| Collections of Resources |
Free Media Heck Yeah
- Free resources across the internet, some of them from legit sources and some of them require
"sailing the seven seas", so use this resource to your level of comfort and take the necessary
precautions to keep yourself and your computer safe :)
- The site itself has some good resources on how to stay safe when downloading from these
types of online sources
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The Internet Archive
- An incredibly important archive of both digital,
scanned/digitized physical media shared in this online
space
- Also home of The Wayback Machine, where you can view archived webpages from the internet’s past
- Note: They're going through several lawsuits from
book publishers and music distributers over rights, not
to mention they've also been the target of cyber attacks
recently... I say we enjoy what we can of the Internet
Archive while we can, because it's an incredible tool that
would be a shame to lose.
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Itch.io
- Open marketplace for indie games, webtools, comics, and other
indipendently published things
- Lots of free as well as paid content! Great place to explore
and some of the content in browser, so it's very accessable!
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Tiny Tools Directory
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Describes itself as a, “…list of small, free, or experimental tools that might be useful in
building your game / website / interactive project.”
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Very well organized too!
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| Gifs and Graphics Collections |
For your webdesign pleasure
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| Webtools |
Squoosh
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Compresses images
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I have this alongside imageresizer.com because this one Specifically works local so you Know For
Sure your image couldn’t be compromised
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ImageResizer.com
- Like Squoosh, very good for compressing images, but with other tools too, like:
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Resizing
- Bulk Resizing
- Cropping
- Converting File Type
- Etc...
- Their privacy blurb on the front page:
- “Your images are uploaded via a secure 256-bit encrypted SSL connection and deleted
automatically within 6 hours.”
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Image-Map.net
- From their about: "We make it extremely easy to create free HTML
based image maps. Our tool was build from the ground up with the
modern browsers in mind, and sadly in turn doesn't support older
browsers (sorry IE8 and lower!). All operations are completely client
side in your browser using the power of HTML5, SVG and JavaScript."
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"Disclaimer: No image from your PC are ever transferred out of your
browser. All files loaded from your PC are read using the FileReader
JavaScript API directly off your hard drive in to your browser."
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Tiny Tools Directory
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Describes itself as a, “…list of small, free, or experimental tools that might be useful in
building your game / website / interactive project.”
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Very well organized too!
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Rarebit Webcomic Template
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What it says on the tin! Very cool HTML template
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Notion
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I use Notion! It’s like making a mini wiki for your own nonsense lol
- I kind of want an alternative that is available offline, bUT I haven’t figured out a way to do
that wouldn’t be So complicated that I wouldn’t just immediately slide off of, so with notion I
stay
- I use the free version and as long as you’re not working with a team you can basically upload
any image to it under 5 mb and create a bazillion pages (until they realize I’m hogging their
server space, anyway x_x)
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Art Reference
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Dimensions.com
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“Dimensions.com is an ongoing reference database of dimensioned drawings documenting the
standard measurements and sizes of the everyday objects and spaces that make up our world.
Created as a universal resource to better communicate the basic properties, systems, and logics
of our built environment, Dimensions.com is a global platform for increasing public and
professional knowledge of life and design.”
- … Neat! Useful!
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VIShopper.com
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Okay, hear me out, art reference clearly what isn’t what this is for, bUT I think the very
specific search abilities, cut out figures, pose features, could give a lot of possibilities for
finding good drawing reference
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*all of this is Paid stuff, so if you do use them as ref, like… don’t do a full trace copy- use
your noodle, I trust u ;)
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FontsinUse.com
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“A searchable archive of typographic design, indexed by typeface, format, and topic.”
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…Incredible!
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MonsterBrains.blogspot.com
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A stellar collection of monsters between all sorts of media
- Hasn’t been updated for around 3 years, but is still an incredible gem
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ComicBookFX
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“Searchable index and gallery of sound effects from comic books”
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…Swell!
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NoClip.Website
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Videogame map museum!
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This has been around forever and I keep on coming back to it every so often and realized it gets
updated more often than I thought it did, so give it a peak
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My nerd ass likes the idea of using something like this for background reference either for a
fandom specific comic or zine… or hell, even if I just want ref screenshots
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VG Resource
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Contains rips from videogames of
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Sprites
- Models
- Textures
- Sounds
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ObscureVideoGames.tumblr.com
Blog of obscure videogames
Love love LOVE these types of blogs that post this shit so I can add to my to be played/watched list
or get inspired
This tumblr is especially great because it always posts info about where the gif, screenshot, or ad
is from
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VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com
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Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and
some articles
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Public Domain Images
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| Blogs and Sites |
NathalieLawhead.com
- Game Designer/Journalist's Blog and Personal Website
- Come for the Articles, Stay for the Electric Zine Maker
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ObscureVideoGames.tumblr.com
Blog of obscure videogames
Love love LOVE these types of blogs that post this shit so I can add to my to be played/watched list
or get inspired
This tumblr is especially great because it always posts info about where the gif, screenshot, or ad
is from
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VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com
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Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and
some articles
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AnimeFeminist.com
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Articles on Anime and Manga through a feminist lens -o-o-
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MonsterBrains.blogspot.com
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A stellar collection of monsters between all sorts of media
- Hasn’t been updated for around 3 years, but is still an incredible gem
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Visual Squirrels
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From the about-"This site is basically where we collect interesting, weird, odds and ends on any
issue that peaks our individual and collective interests. Usually, it has a visual component but
not always (see rants and quotes :). It is about sharing what is fascinating, some art-design we
make ourselves, and also an archive of things that often slip through the gaps."
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This was wonderful to stumble upon and a fun place to explore for articles, curiosity
fulfilment, and art reference alike
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