So I got a lot of questions about textures today, and I figured I would share some of places I go to get some raw materials for texture/pattern construction:
This has a whole collection of different resources including stock photo sites, texture resources, etc. Be aware though that these include "web" depots, so the resource files might be at a lower resolution (72 ppi) as opposed to 300 ppi. There are a lot of sites that are applicable to print however, you just have to dig around for them.
This is a high res image resource in which you can acquire paint, paper, asphalt textures. The dpi varies depending on the contributors. The highest it goes to I think is 180 dpi. But the actual PIXEL size of the images is usually large enough that you can resample the image in photoshop to 220-300 ppi while maintaining a decent size (i.e. 8.5 x 11). Moral of the story: ALWAYS CHECK the dpi before you apply any of these resources to your projects.
http://www.bittbox.com/
This site is pretty cheesy, and I don't really use it for anything other than acquiring high res(Size 2250) photoshop brushes that can be used to add your own personal touches to textures/images created in photoshop.
Happy hunting, and hope that helps!
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