Free Art and Graphics Resources: add your links

...for beginners to pros

Photoshop freebies:
• The Plugin Site
• Photoshop Exchange
• Ten Favorite Free Plug-ins
• Top 10 Free Photoshop plugin packs
Photoshop alternative freeware:
• GIMP
• Picasa
• GetPaint
Free Fonts:
• DA Fonts
• Better Fonts
• Abstract Fonts
Free stock photos:
• Free Foto
• Morguefile
• Yoto photo
• Stock Exchange
Free Image Hosting, no login required:
• TinyPic
• ImageShack
• ImageVenue
• All You Can Upload
All in one graphics sites:
• GR Sites
• Creative Commons


Please share any graphical or artistic freebies that you've used or found,
so we all can become better artists and visual engineers at ATS/BTS/AP.

This is going to become my go-to page.....thanks R

Here are a couple Photoshop tutorial sites:

Tutorialized

PlanetPhotoshop

Anyone have any free photoshop SHAPE sites? I can only find them on the Adobe Exchange site.

• Free shapes freephotoshop.com
• Photoshop Custom Shapes DeviantArt
• 120,000 Shapes for Adobe Photoshop 47mb

Oh my gosh... 120,000 Shapes. Do have this download? If so does it take 3 hours to load photoshop?

EDIT: Never mind....I'll just load as I dee them.

Thanks for the link.

[edit on 3/19/2007 by kinglizard]

A site I visit every so often is...

www.photoshoplab.com...

...good thread. I'll definitely check out the other links.

Free Movie, Music and Celeb Photos:
Crankycritic
CDcovers
Superiorpics
Actressarchives
Calshop
Free Art Images:
Artchive
ArtRenewal
Ocaiw
Artcyclopedia
Free Photos:
DowWallpaper
Imageafter
Photo.net
WaynesCoffee
Links to Free Photos:
Dropbears
Public domain resources


Art brings out the kid inside...

Free Vector Downloads:

tutorialblog.org...

Hi what would be the best program/s for a beginner that just wants to edit pictures and maybe try drawing some stuff???

Originally posted by Chukkles
Hi what would be the best program/s for a beginner that just wants to edit pictures and maybe try drawing some stuff???

I would say try the GIMP. Regenmacher has a link in the first post. Although it is a free program, it is a very powerful program, much more so than MS Paint.

Thanks but which one in the link do I pick, I saw alot of lists about source code, what do I do with all that???

www.gimp.org...

Me -> Complete Novice



[edit on 24-4-2007 by Chukkles]

Originally posted by Chukkles
Thanks but which one in the link do I pick, I saw alot of lists about source code, what do I do with all that???

Me -> Complete Novice

Okay, sorry 'bout that.

Download "The GIMP for Windows (version 2.2.14)"

AND

"GTK+ 2 Runtime Environment (version 2.10.6, for Windows 2000 and newer)" (assuming you have WINDOWS XP)

From this page...

gimp-win.sourceforge.net...

The first one is the GIMP Program, the second is necessary runtime files that need to be installed before you can install the GIMP.

Any problems, let us know....

I have successfully downloaded, thanks. Now I have some learning to do.
I had a little play around in it but don't know what everything does.
It seems alot better than deep paint which I downloaded last night, that was just paint with a different name and layout...

Originally posted by Chukkles
I have successfully downloaded, thanks. Now I have some learning to do.

Great! It is a nice little program. Once you learn some of the basics, some of the more complicated features will become much easier.

If you need any help using it, post a new thread here in Member Art (don't wnat to tie up this thread with a bunch of "how to's...." )

There are several members that i know of that use GIMP, so I'm sure that someone will be able to help you to sort out the confusion of learning a new program.

Hi, what would be a good free "lens flare" plugin for photoshop & where can I find please?

Flickr now has a lot of Creative Commons image for use:

Creative Commons at Flickr

Here's my own contribution to the Creative Commons, feel free to use my images in your posts here.

AZRainman's CC Flickr Galllery

So what the heck is the Creative Commons?

The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. source Wiki

reply to post by Regenmacher


Thank You will never seem enough. Tools are sacred to the creative.

ZG

Just wanted to add some GIMP stuff that ive found useful.


Gimp Tutorials
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2
3
4

Gimp Brushes
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These tutorials can help you make some awesome look imagery. They might be of interest to people creating avatars for ATS.

50 Photoshop Tutorials For Sky and Space Effects
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials - Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects

artweaver.de

easy to use.

ShareCG.com seems to have some nice stuff. It's geared more toward the 3D side of things, but there are definitely plenty of assets that would be useful to the 2D artists as well.