Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

[Eric Matyas]

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!

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[Eric Matyas]

Hi everyone,

It’s been a while…I’ve been super busy with music and other stuff. I’m back to creating images for everyone, though…a bunch of new ones are on these pages…free, as always, to use with attribution:

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

TXR – ALIEN SKINS
https://soundimage.org/txr-alien-skins/

TXR – GLASS
https://soundimage.org/txr-glass/

TXR – ROCK/STONE – FANTASY
https://soundimage.org/txr-rock-stone-fantasy/

Enjoy and stay safe.

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[SomeDane]

I wonder how many are using your photos and sound effects. Do you know?
You have taken a lot of pictures and made many sound effects and your two threads have over 100k views.

[Eric Matyas]

I wonder how many are using your photos and sound effects. Do you know?
You have taken a lot of pictures and made many sound effects and your two threads have over 100k views.

I mainly hear from people who have used my music in their games and videos. Just about every day someone emails me, contacts me through social media, on the forums, etc., and thanks me for making my music available. It's very gratifying to know that my work is helping so many people complete their projects!

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[Eric Matyas]

I just created some new seamless fantasy stone textures as well as some fantasy metal images...they are free to use with attribution. They live here:

https://soundimage.org/txr-rock-stone-fantasy/
https://soundimage.org/txr-metal-seamless/

Feel free to edit, create maps from them or whatever you like.

Over 4000 more free images await you on my site. I do custom work as well if need be. Enjoy!

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[Eric Matyas]

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!

[Eric Matyas]

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/UC6mnTE ... cZDpkKGy-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!

[Eric Matyas]

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!

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[Eric Matyas]

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!

[Eric Matyas]

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!

[Eric Matyas]

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!

[Eric Matyas]

Hi folks,

Brand new seamless texture images are ready for you on these pages:

TXR – Brick – Cartoon
https://soundimage.org/txr-brick-cartoon/

TXR – Concrete/Pavement – Cartoon
https://soundimage.org/txr-concrete-pavement-cartoon/

TXR – Organic – Cartoon
https://soundimage.org/txr-organic-cartoon/

NEWS

The links menu on my site is getting a bit out of control (again) so I created a new page that contains buttons to access all of my image pages. You can get to it from the top menu bar.

More music tracks should be ready for everyone 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.

Stay healthy and safe.

[Eric Matyas]

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.

[Eric Matyas]

Hi everyone,

Brand new seamless texture images are ready for your projects. 100% free to use with attribution.

They live on these pages:

Bark - Artistic
Brick - Artistic
Vegetation - Artistic
Wood - Artistic

You can access them from here:

https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

NEWS

Free Original Video Footage and Zoom Backgrounds

I’ve begun building a new library of free video clips that might be helpful for films as well as looping shots that might work as website backgrounds, Zoom backgrounds, for video games or anything else you can think of:

https://soundimage.org/free-video-footage/

You can download the shots in different resolutions, too, to best suit your needs.

As I build this library, please feel free to share suggestions for the types of shots that would be helpful to you.

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

Stay safe and be well.

[Spilskabet]

Oh this is brilliant stuff, and very appreciated that you put this effort into the images. I will ser og there some og the images, that cam fit into my website https://www.spilskabet.dk

Best regards
Jonas

[Eric Matyas]

Oh this is brilliant stuff, and very appreciated that you put this effort into the images. I will ser og there some og the images, that cam fit into my website https://www.spilskabet.dk

Best regards
Jonas

Hi Jonas, you're very welcome...I sincerely hope some of my images are helpful!

Greetings Everyone!

More texture images are ready for your projects. As always, 100% free to use with attribution.

You’ll find them on these pages:

Concrete – Artistic
Fur - Artistic
Ground - Artistic
Organic - Artistic

You can access them from here:
https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

NEWS

I’ll be releasing some cool new sci-fi music tracks tomorrow. Be sure to check that thread.

Don’t forget about my higher-quality Ogg music tracks and packs.

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.

[Eric Matyas]

This week’s new texture images are on these pages on my site:

Ground – Artistic
Metal - Artistic
Wood- Artistic

You can access them from here:
https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

As always, they are 100% free to use with attribution.

NEWS

More Ogg Music Tracks

My Sci-Fi 4 page now has Ogg music tracks on it…and an Ogg music pack as well.
https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-4/

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

Keep safe and please stay healthy.

[Eric Matyas]

Greetings everyone,

Brand new seamless texture images are waiting for you on these pages:

Stone - Artistic
Bark - Artistic
Brick - Artistic
Concrete - Artistic
Organic - Artistic

You can access them from here:
https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

Over 6000 more free images await you. Completely free to use with attribution.

Attribution information is here:

https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/

Feel free to share my website with anyone who might find it helpful.

Have a good week and please stay safe.

[Eric Matyas]

Hi Fellow Creatives,

A whole bunch of new texture images need good homes in your projects. Free, as always, to use with attribution.

They are on these pages:

GROUND (Artistic)
VEGETATION (Artistic)
FUR (Artistic)
ORGANIC (Artistic)
CONCRETE (Artistic)
BRICK (Artistic)
BARK (Artistic)

You can access everything from here:
https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

OTHER NEWS

I’ll be releasing some cool new music tracks tomorrow so make sure to check my free music thread.

CUSTOM WORK

If anyone needs some custom work created, just let me know. One of my goals is to make everything super affordable for indie artists and content creators. (I'm one myself so I know what it's like working with limited budgets.) Anyhow, information is here:

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

Stay safe and please share my work!