来自专筑编辑刘庆新，范偲慧的报道。如果你平时不注意搜集一些素材，就会在建筑表现图渲染过程中浪费很多资源和时间。在通宵P图和渲染的时候，可以花二十几分钟在Google上搜索一些特定素材和图片，以备不时之需。以任何方式节省时间在这个领域都是一个巨大的优势，特别在学校的时候。事实上，网上有许多免费资源已经被精心整理出来，你无需再费力做这些。这些网站对建筑学校来说就是救星。

下面就是我最喜欢的一些网站，包括免费人物配景和材质纹理。这些资源都根据它们的信息而被明确分类。通常因为项目或者委托人的特别要求，我们会花费很长时间在线搜索。这些网站提供了智能标签和清晰的分类，使浏览者能够轻易地搜索搭配特定项目。

Architecture visualization can consume a lot of resources and time if you’re not careful. With the tediousness of Photoshop and renderings calculating through the night, spending more than 20 minutes searching Google images for a specific texture or image can become a breaking point for many. Any way to save time in this field is a big advantage, especially in school. The thing is, there are a lot of free resources online that have already put in the hard work so that you don’t have to. Many of these sites were life savers going through architecture school.
Below are some of my favorites websites containing free cutouts and textures. Some of the resources made the list because of their clear organization of the information. Often, there are very specific demands of a project or client that require lots of time online searching. These sites offer smart labeling and clear categorizing that makes finding specific items painless.

1、SKALGUBBAR

Skalgubbar网站提供了大量高分辨率的PNG格式的人物素材。这些人物常常处于独特的状态下，并不适用于所有的表现图。同时，人物独特的造型会给无趣的图增加一点人气。而且，我喜欢“tumblr-like”的显示方式，因为这样能快速浏览大量图片。

Skalgubbar offers up a large library of high resolution cutout people in PNG format. The people are often in unique situations which don’t work for all illustrations. At the same time, the unique positions can also help add a bit of character to some less exciting images. Either way, I enjoy the “tumblr-like” display allowing you to quickly browse through a lot of images.

2、IMMEDIATE ENTOURAGE

Immediate Entourage是另一个可以搜集大量人物素材的网站。这里的资源分辨率可能有点低并容易遗漏，但是非常全面。更好的是这里也提供了很多植物素材。所有的资源都被标签归类，所以很容易找到需要的素材。

Immediate Entourage is another great site to find a large collection of cutout people. The resolution of the cutouts are hit or miss, but the library is comprehensive. What is even better, I.E. also provides many cutouts of vegetation. Everything is well labeled so it is easy to find what you need.

3、GOBOTREE

Gobotree是一个仍在不断成长的大型网站，里面有大量通过 Vyonyx制作出来的的免费图片和素材。通过使用页面顶部下拉的分类菜单，你可以找到大量的人物和植被素材，用来快速丰富你的表现图。我特别喜欢里面搜集的关于天空的素材，会经常上去浏览。让我印象深刻的是这个网站仍在扩充材料，不断成长，我希望它会一直成长下去。你需要注册一个免费账户，拥有每个月下载50张图的权限。

Gobotree is a large and growing library of free images and cutouts created by the people at Vyonyx. By using the categories drop down at the top of the page, you can find extensive libraries of cutout people and vegetation to quickly populate an illustration. I especially like their sky collection and visit it often. I’m impressed with how this site is progressing and hope they can keep it growing. You do need to register for a free account which limits downloads to 50 images a month.

4、Mr CUTOUT

Mr Cutout 是一个中型网站，提供了很多分辨率极高的素材。问题是一旦注册，你每天有2.5 mbs的流量限制。只下载几张就会用完一天的流量。所以可能需要用几天才可能完成一张表现图。但是，素材的质量却是最好的，可以被直接用作近景特写。

Mr Cutout provides extremely high res cutouts from a descent size library. The problem is that once registered, you are limited to 2.5 mbs a day. Just a few downloads can consume the entire daily allowance. This can be limiting with only a few days to produce an illustration. However, the quality of the cutouts are some of the best and can be a good resource for some of the close-up foreground elements.

5、XOIO AIR

这个网站全面地提供了特定背景下的人物素材图，包括办公室场景、咖啡厅情景、仰视或俯视等。绿色背景通常意味着高分辨率的图像。XOIO 也提供了许多3D 模型图库和背景，这对我们也相当有用。

This site offers full cutout collections of people in specific situations. Examples include a collection of office scenes, coffee scenes, people scene from above, people scene from below, etc. Green screens are used meaning the cutouts are of the highest quality. XOIO also provides many other collections of 3d models and backgrounds that can be helpful as well.

6、CGTEXTURES

这也许是我最喜欢的一个网站，每次作图时，我都会浏览这个网站。CG Textures 是一个巨大的jpg格式的素材库，很多素材可以重复贴图。这些图可以在Sketchup和Photoshop里编辑。我最欣赏这个网站的地方就是它那难以置信的详细分类和深不可测的图库。当我需要明确和独特的素材时，我会首先来这个网站。免费的账号可以让你一天下载 15 mbs 大小的图片。

Probably one of my all-time favorites, I visit this site every time I am working on a new illustration. CG Textures is a huge database of jpg textures, many of which are tileable. This works great for texturing in Sketchup as well as in Photoshop. What I appreciate the most about this site is its incredible organization and in-depth library. It’s my go-to place when I need to find very specific and unique textures. The free account allows you to download 15 mbs a day.

7、TEXTURER

和CG Textures相似，Texturer网站对图片归类工作做的很好。但是，只有部分素材的纹理可以重复贴图。尽管这限制了我的使用，但是这里仍有很多有用的素材帮助我作PS后期处理。

Similar to CG Textures, Texturer does a good job of organizing the images. However, few of the textures aretileable. Though this limits my use, there are still many useful textures to be found once I’m post processing in Photoshop.

8、SWTEXTURE

我喜欢SWTexture的地方是这里有大量的可平铺的纹理素材。在3D模型或Photoshop中时，这些图像可以无限平铺并且几乎没有瑕疵。这里的素材都是常用的，所以你很难找到独特的和特定的素材。但是，里面的素材质量很高，值得一用。

What I like about SWTexture is the size of the tileable textures. When used in a 3D model or in Photoshop, the tiling is barely noticeable. The blog focuses on commonly used materials so you will be hard pressed to find anything unique or specific. However, the textures that are provided are of great quality and worth checking out.

9、FLYINGARCHITECTURE

Matúš of FlyingArchitecture不仅仅是一个好的博客网站，还提供了一些V-Ray素材，其中包括凹凸和映射贴图。虽然这些素材是专为V-Ray制作的，但是如果有需要你也可以用在3d模型和Photoshop中。

Not only a great blog, Matúš of FlyingArchitecture provides several V-Ray textures which include bump and displacement maps. Though the textures are created for V-Ray, you can use just the diffuse images in your 3d model and in Photoshop if needed.

10、RENDERTEXTURES

Rendertextures这个网站浏览起来赏心悦目，设计很漂亮。它是FlyingArchitecture的副站，所以两者的图像质量相似，而且也包括凹凸和映射贴图。另外，网站的信息组织良好，易于导航。它的图库并不大，但是你需要的好素材都会有。

This site is a pleasure to browse and beautifully designed. Rendertextures is a spinoff of FlyingArchitectureso the images are of similar quality and also contain bump and displacement maps. Beyond that, the information is well organized and easy to navigate. This is not a large collection but a good suppliment to what you may already have.

11、TONY TEXTURES

讲到免费素材时，我更喜欢Tony Textures这个网站，因为其高分辨率的素材图片。即使大多不能重复贴图，例如天空、地面和水等，但是PS的素材十分全面。如果其他资源被用尽了，我会在这里寻找一些。

While there are some free cutouts, I personally like Tony Textures because of their many high res texture images. Though most are not tileable, the viz images such as skies, ground planes, water, etc.  go a long way in Photoshop. I often explore this site if the other resources fail to deliver.

出处：本文译自visualizingarchitecture.com/，转载请注明出处。