Links and Resources From Around the Web
  • Last updated: 3/14/2025
  • Some of these links repeat themselves because I feel like their utility belongs in multiple categories
  • If you alert me to a dead link before I get to it, I'll draw you a free doodle ;)
  • I'm open to suggestions or critiques to anything listed here, but it's possible I might not feel obligated to act on them for one reason or another
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    Collections of Resources
    the free media heck yeah logo, which is essentially a play button with pink and blue glowing elements on the sides
  • 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
    the internet archive logo, which is the front of a greek temple displaying the columns
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • Project Gutenberg
    • Online library of free eBooks!
    • Public Domain Works
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  • Tiny Tools Directory
    • Describes itself as a, “…list of small, free, or experimental tools that might be useful in building your game / website / interactive project.”
    • Very well organized too!
  • Mr. Free Tools
    • Find free, open source, or freemium software
    • Categorized really well and rated by users
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  • Infosec For Activists .Org
    • Basic ways you can protect your online information and obscure your digital footprint
    • Gifs and Graphics Collections
    a spinning internet archive logo
  • For your webdesign pleasure

    • Webtools
    a cartoon image of a hand squishing a picture to demonstrate compression
  • Squoosh
    • Compresses images
    • I have this alongside imageresizer.com because this one Specifically works local so you Know For Sure your image couldn’t be compromised
    the image resizer logo is very simple, just a little green square in the top left corner and a bigger blue square in the center, implying a resizing of the square... amazing
  • ImageResizer.com
    • Like Squoosh, very good for compressing images, but with other tools too, like:
      • 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.”
    a standard simplified image icon like a polaroid with mountains in the background
  • 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."
    • "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
    • Describes itself as a, “…list of small, free, or experimental tools that might be useful in building your game / website / interactive project.”
    • Very well organized too!
    a drawn profile of a devil or fiend smiling
  • Rarebit Webcomic Template
    • What it says on the tin! Very cool HTML template
    notion logo which is the letter n in a monocromatic cube
  • Notion
    • 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)
  • Dr. Link Check
    • Awesome resource that lets you input your website link and it will flag any links that are broken so you can fix or remove them!
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  • JSFiddle
    • Place to test your code or self proclaimed "Code Playground"
    • Supports HTML, CSS, and Java
    • Easily shared and you can collab with others, which seems to me to be the biggest benifit over just locally using Visual Studio Code or something
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  • Erin's Informed Consent HRT Map of the US
    • A google map resource of healthcare offices around the US that allow informed consent
    • Informed consent, in this context, basically means you would not have to Prove to a therapist that you are trans to get access to gender affirming Hormone Replacement Therapy
    • An adult patient would be able to be told all of the information of what HRT would do to their body, the pros, cons, etc... Then sign some consent forms, and be able to recieve access
      (this is from my laymen understanding, but I'm pretty sure that's the short of it)
    • We're in rapidly changing times when it comes to trans rights in the US, so any one of these places I'd give a call or email to check and see if they're actually offering these services at this time
    • Trans rights are human rights and no matter who's in charge right now, I want to assure you that I believe there is nothing more aligned with that classic aspiration of American Freedom than bodily autonomy.
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    Art Tools
    teal logo with a stylized swirly p
  • Photopea
    • Online Photo Editor that runs locally
    • Great quick portable alternative to Photoshop
    ms paint logo, which is a pixel drawn paint bucket filled with different art tools
  • JSPaint
    • Classic MS Paint in browser made with Javascript
    the kid pix logo which is a lot- I'll try to describe. The K is blue and is made to look like a person with yellow hair who is smiling and has a hand waving and two feet. The I is red and has a random yellow blotch in the middle of it and the dot on the eye is a hypnotic white and black pattern. The D is top half green, bottom half purple, tiny bottom left corner yellow for some reason. The p is fully pink and has an eye staring at the viewer. The second I has black and yellow checkers. And the X is mostly purple save some pink and yellow drip like splotches... Wild logo. Kinda love it.
  • JSKidPix
    • Kid Pix in browser made in Javascript
    a red flaming nib logo
  • FlamingText.com
    • Allows you to plug in text to “design” various animated, stylized, or 3d logos
    • Free for personal use, but you have to pay a fee if you want to use for anything commercial
    • (which is funny because a lot of these fonts seem to be… rip offs of popular franchises, but… lol whatever)

    Art Reference
    logo that is a square with arrows measured along the length and height
  • Dimensions.com
    • “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!
    thick cursive text with a logo of a frog with a little hat with bags... i think this is an atypical logo for vishopper, i found this on tumblr
  • VIShopper.com
    • 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
    • *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 ;)
    bold font literally saying fonts in use
  • FontsinUse.com
    • “A searchable archive of typographic design, indexed by typeface, format, and topic.”
    • …Incredible!
    face of a monster with wide eyes and teeth with the overlayed bold text that says Monster Brains
  • MonsterBrains.blogspot.com
    • 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
    • “Searchable index and gallery of sound effects from comic books”
    • …Swell!
    logo that is a box with x y and z axis arrows
  • NoClip.Website
    • Videogame map museum!
    • 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
    • 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
    logo that loosely resembles a controller?? and has pixel text that say vg on said controller
  • VG Resource
    • Contains rips from videogames of
      • Sprites
      • Models
      • Textures
      • Sounds
    goofy pixelated face smiling
  • 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
    • stylized pixel type that says vgd and video games densetsu
  • VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com
    • Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and some articles
    Public Domain Images
    a white column

    Blogs and Sites
    very small and compressed gif of the Electric Zine Maker- there's a rocking potato and pink flashing text and a black zagged background and the potato is speaking, there's a lot
  • NathalieLawhead.com
    • Game Designer/Journalist's Blog and Personal Website
    • Come for the Articles, Stay for the Electric Zine Maker
    goofy pixelated face smiling
  • 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
    • stylized pixel type that says vgd and video games densetsu
  • VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com
    • Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and some articles
    green logo of a sword crossed with a pencil with a vine tied around it with a yellow flower at the top
  • AnimeFeminist.com
    • Articles on Anime and Manga through a feminist lens -o-o-
    face of a monster with wide eyes and teeth with the overlayed bold text that says Monster Brains
  • MonsterBrains.blogspot.com
    • A stellar collection of monsters between all sorts of media
    • Hasn’t been updated for around 3 years, but is still an incredible gem
  • Visual Squirrels
    • 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."
    • This was wonderful to stumble upon and a fun place to explore for articles, curiosity fulfilment, and art reference alike

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  • Note: Some personal site links are 18+, but as of right now, all of them warn before hand before showing anything egregious, but click through links at your own risk
  • As I add to this list and visit these, I may choose to add them to blogs and sites or recategorize them some other way
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