29 Most Useful Texture Packs of 2008
The trend of using texture in web design has been around for a while, but in 2008 it was taken to a new level. Not only were there many beautiful sites launched that made use of textures, but there were also lots of useful texture packs created. I’ve taken the time to sort through them and hand pick the ones that I feel stand out in usefulness and beauty.
Grunge Textures
Christy Sobolewski Textures
vintage grunge textures
color grunge textures
hardcore vintage grunge
Large Paper Grunge Textures
Anatomy of a Dumpster: 12 Textures
rust textures
Grunge II Texture Pack
Old Grunge Photo Texture Pack
Grungy and Dirty Textures
24 Free High-Res Textures
TEXTURES PACK 1
Vintage Textures
15 Old Book Cover Textures
17 More Old Book Cover Textures
Free High-Res Texture Pack: The Anatomy of a *Really* Old Book
Vintage II Texture Pack
Vintage Texture Pack
Vintage Bum
Wood Textures
Textures – Wood
Local Texture: Three by One
Dark Wood Texture Pack
Free Hi Resolution Wood Textures
Fabric Textures
20 Fabric Textures to Dress Up your Design
Free Fabric Texture Pack
Paper and Cardboard Textures
Natural Paper Texture Pack
Cardboard Textures and Objects
Rough Paper Textures
5 Fantastically Free High Res Brown Paper Textures
Free High Resolution Plain and Grunge Paper Textures
December 11th, 2008
Thanks for the post! Some great wood textures in there that I will definitely put to good use
December 11th, 2008
Awesome picks! Thanks Much!!!
December 11th, 2008
Great collection!
December 11th, 2008
Nice compilation, i will add it in the texture section of my site : http://www.webdesignerheaven.com
Thanks
December 11th, 2008
This is a great collection. I didn’t know half the textures you showcased. Bookmarked and stumbled it for future reference. Thank you for including some of my textures as well!
December 11th, 2008
@Frank – I’m glad you like them, and great work on the ones you created.
December 11th, 2008
Excellent!
December 11th, 2008
A nice collection, I’ll bookmark for future reference.
December 11th, 2008
Best collection of textures I’ve seen in awhile. Thanks!
December 11th, 2008
Well compiled list guys! Excellent!!
December 11th, 2008
absolutely awesome textures. thanks for the compilation
December 11th, 2008
Nice collection. Definitely bookmarking for future reference. I especially adore the vintage textures.
December 11th, 2008
My jaw dropped. And it didn’t stop until I finished looking. Beautiful collection! Will download for sure. Grazie!
December 11th, 2008
just wow!….love this textures…….got the link from smashing magazine twitter….
December 12th, 2008
Also saw the link via Smashing Mag and popurls. =) Thanx for sharing these terrific textures! I love quality textures, they’re like wonderful little swatches of artistic intensity.
I’ve also made many seamless textures in a variety of styles from painterly to grungy to outright surreal which I welcome you to use… even for commercial purposes.
ENJOY http://torley.com/textures
December 12th, 2008
I guess most of people like free stuff. But don’t forget to read the rules and credit requirements.
December 12th, 2008
I liked the collection. It would great if you can post some site links where these textures are used.
December 12th, 2008
great textures collection!
it will be great if there is an information below each texture about their licence.
oh ya, color grunge textures seem to have a wrong link — it points to vintage grunge textures link.
December 12th, 2008
@Deny – Thanks for pointing out the incorrect link. It is fixed now.
December 12th, 2008
Nice list! Delicioused
December 12th, 2008
Wow! looks like awesome textures collection!
December 15th, 2008
You forgot this:
http://www.photoclinique.de/webdesign/motion-texturen-von-photoclinique/
December 16th, 2008
Those are some awesome textures! I’ll definitely give some of those a try out! Thanks!
December 16th, 2008
Thanks for the list, it’s very useful.
December 16th, 2008
’shopped
December 17th, 2008
Wonderful! This is an awesome collection. Very helpful. Thanks.
December 17th, 2008
i love them they’re so helpful
December 17th, 2008
Excellent choices! The fabric pack will be really helpful for custom content for The Sims. Thank you very much.
December 17th, 2008
Amazing useful texture packs! thumbs up!!
December 18th, 2008
great collection – just what i needed for a client – thanks
December 19th, 2008
Holy crap.
That’s so much stuff. This is an awesome collection. I am consistently amazed by the graciousness of people on the internet.
December 19th, 2008
Thank you so much for these links, I grabbed all the free ones!
December 21st, 2008
Nice texture background collection. Thank you for your contribution.
December 21st, 2008
Awesome textures. Thanks!
January 1st, 2009
Thanks so much!
January 2nd, 2009
Great list of textures, thanks!
January 2nd, 2009
Beautiful post. I love the textures you’ve presented. Thanks.
j
January 7th, 2009
Thank you! These are very nice and will be VERY useful!
January 7th, 2009
Great post. these are some great textures
January 8th, 2009
very nice! Thank you, will come handy in template designing
January 10th, 2009
Thanks so much! great share. Facilitate the design process…
More share website: http://www.gfxchina.com
January 21st, 2009
Very good texture collection, one of the mosts useful I’ve found recently – with genuinely good resources too! Thanks a lot, you’ve saved me a lot of time trying to compile my own list
January 21st, 2009
[...] You are sure to find a use for these textures, but if you want more, check out the best texture packs from 2008. [...]
February 5th, 2009
are any of these textures tile-able?
February 9th, 2009
All so gorgeous.
February 24th, 2009
A great collection and very useful resource!
March 21st, 2009
/get 2008
Good thing I just installed my 1TB hardrive! Much obliged.
April 8th, 2009
Tranks
Perfect textures
A great collection and very useful resource!
April 14th, 2009
Great article! I use some parts on my large background homepage.
April 20th, 2009
really amazing work..thanks for your effort
April 24th, 2009
very good awesome list… and i like it
April 29th, 2009
love these textures1!! thank youuuuuu!!
May 12th, 2009
Please, make a discription at the top about license:)
Can use it in commercial sites?
May 26th, 2009
great textures..I think they’ll work for design site or an artist’s site but I think for something more corporate it might not be a good fit…
June 4th, 2009
Genial, buen post, gracias por el buen aporte, de verdad. Son muy buenos las texturas de las paginas linkiadas. Thanks my friend!
June 17th, 2009
Holy moly!Great resource and free. Thank you