digital art, where textures can influence the surface enormously. Textures are in short images of (often) repeatable patterns as stones, bricks, wood, metal, etc. But remember, they are not always repeatable, as they also can […]
It is always a joy to play with a digital camera, shutter times and a fire. It is amazing to see what shapes fire can have. This little experiment ended into 60 fire textures which you can download and see here. These textures can be freely used, also in commercial context. However, they can not be redistributed or sold. They can be downloaded below as a zip file. Download Fire Textures
Medieval or medievally inspired environments are widely used in Game Design, Texturing and Digital Art. While I was in Antwerp, I shot countless images from Medieval or Renaissance buildings. From these pictures, I derived a couple of textures which can be freely downloaded. These textures can be freely used, even commercially, but redistribution is not allowed. You can also download all textures in a single package. Download Medieval Textures
Recently I received a great collection of old hymn books from my neighbours. These books were so beautiful and had such beautiful, old paper textures. That’s why I took some pictures of them and want to share these textures with you here. These textures are great to use in graphic design work, digital arts and graphics and even texturing. They can be used freely, even commercially, but redistribution is not allowed. You can also download a zip package below. Download Old Paper Textures
What do you think of these old, worn surfaces you can find in older cities? While they are a sign of decay, they have some very attractive element. And that’s why I shot a couple of these textures while being on a city trip. These textures are great for aspiring artists, graphic designers, digital artists and designers working with 3d modelling software such as Blender and Maya. They can be used freely, also for commercial purposes. Redistribution, however, is not allowed. A zip package of all textures can be downloaded below. Download Rust & Wear Textures
