Textures / Materials reference Thread

[kikette]

Hello guyz !

 

You'll certainly ask <<What's the difference between this topic and the "Reference Thread" ? >>

Well, here the idea is to share personal photo of interesting looking material. It can be an Highlight on a wooden edge, a splatter on a plaster... everything you think is interesting and deserve interest. It isn't requiered but I think it could be nice to give some explanation of what you are posting when needed

 

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My recommendation would be that you guys use the attachment feature. It auto-generates thumbnails for everything which should make this kind of thread smoother. Just go ahead and upload the full-size versions when using the full reply screen, the attachment bit is just below the main editing area.   You can even highlight a load of files and upload them at once.

 

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Let's start ! I begin with a little mix of photos from my travel to Japan and France =)

 

(Oh, and please, be kind with me, I have an old 6.3 mega pixel camera ^^' )

 

 

Edited February 12, 2014 by kikette

[PogoP]

Nice one man! Good refs. I'll upload some of mine soon!

[kikette]

Please, do =) I filtered no less thant 198 refs to share here ! Ironicaly, I noticed that when I work, sometimes I forgot that I've nice ref to do my job ^^

[spence]

Nice idea for a thread...can never have too much reference material! I posted my texture repository in the reference thread recently, but I have a huge backlog of hundreds of images to sort out from a visit to an airplane salvage yard last year. Here's a few to share for now. These are full resolution images so they may take a little while to load!

 

Crane hook (raw metal with gashes, dents and damage)

 

 

 

Crackly and damaged paintwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thick mud splatters

 

 

 

 

Peeling canvas/rubber/foam/adhesive

 

 

 

 

Aluminium with rust and wear
 

Dust and sand/grit accumulation

 

 

 

Mucky plastic paneling and cracking painted foam

 

 

 

 

 

Peeling window coating

 

 

 

 

Shredded aircraft skin, some sort of painted fabric canvas or aluminium

 

 

These ones are from a building that was undergoing demolition, which offered some interesting surfaces:

 

Concrete floor, covered in floor tile adhesive



 

 

 

Footprints in ink splatter



 

 

Hose spigot

 

 

 

 

 

Plaster/concrete wall

 

 

 

 

Shiny, warped door plates



 

 

Foul grease and food waste accumulation underneath a grill/deep fryer

 

 

 

 

Edited February 12, 2014 by spence

[Bunglo]

Awesome, there should be a website dedicated to killer reference photos for studying materials so I don't have to slug through all the shit photos on google and flickr.

[kikette]

New one =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 12, 2014 by kikette

[FMPONE]

WOW. WOW. MUCH GOOD THREAD

 

@Thrik: is there a way to make these images load faster? Perhaps thumbnails?

[kikette]

I think its my fault. I should upload smaller images =x

[Bunglo]

No way, bigger is better! Just use imgur to upload them.

[Thrik]

WOW. WOW. MUCH GOOD THREAD

 

@Thrik: is there a way to make these images load faster? Perhaps thumbnails?

 

My recommendation would be that you guys use the attachment feature. It auto-generates thumbnails for everything which should make this kind of thread smoother. Just go ahead and upload the full-size versions when using the full reply screen, the attachment bit is just below the main editing area.  You can even highlight a load of files and upload them at once.

 

While a mod could go through and edit attachments into everyone's topics, it'd be better if you all did it yourselves as that way you'll be able to manage your own attachments properly. Still, I/someone can tidy up if there are huge images continuing to slow the thread down in a couple of days.

 

Perhaps you could put a note or quote of this post at the top kikette?

[kikette]

Yep ! For sure ! I'll rework my posts with epic awesome thumbnails later

[KoKo5oVaR]

Awesome idea ! et je reconnais le portail du parc de la tête d'or coté 6ème! snif, je grimpait là-dessus quand je devais avoir 8 ans, mon enfance postée sur mapcore en ref photo, c'est pas banal.

[spence]

I've edited my post to include thumbnails and will follow this method from now on! I hope this speeds up the thread loading for everyone

[Thrik]

You kind of accidentally trailed off into French there Koko...

[spence]

Here are a handful of older material images from my archives. 

 

Weathered metal panel wall

 

 

 

Worn old pipe from a factory and wet, rain-soaked pipes from an abandoned quarry

 

 

 

 

 

Glossy paint spec/reflection

 

 

 

Shiny metal sheet panels (somewhat warped)

 

 

 

Marble, glossy

 

 

 

Space shuttle fabric(?) panels

 

 

 

 

Cracked rubber (tire)

 

Edited February 13, 2014 by spence