Vincent Snow's Art Resource Directory
This is a list of resources for artists that I have collected - be it references, stock photos, 3D models, brushes, textures or any other thing artists can use personally or commercially to create various projects. You can also use these to find references or starting points to send to an artist for commissioning works: Everything is licensed or licensable and ready to use. Everything I include here is either AI-free, or features a way to filter out AI results at least somewhat reliably and will be marked as such. Some websites that feature user-uploaded content can have illegitimate uploads by people either not crediting or taking credit for someone else's work, so I have separated this page into marketplaces/repositories and websites owned by a single artist or studio with more controlled contents. If you create art assets of any kind, have a website with at least one free commercial-use product and would like to be included here, please send me an email! (Also please reach out if you find a major issue or something that should not be here such as a repo being flooded with unlabeled AI and poorly moderated, or incorrect labelling.)
Resource Creators' Websites
- http://adorkastock.com (Free & Paid, No AI) - Photograph references of human art models.
- https://www.si.edu/openaccess (Free, No AI) - Museum archives of all sorts of CC historical and scientific photos, models and texts.
- https://trueref.io/pages/hub (Free & Paid, No AI) - Photograph references of human art models.
- https://faestock.com/ (Free & Paid, No AI) - Photograph references of human art models.
- https://www.posemaniacs.com/ (Free, No AI?) - Photograph and 3D model references of people & muscles/bones.
- https://www.animal-photo-references.com/ (Free, No AI) - Stock photographs and references of animals.
- https://linktr.ee/theposearchives - (Free & Paid, No AI) - Photograph references of human art models.
- https://www.craftsmanspace.com/ - (Free, No AI) - Some CC 3D models meant for education & engineering.
- https://ryankingart.gumroad.com - (Free & Paid, No AI) - 3D Models, textures and Blender resources.
- https://ambientcg.com/ - (Free, No AI) - CC 3D textures.
- https://obsidiandawn.com/ - (Free & Paid, No AI) - Brushes, textures and stamps. She has moved free brushes to https://www.deviantart.com/redheadstock
- https://psychobob.xepher.net/screentonez/ - (Free, No AI) - Brushes & clip art with a manga/comic focus. Also a gateway to a bunch of other comic art resources.
Marketplaces & Repositories
- https://opengameart.org - (Free, No AI?) - CC 3D models, textures, brushes, sprites, music, SFX, and more.
- https://www.pexels.com - (Free, No AI) - Stock photos ad image textures.
- https://itch.io - (Free & Paid, AI labeled) - Game assets, 2d/3D assets, and other products by mostly independent artists.
- https://sketchfab.com - (Free, AI labeled) - 3D models