hey i was just reading that a lot of modern games will have textures that start as photographs and then they edit them in photoshop and/or apply shaders to them to slightly change how they look. Anyhow, it might be a neat way to go about getting some nice looking textures. I (like Katie and Sid obviously haha) live in a place where i can get both city textures as well as lots of natural textures like moss covered logs, rock faces, and the like. If anyone wants any kinda photos like that let me know and i can get some (it's a good reason to go out on the weekends anyhow haha)