Where to Find Free 3D Assets and Resources on Awesome Blender

Awesome Blender (awesome-blender.netlify.app) is a curated list of Blender add-ons, tools, tutorials, and resources aimed at 3D artists, hobbyists, developers, and researchers. Its stated focus is mostly open source and free resources. If you are looking for free 3D models, textures, HDRIs, mocap data, or sound, the site groups them under a dedicated 🪐Resources section. The list also uses license symbols to help you tell free from premium items, so you can check the symbol next to each entry before downloading.

What the Resources Section Covers

The Resources area is organized into these sub-sections:

• 🎠3D Models – ready-made model assets
• 🤸🏾‍♀️Mocap/Animation – motion capture and animation data
• 🌑Textures – texture maps and image assets
• 🌓Blender Materials – shader and material setups
• 🌲Blender Scenes/Files – complete .blend scenes and project files
• ⛅HDRIs – environment lighting images
• 🖼️Art/Reference – reference images and artwork
• 🛰Space – space-related assets and data
• 🎧Sound/Music – audio assets
• 🏞Free Stocks – free stock libraries
• 🌂Useful – miscellaneous helpful links

Each sub-section is a list of external links. The site itself does not host the assets; it points you to the source, where you download under that source's own license.

How to Tell Free from Premium

The list uses license symbols (documented under the "Symbols" heading) to mark the licensing status of entries. The site describes its overall focus as "mostly open source and free resources," and it also maintains a separate Premium Tutorials category, which confirms that not everything listed is free.

Practical approach:

1. Open the Resources sub-section that matches your need (for example, HDRIs for lighting).
2. Look at the symbol next to the entry before clicking through.
3. Follow the link to the source page and confirm the license there — the symbol is a quick filter, but the source page is the authoritative license statement.

Other Asset-Adjacent Sections

Beyond Resources, two other areas are useful when sourcing assets:

• 🔮Add-ons – includes categories like Generator/Builder, Modeling, Texture/UV, and Render Engine. Some add-ons generate assets or materials directly inside Blender.
• 📥Standalone – external tools grouped under 3D Tools, Photogrammetry, Texture/Material, Terrain, Real-World Height Maps, Point Cloud/LiDAR Data, Generator, AI-Powered, Sound/Music, and Painting. These are programs outside Blender that produce assets you can import.

Learning to Use the Assets

If you need guidance on applying what you download, the 👩🏻‍🏫Tutorials section covers Beginning, Modeling, Geometry Nodes, Shader Nodes, Animation, UV Mapping, Texture Painting, Compositing, and Motion Tracking/Capture, plus Fundamentals and Books. There is also a 👩🏽‍💻Development area with Scripting/Developing, Blender Source, Learn Python, and Learn Computer Graphics for anyone building tools rather than just using assets.

Quick Reference

Because the site is a curated index rather than a host, availability and licensing depend on each linked source. Check the license symbol first, then verify on the destination page before using an asset in a project.