Building a Library of Images for Everyone

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  1. Eric Matyas

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    I hope everyone is safe and healthy. If you have kids (or know someone who does) here's a brand new free resource that I hope is helpful. It's a website for my video learning series, “Dune’s Island.” Within it you can freely access all the episodes, support documentaries and tie-in curriculum (like vocabulary, math problems, writing prompts and more.)

    In the coming weeks I’ll be expanding the site with all kinds of cool activities and more documentaries so please be sure to bookmark it. In the meantime, any and all feedback is welcome and very much appreciated. Enjoy and stay safe.

    https://www.dunesisland.org/

    P.S. Please feel free to share it on social media. Thanks!
     
  4. Eric Matyas

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    I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy…(and not going too crazy from being stuck inside.)

    Anyhow, brand new free texture images ready on these pages:

    TXR – Abstract
    https://soundimage.org/txr-abstract/

    TXR – Rock/Stone – Seamless
    https://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-seamless/

    More media creators have been asking about my higher quality Ogg music tracks. Please know that I’m in the process of creating them and uploading them to Gumroad, but it’s taking time since there are over 2000 tracks on my site. If you want an Ogg version of a track that isn’t available yet, just email me and I’ll be happy to create it for you and put it on Gumroad.

    Be well.
     
  5. Eric Matyas

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    Hi everyone,

    Brand new seamless texture images are ready on these pages:

    TXR – ABSTRACT

    https://soundimage.org/txr-abstract/

    TXR – WOOD - SEAMLESS

    https://soundimage.org/txr-wood-seamless/

    For those of you who are using my music tracks, I had a request last weekend for a bunch of higher quality Ogg versions of my tracks that I hadn’t yet converted, so they are now available if anyone is interested. They are:

    Funky Gameplay
    Windle Pixel Saves the Day (Looping)
    Puzzling Curiosities
    Points Tally
    Pixelin’ It Around Town
    Mysterious Puzzle
    Cyber Puzzles
    Cryptic Puzzler 2
    Arcade Puzzler_v001

    They sound great and are a cool way to support my work. :)
     
  6. Eric Matyas

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    Hi Folks,

    If you can, please consider making a small donation on my site to support my work. The camera I use to create free images for everyone is very expensive...I've been paying it off for some time...and donations from the creative community really help me a lot.

    That said, brand new free texture images are available on these pages:

    TXR - FABRIC
    https://soundimage.org/txr-fabric/

    TXR - FUR
    https://soundimage.org/txr-fur/

    Enjoy and stay safe. :)
     
  8. Eric Matyas

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    Hi everyone,

    Here are a bunch of cool new images…free to use with attribution. You’ll find them on these pages:


    TXR – Brick - Seamless


    https://soundimage.org/txr-brick-seamless/


    TXR – Ground – Seamless

    https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/


    If you’ve been using my assets in your projects…especially my music…please consider making a small contribution to support my website. Donations can be made through the PayPal button on my site. Any amount is very helpful and much appreciated.

    Keep being creative…and please stay safe.
     
  9. Eric Matyas

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    Hi everyone,

    Here are this week’s new images…free to use with attribution. Feel free to edit them, generate maps from them, mix them with other images or whatever you like! You’ll find them on these pages:

    TXR – Bark – Seamless
    Some cool petrified-looking bark images.
    https://soundimage.org/txr-bark-seamless/

    TXR – Ground – Seamless
    Stones mixed with leaves and dirt.
    https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/

    TXR – Rock/Stone – Seamless
    A bunch of new rock textures.
    https://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-seamless/

    Over 4000 more free images await you on my site. Please feel free to share it with anyone who you think might find it useful.
     
  11. Eric Matyas

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    Hi everyone,

    If you possibly can, please consider making a small donation to support my website. I don’t allow any advertising on the site because I feel that it would be distracting to my visitors. My website is 100% community supported. Please help support this project…thanks in advance!

    That said, this week’s new free images are on these pages:

    TXR – Brick – Seamless
    New mossy fantasy brick textures.
    https://soundimage.org/txr-brick-seamless/

    TXR – Rock/Stone – Seamless
    New fantasy stone textures
    https://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-seamless/

    Be safe and keep being creative!
     
  12. Eric Matyas

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    Happy December everyone,

    I just uploaded some new alien skin textures…I’m sure they could be used for other things as well. Feel free to change their color or edit as needed.

    You’ll find them here:

    https://soundimage.org/txr-alien-skins/

    NEWS

    If anyone is interested in listening to playlists of my free music tracks on Youtube, here’s the link:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mnTEE6xP74YcZDpkKGy-A


    I also post new tracks throughout the week on my Facebook page. Here’s the link:

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100017638394276


    If you find my work helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Stay safe and keep being creative!
     
  13. Eric Matyas

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    Here’s some cool news:

    Free looping video clips are on the way that you’ll be able to use in games, for website backgrounds, Zoom backgrounds and all kinds of other things.

    Here’s an example of how I used one as a background for my other website:

    https://www.dunesisland.org/episodes

    I think it really brings the page to life in a way that static images just can’t.

    Anyhow, I’ll be opening those pages soon. Stay tuned.

    In the meantime, I have some cool new sci-fi textures for everyone. You’ll find them here:

    https://soundimage.org/txr-sci-fi/

    If you find my work helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Stay safe and keep being creative!
     
  14. Eric Matyas

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    Hi Folks,

    I’ve got some cool new seamless sand textures here:

    TXR – Ground - Seamless
    https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/

    And some weird new alien skin textures here:

    TXR – Alien Skins
    https://soundimage.org/txr-alien-skins/

    I also have a bunch of cool new music tracks coming out tomorrow.

    If you find my work helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Have a good week and please stay safe.
     
  15. Eric Matyas

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    Season’s Greetings, Fellow Creatives!

    New seamless texture images are ready on these pages:

    TXR – Metal - Seamless
    https://soundimage.org/txr-metal-seamless/

    TXR – Abstract
    https://soundimage.org/txr-abstract/

    NEWS

    Ogg Music Packs

    A good number of game developers have asked me if they can download multiple music tracks all at once instead of one at a time, so I’m making Ogg music packs available that include all of the tracks for any given page once that page is full and I’m no longer adding any more tracks to it.

    You’ll see a button near the top of any given page if a music pack is available.

    Presently, music packs are available for the following pages:

    Action 1
    Chiptunes 1-3
    Fantasy 1-10
    Dark/Ominous
    Horror / Surreal
    Looping Music
    Puzzle Music 1-5
    Sci-Fi / Space

    If you can, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Have a good week and a safe holiday!
     
  16. Eric Matyas

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    I can’t believe 2020 is almost over…talk about a rough year. I hope your projects have been keeping you busy (and helping to keep you sane) during all the chaos and mayhem. Hopefully 2021 will be better.

    Anyhow, new seamless sci-fi images are ready. You’ll find them here:
    https://soundimage.org/txr-sci-fi/

    CUSTOM MUSIC

    If anyone happens to need some custom music, I do that as well. Info is here:

    https://soundimage.org/custom-work/

    Providing music that helps creative people complete their projects is very rewarding…please don’t hesitate to contact me if you need some help.

    In the meantime, if you find my free assets helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    See you in 2021!
     
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    Thanks again for keeping this project going. I’m sure many devs appreciate it — as much as gamers appreciate the games they create. Stay safe and healthy!
     
  18. Eric Matyas

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    Happy New Year!

    I hope everyone didn’t drink too much…ha ha. ;-)

    To kick off 2021, brand new seamless texture images are waiting for you on these pages:

    TXR – Ground – Cartoon

    https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-cartoon/

    TXR – Metal – Cartoon

    https://soundimage.org/txr-metal-cartoon/

    TXR – Rock/Stone – Cartoon

    https://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-cartoon/

    The images aren’t necessarily “cartoony” but are more graphical and less realistic than my other images.

    NEWS

    For those of you using my music tracks, my History page now has Ogg versions of my tracks on it. Ogg tracks have several advantages over MP3 tracks:

    -They loop better in game engines (MP3 tracks sometimes need to be edited.)

    -They sound amazing…almost as good as the original WAV tracks while being much smaller in size.

    -They are a cool way to support my efforts. Give them a try!

    In the meantime, if you find my free assets helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Have a good week!
     
  19. Eric Matyas

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    Hi everyone,

    I’ve added more free texture images for this week:

    Tile-able Asphalt is here:
    https://soundimage.org/txr-concrete-pavement-seamless/

    Tile-able bark is here:
    https://soundimage.org/txr-bark-seamless/

    And tile-able brick is here:
    https://soundimage.org/txr-brick-seamless/

    I’ve also created an index page for all of the image pages. It’s accessed from the top menu bar on my site.
    https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

    OTHER NEWS

    If you happen to need some creepy-sounding music, I’ll be releasing some new tracks tomorrow. Be sure to check my free music thread.

    In the meantime, if you find my free assets helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Please stay safe.
     
  20. Eric Matyas

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    Greetings Fellow Creatives,

    New free tile-able texture images are ready for your projects. This week we have:

    Stucco - Artistic
    Vegetation - Artistic
    And Wood - Artistic

    You can access them (and my other categories) from here:
    https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

    NEWS

    New Ogg Music Packs

    I’ve uploaded 2 new Ogg music packs containing all the tracks from my Sci-Fi 3 page and my Drama 1 page. They sound great...give them a try!

    In the meantime, if you find my free assets helpful, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts.

    Please stay healthy and safe.
     

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