Background Images for Graphic Designers

A quick post to share a site that I found today in a search for background textures.

The site is CG Textures, and they are a completely free resource for background textures and objects. And better still, they offer a huge variety of really good images.

If you are a web developer, graphic designer, or even just like to design your own sites, you need to know about this resource.

From their About page:    

“CGTextures strives to be the world's best texture site. Being a 3D artist myself, I know how hard it is to create textures without good photo materials. Making textures should be about creativity, not about spending hours looking for the right image on the internet. I hope that by supplying good quality textures in an organized manner, your everyday work will be easier and more enjoyable.”

As an example of what they offer, I clicked on the category "concrete". Seven sub-categories popped up, image below.   

As you can see, the sub-cats in concrete vary from "dirty" to "bunker wall", with many variations in color, pattern, and style available.

Clicking on the "dirty" sub-cat, took me to the first page with over 150 images available in that category. See a few samples below.   
   
The images are high quality, with a small and large resolution available.

Check it out, and let me know how you like it!

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