Fonts
- Velvetyne
Open source Type Foundry.
(Best for headings) - INT 10h
Extensive selection of old school PC fonts.CC Attribution Sharealike 4.0 - Google Fonts
Open source. - Type01 Free font Pack Worth noting that you have to subscribe to their newsletter to get it.
- Fontspace
Decent selection of free fonts - Blambot
Comic Fonts and Lettering
Typography
- Fontbase
Font manager so you don't have to install every single font on your computer. - Fonts in Use
Examples of fonts in the wild. - Typewolf Guides
General helpful type-pairing advice. - Type
Connection
A cute little dating Game for font pairing.
Art References and Visual Research
- Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute
- Aesthetics Wiki
- V&A Collection
Extremely well indexed design museum. - Pure Ref
- Fashion History
- Line of Action
Timed drawing - Public Work
Public domain content. - Fat Photo refs
Design Misc
- Book Design Shortcuts
Bless. Absolute Goldmine. - Justifying Type
Also Bless. - Highlighting bad lines
That trick in indesign to get it to show you which bits are justified weirdly.
Idea Generation
- Random Icon Generator
- Related Words
- Perchance Generators
- Random Word Generator
- Onym
Resource for naming stuff - Rhymezone
- In Different Languages
Lets you search words in dif languages all at once - Behind The Name
- Medieval Names Archive
Art Tutorials
- Gamut Mask and Colour Theory [tumblr post]
- GPose Lighting dark skinned characters
Tumblr post about lighting in ffxiv that is also just really useful for art in general - Drawing Asian Faces
- Editioning Prints
(the little bits you write in the bottom corner)
Craft
- Bookbinding tutorial [video] by a lady who is really chill and relaxing to listen to (my friend Ella showed me)
- How to make a piercing cradle [video]
- Antique Pattern Library