The differences in licenses are also often a question of : work of art vs a picture of a work of art. The work of art might be in the public domain, but not the specific picture of it you find online. This is more evident in music: a lot of classical compositions are in the public domain, but that doesn't mean you can use just any recording of it.
Yes! This is particularly an issue with photographs of artifacts in museums. The Met is thankfully quite clear about which ones are open access, but not all museums do that.
I've been using Old Book Illustrations for my new project...used it before for some old demon imagery as human anatomy. I'll usually layer it and change the blend to get a different look and feel
Thanks for the compilation! I've used several of these, but some I've never heard of. Your tracings for Rabbits & Demons definitely inspired me to construct my own art from public domain images. It's so satisfying when you finally zoom out and turn off the reference layer to see all those little black lines turning into a neat little image.
The differences in licenses are also often a question of : work of art vs a picture of a work of art. The work of art might be in the public domain, but not the specific picture of it you find online. This is more evident in music: a lot of classical compositions are in the public domain, but that doesn't mean you can use just any recording of it.
Yes! This is particularly an issue with photographs of artifacts in museums. The Met is thankfully quite clear about which ones are open access, but not all museums do that.
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I love public domain so much ❤️
Same!
Thanks for the list!
Glad it’s helpful! Thank you!
This is great, I hadn't thought of this.
Nice! Glad it helped!
I've been using Old Book Illustrations for my new project...used it before for some old demon imagery as human anatomy. I'll usually layer it and change the blend to get a different look and feel
Good call!
Super cool post. Thank you for providing all these resources!
Thanks for checking them out!
Nice
Thanks!
What applications are you using mostly for the changes and graphic design? Very helpful post.
I use Affinity Publisher and Affinity photo for almost everything.
This is incredibly helpful, thank you for making this guide!
Thanks! I'm so glad you found it to be helpful!
Another gem <3
Thanks! :)
Thanks for the compilation! I've used several of these, but some I've never heard of. Your tracings for Rabbits & Demons definitely inspired me to construct my own art from public domain images. It's so satisfying when you finally zoom out and turn off the reference layer to see all those little black lines turning into a neat little image.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this one!