TOOLS

Reference for tools and resources I love and use from around the web, collected here so I can remember them and share with others.

GARBAGEMANCER-MADE TOOLS

A lore-friendly generator made up of names already present in the games for quick-fire character naming.

A web-based free photo and graphics editor. It's very similar to that other editing program.

Free tools for animated image editing. I've used this to make animated demos to pull requests.

Upload an image and it'll remove the background. Free for low-res results, good enough for me.

Offline Mac application. Compress images without losing quality. SQUISH!

UofT provides a guide on sourcing and using Creative Commons and Public Domain images.

The big one. Some works are public domain or creative commons. A treasure trove to dig through.

A wonderful curation of public domain with a focus on the surprising, the strange, and the beautiful.

Easily search artefacts and cultural objects. All Works in the archives can be reproduced and used freely.

Photos, maps, manuscripts, digitized books, illustrations and more from Toronto Public Library. I recommend the Halloween postcards.

A search engine for public domain content. A really really cool tool if browsing for inspiration!

The British Library's collections on Flickr Commons offer access to millions of public domain images.

Images scanned from the books of The Internet Archive, but not at all tagged or organized. Good luck!

User-submitted vector clip art. This collection is, like, 20+ years old! Some hits, some misses.

A tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered. Really great search filters.

Items from the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse. I haven't used this yet, but it's on my list.

What makes a book public domain? TLDR your sweet spot is books published before 1923.

Free books, scope search by year (<1923) in Advanced Search and you'll get public domain work.

503 error risk, but a jackpot image collection. All images are public domain and free to use for any purpose.

Canadian web archive of beautiful art from old books scanned by Liam. Published dates are listed.

Collection of scanned illustrations at various resolutions and detailed information.