http://www.cgtextures.com/
Probably the most notorious site where you can find tons of free textures of various categories.

http://www.mayang.com/textures/
One of the oldest textures sites on the internet.

http://www.marvamarble.com/Product-Index.htm?u
A very comprehensive site where you can find tons of marble and stones textures.

http://vyonyx.com/category/down/cutout-people/
Probably the best site for free people cutouts; each file comes in psd format so you can easily composite it on your rendering.

http://downloadarea.margraf.it/
A great site for marble textures. Registration is required.

http://free-textures.got3d.com/natural/free-grunge-textures/index.html
Several categories, but I especially like the grunge textures.

http://www.michalkotek.com/download.html
A nice collection of textures and a set of trees cutouts.

http://www.defcon-x.de/c4d/textures
Several types of wood textures

http://free3dstextures.com/
Most of the textures available from this site require additional work in order to make them tileable, but the resolution and the sharpness are great.

http://texturez.com/
Another great site with large variety of textures.

Again, this isn’t meant to be the most comprehensive list, but if you think that I have missed something important, feel free to post a link in the comments section.

Well written contracts not only protect you (and your client) but also make a good impression and therefore help you gain the client’s trust.
Nicolas Bischoff from Burn Studio has written an excellent set of guidelines on what a contract should contain.

Click here to view the article.

As you have noticed by reading the “about the author” page, I run a studio that provides architectural renderings, and I have been doing this since 2004.

For about 4 years the design of the website has remained unchanged. Although at the beginning it was ok for what we needed, within time we found out that it was quite difficult to update it, due to the fact that the portfolio section was based on flash. Furthermore, with the browsers evolving so fast, we have noticed that some latest versions weren’t showing the content properly. So it was definitely time for a change.

We have therefore decided to skip all the bells and whistles (flash animations, intro, etc.) and go for a wordpress based platform. We intend to keep it like this for a while and see what kind of feedback we receive, and think about a re-design in a few months if we consider it necessary.

I would appreciate it very much if you could let me know what you think about it (from the navigation point of view, design, color scheme, and the renderings shown in the portfolio section).

Bellow are a few examples of renderings, that are directly linked to the appropiate category of our site.

Photomontage Renderings

Interior Renderings

Exterior Renderings

Best regards,

Alex Mincinopschi

<a href=”http://www.cgdigest.com/index.php/free-3d-models/”><img src=”http://www.cgdigest.com/cgdigest.gif” border=”0″ alt=”Free 3D Models” /></a>

This one will generate a 88×31 banner that looks just like the one bellow:

Or
<a title=”Free 3D Models” href=”http://www.cgdigest.com/index.php/free-3d-models/”>Free 3D Models</a>

This will generate a text link, like the one bellow:

Free 3D Models

Or

<a href=”http://www.cgdigest.com/”><img src=”http://www.cgdigest.com/bannercgdigest.gif” border=”0″ alt=”Free 3D Models” /></a>

This will generate a text link, like the one bellow:

All the links will be featured in our links section.

Best regards,

Alex