Art Resources

Here are some links to various Art-related resources that I've found interesting or useful. I will update this list from time to time as I discover new and exciting resources for committing art. Feel free to suggest any links you think would be of interest or utility in the comments below.

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Cool Tools

• Adobe  I like my copy of Photoshop. I'm still getting the hang of InDesign. I'm not in any hurry to upgrade.
• Al.chemy  Cool online tool for making shapes and stuff.
• Art Pad  Paint online.
• Art Rage  We have an older version of this software somewhere around here. Our daughter loved it.
• Artweaver  An affordably-excellent image manipulation and digital painting program.
• Bomomo  Try it!
• Canva  A super easy-to-use online design tool.
• Context-Free Art  Interesting experimental online art tool.
• Creately  Diagram-making.
• Drawisland  Online drawing tool.
• Easel.ly  Create online infographics.
• Fatpaint  Online design, logo-maker and more.
• Flamepainter  Online painting app.
• Flockdraw  Draw online with others.
• Imageforge  Freeware image manipulation.
• Infogr.am  Free online info-graphics maker.
• Inkscape  Free vector graphics program.
• Kleki.com  Online painting-in-your-browser tool.
• Myoats  Online pattern maker and more.
• Queeky  Online Painting app.
• Piktochart  Make your own info-graphics.
• Psykopaint  Online painting.
• Scribbler  Nice little scribble-pad.
• Silk  Online graphics with ambient/Newage music.
• Sketch-n-Paint  Another online painting app.
• Sketchpad  Online doodling.
• Sketchswap  Fun scribble-trading game.
• Sumo  Online digital painting.
• Vectormagic  Convert bitmaps to vectors.
• Viscosity  Nice toy.
• Visual.ly  Image marketplace.
• Wordle  Make your own word-clouds.

Handy Art References

• Artcyclopedia  Online encyclopedia of all things art.
• Artlex  Online Art Dictionary.
• Art Directory  Lots and lots of artist biographies.
• Art List Pro  A Daily Dose of Contemporary Art.
• Art Story  Everything you wanted to know about Movements, theory and more.
• Bibliodyssey  An incredible resource-packed blog.
• Book Arts  All sorts of book-related things, quite interesting.
• Design You Trust  Oh those wacky designers...
• Karen's Whimsy  Online repository of many, many public domain clip-art images. We reviewed them.
• Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
• Lilek's  All sorts of cool stuff. A massive collection of things to gawk at and mock.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art  now this list has a little class.
• MOMA  Yeah. If you have to...
• Neosurrealism  Not sure what it is exactly, but some of the work is pretty interesting...
• Surrealist.com  A pretty extensive collection of all things surreal.
• Surrealism UK  A lively, ongoing group engaged in surreal pursuits.
• Surrealism.org  More surreal stuff.
• Wikiquote for Andre Breton...because he's cool.
• Woodblock  A great, informative site walking you through the process of woodblock printing.

Fonts

• Fonts.com  Google fonts.
• Fount  Handy tool for discovering what that font is that you've just spotted on a site.
• My Fonts  Buy a few fonts.
• What the Font  Another way to find out what font is that?

Something to See

• Dark Classics Art Gallery Blog.
• Library of Congress digital archives.
• Go Surreal  Interesting blog; surrealism as a path to self-discovery.
• One Surrealist A Day  Nifty surreal blog.
• Pictorial Arts  Nifty blog of images.
• RoqlaRue  Cool Gallery.
• Upland Trout  Cool blog.

Artistic Inspirations

• Francisco Goya
• Odilon Redon
• Piranesi

Publications

• Artsjournal

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Yellowed Perils
The blog that accompanies The Pulp.net site, often a good source for news, notes and opinions focused primarily on the classic Pulps.

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Resource Links: Z

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Zardoz
At Wikipedia, at IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Wikiquote, the Trailer at Youtube, an interesting article at Tor, a lighter article at io9...there's more, but that's probably more than enough...

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Resource Links: X

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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X

Okay...another empty one. Let me know if you have any suggestions for 'X,' Thanks!

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Vault of Evil (Blog)
An encyclopedia phantasmagorica of British Horror.

Vault of Evil (Forums)
Forums devoted to the discussion of Brit Horror Pulps.

Voyages Extraordinaire
An amazingly well-done Verne-inspired blog. Highly recommended!

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Lat Updated: February 9, 2014

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Uchronia
One of the best Alternate History sites.

Uranium
Zot's best video...you've probably never heard of them...

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Resource Links: Q

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Quaint Archives
Jess Nevin's Quest for Unusual & Adventurous International Notations & Tales ...a phenomenal resource for anyone interested in the Victorian era and Victorian era-related portrayals of the non-West and non-Western peoples in fantastical fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, historical novels, dime novels, penny dreadfuls, and story papers. There might be some previews of the Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes made available at this site as well. Very interesting stuff.

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Resource Links: N

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Notes on Writing Weird Fiction

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Resource Links: K

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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K...I've got nothing...so far...

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Resource Links: J

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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J Lab
Reinventing journalism.

The J. Paul Getty Museum
A great place for art.

The Journal of Neuroscience

JSTOR
An academic research site piled with journals, primary sources, books, and more...but it's not exactly free...

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Artweaver: New Version in Beta-Test.

Artweaver is an amazing program for digital painting and more. You can still get the free version or upgrade to the ArtweaverPlus version really cheaply.  This is a very good digital art software package that just keeps on getting better. If you are on a tight budget, or want an alternative to the Big Name software, take a look at this software, give a try and see for yourself. We still use it a lot, and it plays nicely with Photoshop.

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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M - Pulp Heroes Beginning with M
Jess Nevin's index of Pulp and Adventure Heroes whose names all begin with M.

Magazines at Magic Dragon
Here you can find over 140+ links to Magazines and Newsletters of the SF variety.

Mammals Get an Upgrade
Interesting article...

Medieval Castles and Siege Weapons
Because D&D...and...uh...alternate history...yeah...

Medieval History Geek
Another Medieval history blog, often quite entertaining.

Medieval News
Better late than never. fun blog dedicated to all things Medieval.

M.O.N.S.T.A.A.H.
Maximum Observation and/or Nullification of Supernatural Terrors Autonomous Agents Headquarters.

Monsterverse
Comics, and not just any comics, but horror Comics in the classic EC Comics vein, and not just any Horror Comics, these Horror Comics are introduced by Bela Lugosi from beyond the grave!

Monstropedia
A large collection of monsters from all over the world.

Morguefile
A massive collection of royalty-free photos you can use commercially without attribution hassles.

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Resource Links: R

Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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R -- Pulp and Adventure Heroes beginning with the letter R at Jess Nevin's amazing site.

R Kane Productions
Imagine the greatest pulp heroes together on one team, fighting the most dangerous and dastardly villains of their day. Richard Ferguson is doing just that in glorious black and white. Digital downloads are promised to be coming soon. A very fun, pulp-derived project.

Rare Book Room
Your online resource for reading rare books. Without the moldy smell or the paper-cuts.

Rattrap Productions
Narrative Adventures that combine miniatures and a dose of role-playing in a board-game approach that let you play out old-time pulp adventures on the table-top. Pulp Heroes and .45 Adventures both look like a ton of fun. Hopefully we'll get to try one of these out soon...

REH Two-Gun Raconteur
An excellent site devoted to Robert E. Howard and more.

Resources for SciFi Writers
Cool link-pile for all sorts of things of potential interest to a SciFi writer.

Retronaut
Excellent images from the past. A great resource!

Rimmer, Ace Rimmer

Rocambol
A classic, French pulp hero that we really want to learn more about...

RocketMania
An incredible site offering links to all things having to do with Commando Cody, Rocketman, The Rocketeer and Captain Midnight with loads of photos, news of what's going on with these classic pulp characters, and more.

RPG NOW
The leading source for Indie-RPGs, and loads of other stuff.

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Tarot -- See Separate Tarot Resources/References post.
Or you could just download a free copy of A. E. Waite's classic Pictorial Guide to the Tarot, while you're waiting...


Tabula Rasa
Interesting and eclectic resource, featuring a history of horror, comics galleries, some RPG stuff and more.

TED
Ideas worth spreading. We love TED. You should check it out--there's just so much cool stuff at this site!

Theban Mapping Project
Archaeology at your finger-tips. Awesome stuff.

Theosophy books for Free
Lots and lots of those old books that so many newage authors pilfer thinking that no one else has ever read them. Now you can not only read them for yourself, you can pilfer them to your heart's content as fodder for your own games, self-help scams, or whatever.

Thrilling Detective
Nice site. Try not to stare.

The Thunder Child
A science fiction and fantasy webzine.
Includes a handy list of Public Domain Science Fiction books.

Timeless Myths
A variety of Mythologies are covered at this site and it's a good place to start-out on a mythic journey of research and discovery.

TOCWOC
A great Civil War blog, very informative.

Transylvania TV
Think Jim Henson's studio circa 1970, only in Minneapolis, with more of a monster-centric approach.

Twentieth Level Marketing
Game marketing tips, analysis and news.

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Sacred Texts
An immense online library of all sorts of texts pertaining to people's beliefs. A great resource.

Science Fiction Museum
A site that offers up a Galaxy of content...

Sci-Fi Links from AnsibleUK
Tons of links. Literally digital tons of the things, and all of them pertaining to Sci-Fi...

Sci-Fi Matter
A search engine, directory and index of links for all things SciFi.

SciFi Now
Media site with a genre focus.

Sci-Fi Sites
Another directory to Science Fiction sites...

Sci-Fi Source
Yep, another Directory of Sci-Fi links...

Seventh Sanctum
Great random generators for all sorts of stuff.

Sheakespeare Lexicon & Quotation Dictionary at Perseus
An alphabetical database of most of Sheakespeare's neologisms and fabricated words searchable online via Perseus.

Sherlock Holmes' Timeline
Interesting chronological guide to the literary career of the world's greatest detective.

Shorpy
Always Something Interesting--a site that features tons of Historical Photos.

Snowshoe Men
A group of New England military re-enactors dedicated to the portrayal of frontier soldiers from 1675-1783.

Soldier's Handbook
This is the real thing. All you need to know about the US Army, as far as the US Army is concerned. This is the book that new recruits get to read in order to sort themselves out, know their role, and get up to speed on what all the Sergeants are yelling about.

Some Unknown Members of the Wold Newton Family Tree

Space 2099
This show may yet happen...

Steampunk Writers & Artists Guild

Story: The Seminar Page
McKee's STORY has become something of the Materia Authorica amongst screenwriters and others. We're not so interested in the seminar itself, but the book looks interesting and is on our list for the summer.

Storylogue
This is McKee's online Ministry of Education for aspiring screenwriters, or just any writer at all who can fork over the cash required.

Strange Engines
Cool blog devoted to Civil War Steam Guns and other Curiosities. Quite helpful in doing research for some of the odder bits of technology in Wermspittle...

Streets of Shanghai
A site dedicated to exploring the way things were in Shanghai in the 1920s.

Subterranean Miscellanea
A great site to dig up some cool stuff that they very likely didn't teach you at college...and their links-page can keep you entertained for hours.

Supernatural Horror: Authors and Themes

Supernatural Horror in Literature
H.P. Lovecraft's famous essay available at HPLovecraft.com, Wikisource, and Gutenberg (Australia).

Supernatural Studies

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Legio XV
German recreationists dedicated to the Roman period.

Levantia
All you ever wanted to know about Asia Minor in Byzantine times but weren't aware that you wanted to know about it...Seriously, this is a phenomenally useful site for historical research into a fascinating place and time that just screams out for RPG/fiction adaptation.

Library of Congress
Yep. What more needs to be said? Very handy site.

Libri Vox
Free public domain audio books. Cool.

Literary Gothic
...will disappear in June 2014, so if you want to see if it might be useful, go before then. Shame to see it go...

Lin Carter
Author Profile at Old School Heretic (Coming Soon)
At Wikipedia

Low-Tech Magazine
A tremendously useful place to get ideas about what people actually can do with minimal technology...

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Honorable Mention:
(Young) Lin Carter blog
It doesn't get updated much, but when it does, it should be interesting, especially since the author is hard at work on a biography of Lin Carter.

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PaleoFuture
Cool bits of the future from the past. The older site is still available as an archive of sorts.

PaleoMap Project
Awesome Map-geekery of the best sort.

Pen & Paper News
RPG News and Reviews.

Perseus
A digital library of mythology that is one of the absolute best places to start digging around into matters mythological. They cover Greek Roman, Germanic, Arabic and Renaissance mythologies and more. Be Warned: this site can steal hours from you...

Phantazm
A webzine that delivers art, science fiction and more. Very interesting place to visit.

Philotomy's OD&D Musings
The essential site to go rummaging around in if you're at all interested in OD&D and/or those Retro-Clone systems that are modeled upon it.

Phrontistery
A word-nerd's treasure house.

Pictorial Guide to the Tarot by A. E. Waite
This classic is now in Public Domain, so go download yourself a handy reference copy.

Poe Stories
All of Poe's fiction in one place, plus digital ravens.

Puckle's Mobile Gun
Interesting bit of antique ordnance...

Pulp Fantasy Library
An excellent series that used to run at Grognardia, still well worth taking a look at.

Pulp Series Character Reprint Index
An incredible treasure trove of information on over 120+ Pulp Characters that have been reprinted since the Twenties. Very helpful for those of us doing research in this area...

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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Old School Renaissance Publisher's Group at Lulu
Your one-stop shop for a majority of the Lulu-produced OSR rules-sets and supplements.

Online Books Page
Your guide to online books...

Open Font Library
Many, many free fonts you can use in commercial efforts without any need to license them.

The Online Literature Network
a great place to find obscure classics and old books converted over into electronic formats.

OSRIC
The Old School Reference and Index Compilation. Essentially AD&D with the serial numbers scratched-off and cleaned-up a bit. This rules-set will let you use most of the stuff that was produced for the Advanced form of the world's most popular RPG, breathing new life into all those remaindered modules and so forth. It has also sparked a rebirth of sorts in a cottage industry of developing adventures for a game system that was summarily abandoned by its custodians/care-takers/check-cashers years ago.

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Last Updated: February 9, 2014

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H. Beam Piper Encyclopedia at Wikispaces
A really nice project aimed at compiling an encyclopedia derived from all those clues, off-hand references, tid-bits and loose ends that H. Beam Piper left scattered all through his stories like a marvelous trail of breadcrumbs.

Historian on the Edge
A history-oriented blog. Some good stuff there.

History Buff
Another history-oriented blog that is very readable, not dry and boring.

Hexagon Comics
Hundreds of French comics characters that are in the process of getting translated and transferred over to the English-speaking part of the world. There are some fascinating characters in this lot.

Holly Lisle's Web-Empire
This author will give you plenty to think about and reading her blog, or sifting through her site's cornucopia of resources will we time well spent. She can improve your writing just by listening to her advice. Her articles on Worldbuilding are very well thought out and very much worth reading. Her article on Why Everyone Shouldn't Like You is highly recommended, as is her tongue in cheek piece on How to Write Suckitudinous Fiction.

H. P. Lovecraft Archive
The one-stop spot for just about everything the old gentleman from Providence ever wrote and then some.

H.P.Lovecraft's Commonplace Book Online
Yep. All his scribbled little secrets can now be yours with but a click of the mouse.

H. P. Lovecraft's Copyright Status: Black Seas of Copyright
Essential information for anyone getting tangled-up with the Mythos.

Hurstwic
Late Medieval Norse Recreationists who can teach you a few things about what life was actually like, and how things got done back then. Very worthwhile site.

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