Category Reference

Reference imagery on a variety of topics.

Game Art Reference

• game art dumps on the Polycount forum.

• Level Design Reference Database: a searchable collection of game screenshots with assigned tags that describe the images’ content.

Forum Reference Threads

• The Reference Thread on the Polycount forums
• Reference Thread on the Game Artist Forums

Search Tools

• Google Image Search
• Bing Image Search
• Flickr Image Search
• Yahoo Image Search
• AltaVista Image Search
• Lycos Image Search
• Wikimedia Commons
• for motion reference links

Reverse Image Search

Search for images similar to a source image.

• Google Similar Images
• RevIMG - search within specific subjects: flags, famous paintings, symbols, monuments, etc.
• TinEye - reverse image search
• WhatTheFont - reverse image search for fonts

Texture Sites

• cgtextures.com Free up to a daily limit, subscription fee thereafter.
• imageafter.com Free.
• mayang.com Free up to a daily limit.
• lemog.fr Free. Most are tiled.
• free-textures.got3d.com Free for a subset of the whole library, the rest available for a fee.
• newtek.com/freestuff Free but rights-limited. Requires registration.
• texturewarehouse.com Free but rights-limited.
• /~jeremy/photo/public Free.
• environment-textures.com Subscription fee required. Part of the 3d.sk family.

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