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:
Stock photos number two and three are close-up / macro shots of some tree bark:
And texture number four: A macro photograph of cork:
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):
From the same series of water images:
And a macro photo of a water drop splash (a royalty-free stock image classic… but they are [...]
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:
A still life image [...]
One of my favorites: Layers of old paint on old wood in intensive colors. Preferably blue. I´m sure you designers can do something with these textures… As usual, these are free royalty-free stock photos, which means, use them freely in your designs or on your web sites, but please don´t resell or otherwise re-distribute the [...]
We had some searches for LEATHER TEXTURES here recently, so I went through the image archive to see what I can make available for download as free stock photos. Here they are, hope they are of some use:
Though I did not use a specialized macro lens for this shot, there´s a good amount of detail [...]
Some close-up / macro photos of weathered wood with a greyish patina:
(Just for anybody new here - you can download images by clicking on the prevs. and use them for free in your designs, but please don´t re-sell or re-distribute the photographs - these are free royalty-free stock images but not copyright-free photos).
Some wood, if [...]
The last stone wall texture post had some images left to be displayed, so for today I will continue with that and finish it before it gets boring… before you wonder why there are these endless stone photos on this page, remember that this web site is about stock images for designers, so I assume [...]
Here they are: Photo textures of colorful stone walls. As usual, you can download all those stock images for free by clicking on the low-res pictures (and use them in your designs, on your websites or as backgrounds of course, but please don´t re-distribute them. These are FREE ROYALTY-FREE IMAGES but not copyright-free images).
Some of [...]
Today - quickly - two stock photos of cracked concrete, before I start going through the stone wall textures promised here recently.
A builders nightmare, but handy in all sorts of designs, i.e. as website backgrounds…
I like the textures of stones and rocks not just for designs, but for their own sake. Weathered and aged, the surfaces often turn into very interesting colors. So here´s another set of free stock images; I may prepare an additional one dedicated to stone wall textures in the near future:
As a side note, from [...]