Free Stock Images Part 28 - Handmade Brick Textures

Royalty Free Image - Handmade Brick Texture

I spent a visit to some hidden, abandoned houses the last days, and beside a lung full of fresh air I brought a memory card full of photographs with me, of which I will make the one or the other available here as free royalty-free images, the first set of textures featuring pretty handmade bricks.

Stock Image of Handmade Bricks

If you need more stock images of brick walls, check here.

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Free Stock Images Part 27 - Rust Metal and Grunge Textures

The previously posted rust metal backgrounds and grunge textures became quite popular, so assuming that you designers need this sort of stuff, here are some more free royalty-free images of that kind:

Free Stock Images - Rust Metal Grunge Textures

A classic, burst rust bubble (my engineer friends get really excited about this sort of damage). These stock photos were not sharpened, so you may want to apply a little bit later in your Photoshop designs.

Royalty-Free Stock Photo of Burst Rust Bubbles

Download these grunge textures by clicking on the pics here and use them as royalty-free images in your creations but please don´t re-distribute or re-sell the photographs themselves (I want to keep the licensing terms as liberal and simple as possible.)

Royalty Free Images - Grunge Textures - Rust Metal Photos

Another close-up photo of a nice orange rust bubble with a grunge paint background.

Stock Photo of a Rust Metal Bubble with Grunge Background

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Free Stock Images Part 26 - Cake Pictures

Royalty Free Stock Images - Cake Pictures

Today some cake pictures to continue the series of royalty-free images of food. And sorry, I don´t have the recipes at hand, but you came most likely not here for that, but to get some background textures for your designs. Try  this one - a close-up photo of a fruit cake made from organic apricots:

Royalty Free Photo Background Texture of a Fruit Cake with Apricots

Or these two stock images of a plum cake:

Royalty Free Stock Image of a Plum Cake

Fruit Cake Stock Photo Background

All of them very different, but delicious… In early summer, my favourite is surely this homemade strawberry cake:

Royalty Free Image of a Strawberry Cake

And colorful it is, too (but quite a demanding subject to photograph). Download hi-res images by following the links in the low res pictures.

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Free Stock Images Part 25 - Book Photos

As this web site is not just about stock textures but free royalty-free images in general, today I picked some still-life photos of books. Actually, properly cropped they are easily usable as backgrounds (and the third looks even good as a desktop background). The books in these photos are quite old, btw., which makes their colors and textures even more interesting. If I see that you like them (some stuff here gets downloaded quite a bit - thanks to everybody who sent a link!) I will take and post some more images like that. A little reminder: Use the stock photos posted here freely in your design projects, blogs and web sites, but please, don´t re-distribute the images as such. Beside that, enjoy the material provided here and feed your design ideas.

Number one, a close-up photo of a pile of old books:

Free Stock Image Photos of Books

Download the higher resolution files by clicking on the pics.

Royalty-free photo number two: A still life image of a pile of antique books:

Royalty Free Photo Still Life of an Antique Book Pile

And number three, the background / close-up picture / paper texture:

Book Stock Photo

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Free Stock Images Part 24 - Old Wood Textures

Royalty Free Stock Image - Weathered Wood Texture

They may seem a bit strange, but as I have a fancy for old, weathered wood, and spend a good amount of time in alpine landscapes photographing it, and as some of that makes interesting backgrounds and textures, I thought I will prepare another set of royalty-free stock photos (and let people download them for free). As a designer you probably have the one or the other use for it.

Royalty Free Photo Background -Old Wood

Two old wood textures:

Stock Texture - Old Wood

A lighter colored background:

Royalty-free Image - Wood Background

And two rather abstract photos of piles of wooden sticks used for farming:

Royalty-free Stock Photo - Abstract Background - Wood Stick Pile

Royalty Free Stock Image - Many Wooden Sticks - Abstract Background Photo

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Free Stock Images Part 23 - Food Photos - Dried Fruit

Royalty-free Stock Image of Dried Dates - Food Photo Backgrounds

Mediterranean markets are usually full of delicious things, and if one does food photography and has a decent kitchen to mess around in, too, it makes for an inspiring source of colorful textures and abstract backgrounds. So I decided to select some pictures of dried fruits as free royalty-free images and post them here for you designers. See what you can do with it. The first two stock photos are close-up shots of dried dates:

Food Stock Photo Dried Fruit - Dried Dates Background

Perhaps food photos are not yet often enough used as abstract backgrounds and textures in designs, considering that basically every human being has a very physical relationship with edible things and is naturally appealed by them. And the  possible color schemes are almost endless. (In fact, a lot of trend colors are regularly named after food or botanicals, so the influence always was and is clearly there).

Anyway, a quite colorless picture of dried figs (they were as sweet as they look):

Royalty Free Stock Photo of Dried Figs

By the way, I´m going to repeat myself here, but in order to download high res photos click on the low-res pics. (Or download those if you just want to post them on your food blog, and the size is sufficient and suits better.)

If you are looking for an orange background, try this image of dried apricots:

Royalty-free Stock Image of Dried Apricots

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Free Stock Images Part 22 - Food Photos

Today a set of royalty-free food stock photos. Because this web site is slow to load with all these images on the front page, but I don´t want to change the layout, I will split certain themes with lots of pictures into several posts in future (so come back the next days to download more).

 If you run a cooking or recipe blog, you can probably do with the following food stock images:

Free Stock Images of Food - Vegetables Displayed on a Market

A display of onion and other vegetables on a market. (Click for high res photo). Related, a background of red onion:

Food Stock Photo - Red Onion Background

(In case you are new here, you can download these stock photos under a free royalty-free license, see terms of use at the bottom of the page).

A cabbage image:

Royalty Free Food Image - Cabbage

And a rf background with red potatoes, close-up photograph:

RF Stock Photo Background Red Potatoes

Plus a potato photo in vertical orientation:

Food Photo - Potatoes on a Market

More images of cooking ingredients to come.

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Free Stock Images Part 21 - Wood Texture Backgrounds

Todays set of royalty-free stock photos consists of four wood textures (well, sort of, but they probably all make a good addition to a designers background archive). 

Image number one, an oak wood texture:

Free Stock Images - Oak Wood Texture Backgrounds

Stock photos number two and three are close-up / macro shots of some tree bark:

Royalty-Free Stock Images - Tree Bark Textures

Royalty-Free Stock Photo Texture Tree Bark

And texture number four: A macro photograph of cork:

Stock Photo Backgrounds - Cork Texture Macro Photograph

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Free Stock Images Part 20 - Water Photos

We had some recent searches for WATER STOCK PHOTOS and IMAGES OF WATER DROPS, so, here are some, which perhaps make some useful abstract textures for your designs (and work well as backgrounds):

Free Stock Image of Water - Abstract Photo Texture

From the same series of water images:

Water Image

And a macro photo of a water drop splash (a royalty-free stock image classic… but they are still fascinating):

Royalty-Free Stock Photo of a Water Drop Splash

Plus another abstract background, a water texture consisting of air bubbles:

Water Texture - Royalty Free Stock Photo

The last one for today, something botanical - a macro photo of water drops on a leaf:

Free Macro Stock Image of Water Drops on a Leaf - Botanical Abstract

Update: I forgot to include the sparkling water image - if you are looking for some abstract blue background either for your designs, your web site or your desktop, try this one:

Free Stock Image of Sparkling Water

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Free Stock Images Part 19 - Gourmet Coffee Photos

After all the textures posted here recently, I should perhaps have some images again even my great-aunt could recognize as a photograph, because, after all, this web site is not just about free textures but free royalty-free STOCK PHOTOS, so today, and just in time for the weekend, some gourmet coffee pictures:

Free Still Life Stock Image of Espresso Coffee Cup and Water Glass

A still life image of an espresso coffee cup and a water glass. Perhaps I will open a new category called FOOD STOCK PHOTOS at some point, as there shall be many more food and beverage related pictures in the future.

The same scene, but in vertical orientation:

Free Stock Image of an Espresso Coffee Cup - Still Life Food Photo in Vertical Orientation

If you are into gourmet coffee and espresso makers, you will probably like the following picture: 

Free Stock Image of an Espresso Coffee Maker

Download the hi-res photos by clicking on the low-res pics, and make some nice coffee-related designs and web sites out of it…

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