Texture and 2d Art Reference URL Thread

Post with links to anything texture or 2d related and i'll sticky them up here for the communities. Reference. Thanks!

General Computer Graphics:

http://www.cgtalk.com/

http://www.cgchat.com/

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/

http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education ... cation.htm seemingly a very good source for everything CG (modeling, color theory, ect)

http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/ Neat tutorials on a lot of stuff.

http://www.good-tutorials.com

General Computer 2d:

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1

http://www.strangefate.com/Tutorials/index.html

http://www.twisted-strand.com/ut_tutori ... index.html

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/co ... orial.html

http://www.mapcore.net/forums/viewtopic ... 2&start=15 getting textures to repeat properly for games.

Modeling:

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm

Skinning Tutorials:

http://st.burst.cc/

http://www.sourceblog.net

Reference Photos:

http://www.animax.it/animax/frame1.html

http://www.mayang.com/textures/

http://www.flannelsauce.com/

http://www.morguefile.com/

http://www.sxc.hu

http://www.locationworks.com/library/cat/29/25/01.html

http://www.monitorstudios.com/bcloward/ ... tures.html

http://textures.boom.ru/texture/building.htm

http://www.grsites.com/textures/

http://www.imageafter.com/

http://rubens.anu.edu.au/lists/ Less of a texture resource, more of a concept development resource.

Anatomy Books:

http://www.saveloomis.org/

Normal Mapping:

CGTalk - Normal Mapping in 3ds max

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=833112

Generating and using normal maps in Maya

http://www.drone.org/tutorials/normal_maps.html

creating normal maps with cinema 4d

http://members.shaw.ca/jimht03/normal.html

Normal Mapping Tutorial by Ben Cloward *very good tutorial*

http://www.monitorstudios.com/bcloward/ ... maps1.html

Normal mapping tutorial by Gary Pate

http://www.ionization.net/tutsmain.htm

Normal Mapping for Games

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=129627

How to create Bump Maps with Photoshop

http://reality.artificialstudios.com/tw ... umpMapping

Normal-Mapping in 3dsmax 7 - It's easy! by moppius

http://www.cgchat.com/forum/showthread. ... tid=196134

Good texturing tutorial and 3dsmax videos by Ben Mathis

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm

Contributers: Reno, Stolve, LeeDee, klein, stolve, Mino, sic1, Danno, Low