To create a cohesive and unified final product it will be to our benefit to use this thread for what it is named. The idea is that we compile the best textures and alphas that everyone has created or has been using to make them accessible to other artists.
For example, if you've created an asset made of granite, create a thread titled Granite Base Texture, and post the texture you used as a base. This will be able to be grabbed by the next artist making something made of granite, and in the end the two assets will look cohesive. If you want to post finished textures as jpegs that will be good reference, but please include your base texture. The idea is an artist in Photoshop or Zbrush can take that texture and use it to create a polypaint or texture. This is also a good place to share Alphas used with ZBrush brushes.
Naming conventions will help us to keep all these textures organized. Here are some examples:
Iron Base Texture
Wood Base Textures
Leather Alphas
Fur Alphas
We can have multiple textures or alphas in a single thread, but we need to keep them organized, so look through to see if you need a new thread, or if you can add your texture to an existing one.
If you are a skilled texture artist and want to share a tutorial or a link to a tutorial, begin your thread with Tutorial and we can sticky it to the top. If everyone kicks in what they have so far, it will be an amazing resource and benefit us all in the end.