13 Free Found Paper Textures

While rummaging through the closet the other day for some lost childhood artwork, I came across a lot of cool old paper textures that I thought I'd share with you guys. I'm still in love with my new scanner (hence all of the paper textures as of late), but I'll try and keep it fresh and add in a sprinkling of other textures too.

Click on the textures below to download the high-res version or download them all in a zip file at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!

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Comments

[emily hope]

beautiful! love these :)

[Alex]

Hey Caleb, that's great stuff, especially the aged notebook files!

Please keep up the great work! I gotta finish my motion graphics reel and send you a link, cause I'm using your textures everywhere lately, a few of those clips with your textures have already been aired on tv here in Germany... I really appreciate your work so much!!!

Just a few suggestions for future textures, not requesting anything at all: lawn, moss, sand, stone plates with weed/moss, annual rings from a tree, rough glass surfaces, industrial patterns, tire tracks, polished mineral surfaces, oil, smoke, bubbles, whatever :-)

Apart fromthis I especially enjoy the unusual textures. The wet mirror pictures were expetional for example! They stimulate my brain and trigger ideas for whole new designs...

Keep up the impressive work! Thanks thanks thanks!!!
Ceers, Alex

[Alex]

...ah, I just noticed that you're already offering annual rings and other wood textures over at www.premiumtextures.com - I'll have a closer look soon! Thx again, Alex

[APR Design]

Thank you! These are fantastic! :)

[NIkki]

Another lot of fab textures! Thank you for sharing.

[narnianbadger]

mmm, tasty!!! thanks much!!

[profeivan]

Great ! Very useful. Thanks for sharing

[josh]

paper textures are so useful- love the variety in this collection! thanks Caleb!

[NIC]

fantastic - thanks so so much!!!

[dorota]

Thanks for the beautifull textures!

[Sue]

Super textures! Thank you! :)

[Su Hall]

Great papers! These are cool because they've got that awesome used look. Thanks, man!

Su

[Marcee]

Please more of these...I just love them....

[belle]

Wonderful! Thank you very much.

[Random Guy]

Love youuuuu! Thanks!

[Marko]

That's great .Thank you for sharing.

[Sam]

Is your site dead, or just down for the moment? None of the download (or sample image) links work, and clicking on them just "site is down."

Sure hope things are back soon.

Thanks,

Sam

[Emilia]

Thanks from Finland : )

[Tiff]

COOL!

[Custom Logo Design]

Like this simple paper textures, i do like this!

[UK Logo Design]

Very nice textures! btw paper design is awesome idea!

[Emi]

Thank you!! These are very useful!!

[mini]

thanks a tonne :)

[Kaye]

Awesome textures! Thank you for your generosity. I gladly just donated to your caffeine cause. :-)

[Sergey K.]

Thanks from Baikal lake, RU