Free REFERENCES and RESOURCES sites

[iatriki]

Here's a list of free stuff that you can find on the net. I hope it will help. 🙂

Human ANATOMY:
www.personal.psu.edu/jas43/skel/skeletal.htm (photos of the entire skeletal system)
www.bartleby.com/107/indexillus.html ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY-Henry Gray 1918
fineart.sk/ (Anatomy books an photos.The main attractions are 4 old Andrew Loomis books and an old Anatomy atlas)
www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/Consult/consult.asp?numfiche=56&index=1&numtable=B372615206_47294&mode=1 DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA by ANDREAS VESALIUS 1543-THE FIRST ANATOMY UBERBOOK -This link contains the whole book...IT is in latin, but if you're not interested in the text or don't know latin , you can just browse thru it and look at the wonderful anatomy drawings. Here's an example of the kind of pictures that you will find in Vesalius's book:

http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/B372615206_47294/ecran/CESR_47294_0187.jpg
www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomy.html
www.getbodysmart.com/ap/muscularsystem/menu/menu.html
www.rad.washington.edu/atlas/
www.michaelmhensley.com/page0006.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/dmontesi/sets/1499867/

Animal anatomy:
Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists by W. Ellenberger. choose Browse the Veterinary Anatomical Illustrations


www.skeletaldrawing.com/ (dinosaurs)
www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/sets/72157600339587826/ (Mammal skeletons)

Free CG TUTORIALS
www.3dtutorials.sk/
www.luxology.com/community/tutorials/
www.subdivisionmodeling.com/wiki/tiki-index.php
www.3dtotal.com/
www.antropus.com/tutorials.htm (the first 2 links from antropus aren't working anymore. But you can find them on the tutorials section from zbrushcentral.com, along with many other zbrush tuts)

TEXTURES
www.mayang.com/textures/ ( many many free hires textures- download quota 20/day)
www.cgtextures.com/ (17.000 highreztextures- you can download 15Mb/day)
www.psicosonic.net/?zona=01downloads&cat=02textures&subcat=-view%20all%20categories-&PHPSESSID=68d33...

Art:
www.artrenewal.org/
www.allartclassic.com/pictures.php?p=1&p_number=835&forder=1&countsp=15

Modern master sculptors:
www.richardmacdonald.com/
www.richardstipl.com/
www.sabinhoward.com/
www.tskuebler.com/gallery.html
www.schellstudio.com/sculpture.htm

Various reference sites:
www.old-picture.com/collection-index-001.htm (huge collection of old photos)
www.cherrys.com/ped_rif1.htm (rifle photos)
www.trekearth.com/ (thousands and thousands of photos from all corners of the globe)
www.tenring.com/stuff.html (fire arms photos)
oldguns.net/catedw.htm ( lots of weapon photos- press view picture)
www.uglybug.org/06dex.shtml (electron microscope insect photos)
www.tescan.com/an/an_gal.html (electron microscope insect photos)
www.mos.org/sln/sem/sem.html
remf.dartmouth.edu/imagesindex.html
vvdfx0.tripod.com/id11.html (make-up FX )
www.tccandler.com/
www.iowbathospital.org.uk/gallery.html (hires bats photos)
therionarms.com/old_armor_page.shtml
www.flickr.com/photos/dmontesi/sets/1499867/
www.k-state.edu/parasitology/625tutorials/

Free/Opensource SOFTWARES:
modeling:
www.blender.org/ (modeling,rendering,rigging..)
www.wings3d.com/ ( nice little modeling app-it has all the necessary tools for doing a nice job)
moi3d.com/ (NURBS modeling)
rendering:
www.povray.org/
sunflow.sourceforge.net
www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot iatriki! Great recources for all 3d!

[iatriki]

@maxer

1:telecharger
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3:right click save as on the blue words en cliquant ici.

[iatriki]

skulls and skeletons

-mammals
www.skullsite.co.uk/lists.htm
www.francecasts.com/casts/humans/cranial/
www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/zoology/skulls.htm
biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Labs/Anatomy_&_Physiology/A&P201/Skeletal/Skull_Bones.htm

-mammals, birds, reptiles
www.skullsunlimited.com/mammal-collection.html

-birds
www.skullsite.com/index.htm

hirez photos with all the missions of the NASA space shuttle (and more
spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/index.html

military vehicles tanks, planes, etc (thousands of highrez photos)
www.primeportal.net/the_battlefield.htm

hundreds of photos with the SHERMAN tank and steam locomotives
http://picasaweb.google.com/gebinder01

guns and military uniforms
http://flickr.com/photos/mateus27_24-25/sets/72157603548153860/

guns, tanks, military vehicles
http://www.thetankmaster.com/english.asp

automotive design
www.carbodydesign.com/

[Christoph_Schaedl]

thanks andrei...

[Anonymous]

@maxer

1:telecharger
2:ok (just click ok, don't change anything)
3:right click save as on the blue words en cliquant ici.

yeah that worked great

thanks

[iatriki]

insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants..etc (flora and fauna)
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile

animals and insects
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/list.php

gallaxies, nebulas, planets seen by the HUBBLE space telescope
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/viewall/

EARTH viewed from space
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

10 million images from the archives of LIFE magazine
http://images.google.com/hosted/life

samurai helmets
http://www.japanese-helmets.com/

samurai armor( the layout of the pages is a bit strange..but anyhoo, very nice references)
http://www.japanesearmor.com/

http://www.japanese-katana.com/

samurai sword guards(tsuba)
http://www.japanese-tsuba.com/

[Cadmium77]

This is an awesome resource. Thanks a million for compiling it. I particularly appreciate the animal anatomy...finding stuff to do with that has been driving me nuts.

[Anonymous]

iatriki- really nice compilation, I havn't even gone through all the links but this stuff looks good!

[iatriki]

INSECTS highrez photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7539598@N04/sets/72157600033217670/
celebrities
http://justjared.buzznet.com/

[Anonymous]

http://www.openfootage.net
Some great textures and HDRI's

[Anonymous]

Wonerful collection ...!!!!!! thanx

[Anonymous]

Hello all, I was around briefly when Skybox/Mudbox first became a part of the Autodesk family. I have to say this thread is awesome!

Thank you Iatriki.

[Anonymous]

really appreciate these free stuffs. I'm new here so the reference is timely.

[absoluteKelvin]

Free texture sites:

http://www.plaintextures.com/index.php
http://www.texturepilot.com/

[NEKOTIQ]

@iatriki

Can you post all the links on the first post, so it can be easier to go through instead of scanning through multiple pages. Thank you iatriki.