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devanshutak25/3d-resources: Curated, CC0 reference hub for 3D, VFX, and game dev. 3,400+ tools, assets, and tutorials across 12 sections. Searchable, filterable, free.

devanshutak25/3d-resources: Curated, CC0 reference hub for 3D, VFX, and game dev. 3,400+ tools, assets, and tutorials across 12 sections. Searchable, filterable, free.

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3D Resources: Software, Assets, Tutorials & Tools for 3D Artists

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A curated collection of free and paid 3D resources: software, assets, textures, HDRIs, tutorials, plugins, and learning material for Blender, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Maya, ZBrush, Unreal Engine, and more. Covers 3D modeling, animation, VFX, rendering, game development, motion graphics, and digital art.

🔍 Looking for something specific? Use the interactive site at 3d.devanshutak.xyz. Search and filter by License · Platform · Workflow · Output.

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Contents

Assets & Libraries Poly Haven · Quixel Megascans · Sketchfab

Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing Blender · Houdini · Cinema 4D

Animation & Rigging Mixamo · Rokoko · Cascadeur

Lighting, Rendering & Shaders Redshift · Arnold · V-Ray

VFX, Compositing & Virtual Production Houdini · Nuke · EmberGen

Motion Graphics & Video After Effects · Cavalry · DaVinci Resolve

Game Development Unity · Unreal Engine · Godot

Art, Design & Visual Storytelling Photoshop · Procreate · Krita

AI & Machine Learning for CG ComfyUI · Stable Diffusion · Runway

Tools, Pipeline & Utilities USD · RealityCapture · RizomUV

Learning, Community & Industry ArtStation · 80 Level · fxguide

Software Reference


Assets & Libraries

Models, textures, HDRIs, audio, stock. Everything downloadable. Asset-first lookup lives here.

Model Libraries: Free & General

General-purpose 3D model libraries with free downloads.

Model Libraries: Specialized

Specialty model sources: characters, scans, anatomy, museums.

Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture

Arch-viz, furniture, and BIM asset libraries.

Asset Marketplaces

General asset marketplaces across multiple engines and tools.

Free Asset Giveaways

Recurring free asset drops. Bookmark these.

Software-Specific Asset Libraries

Official asset libraries tied to specific DCCs.

HDRIs

HDR environment maps for lighting and reflections.

Textures & Materials: Free PBR Libraries

Free PBR texture libraries for materials authoring.

Textures: Specialized

Specialty texture sources: displacement, patterns, sprites, terrain.

  • CGI Moon Kit. NASA Scientific Visualization Studio moon kit: high-resolution moon textures and elevation data for rendering.
  • NASA 3D Resources Mixed. 3D models, textures, and images from NASA. Mixed CC0 / CC-BY, check per-asset license.
  • Shaded Relief. Natural Earth data and terrain reference.
  • Solar Textures. These textures represent real planetary maps in equirectangular projection. Textures in this pack are based on NASA elevation and imagery data. (CC-BY)
  • Spriters Resource. Game sprite textures.
  • Subtle Patterns. Tileable web patterns.
  • Terrain Height Maps. Free heightmap images for terrain displacement.
  • Texturing.xyz Paid. MicroSkin displacement maps.
  • The Pattern Library. Free seamless background patterns.

Textures: Premium

Professional paid texture libraries.

Stock Images & References

Free and public-domain stock images, and 2D references.

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