May 9th 2009 Making money with free textures for 3d artists
There are some internet resources where one can find free textures for 3d artists. These textures often can be utilized in personal and commercial works. So how can a 3d artist make money with such textures? As easy as with other business activity, it can be done by adding value. How do you add value to a free texture that can be downloaded by anyone? Some web sites permit using their high quality textures to texture 3d models that are for sale upon condition that you will alter the texture to fit the 3d objects. It is not told exactly how much everyone have to change it, so I guess modifying image resolution and adding some details should be enough. For example a artless 3d model like a bookcase that can be modeled in 25 min. will look finished with a metal texture on it. The same is viable with any other 3d model.