Library

A Free Collection of Art & Design Websites and Tools.

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Software

Reference

Tools

Blogs

Colors

Books

Art Supplies

Museums

Aesthetic.Fandom

Aesthetics.Fandom is a wiki cataloging visual trends, subcultures, and styles.

Anatamy 4 Sculptors

Anatomy for Sculptors offers clear visual guides to human anatomy for all artists.

ArchivePDF

Fashion archive site, rare scans, essays, and interviews on niche archival fashion.

Art Institute Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago holds iconic artworks and global collections of art.

ArtStation

ArtStation is a platform for artists to showcase portfolios and find creative jobs.

aseprite

Aseprite

Aseprite is a pixel art tool for creating animations, sprites, and tiles.

Awwwards

Global web-design awards site that recognizes and showcases top developers, agencies.

Blender

Blender is a free 3D software for modeling, animation, sculpting, and more.

Booooooom

BOOOOOOOM is an art blog showcasing emerging artists, photography, and creativity.

Cargo

Site builder for creatives. Drag‑and‑drop, customizable templates, portfolios.

Cartoon Brew

Cartoon Brew covers animation news, artist interviews, and industry developments.

Character Design References

Character Design References shares inspiration, tutorials, and artist spotlights daily.

Clip Studio

Clip Studio Paint is a versatile art app known for its powerful brush engine.

Colorspace

ColorSpace generates matching color palettes based on your chosen base color.

Colossal

Colossal is an art blog spotlighting contemporary art, design, and visual culture.

Concept Art World

Concept Art World features industry news, artist portfolios, and design inspiration.

Constraint.Systems

Experimental web tools for creative pixel manipulation and generative design.

Copic

Professional alcohol-based markers favored for blending and vibrant colors.

Cosmos

Cosmos is a visual reference tool for artists to collect, tag, and explore images.

Creative Boom

UK-based art & design magazine with insightful news, inspiration, jobs & community.

Da Vinci Eye

AR art projector app to overlay, trace, learn, and refine your drawings effortlessly.

Daz 3D

Daz 3D is a 3D creation tool for posing, rendering, and character design.

Design Reviewed

Independent online archive preserving 20th‑century graphic design history.

Endless Tools

Endless Tools is a modular creative suite for real-time worldbuilding and art.

Eyecannndy

eyecannndy is a visual blog sharing striking art, design, and creative inspiration.

Figma

Collaborative design tool with real-time editing, prototyping, and sharing.

Film Grab

Film Grab is a curated archive of stills from iconic films for visual inspiration.

Flesk

Santa Cruz indie publisher of deluxe art books spotlighting comics & fantasy.

Found Color

Exploration of accidental color schemes from everyday moments.

Fuse.Kiwi

Curated creative-web guide. Discover unexpected design, art, type, video & more.

Glyphy

Glyphy

Copy‑paste 400+ fancy fonts, 10 K+ symbols & emoticons for social bios & names.

Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture Blog shares stories, exhibits, and insights from global museums.

Guggenheim

Guggenheim

The Guggenheim is a modern art museum known for its iconic NYC spiral architecture.

Halftone.Xoihazard

Convert images to halftone patterns with square, hexagonal, or radial grids.

HandPrint

HandPrint is a watercolor blog featuring artist interviews, tutorials, and creative stories.

Heavy Paint

Heavy Paint is a minimal painting app for bold shapes, color, and texture.

Hi-Fructose

Hi-Fructose is a magazine showcasing contemporary pop surrealism and new art.

HoverStat

Curated archive of experimental web-design. Interactive, code-driven inspiration.

Hue Value Chroma

HueValueChroma is a detailed resource on color theory for realist oil painters.

Hunterian

The Hunterian Museum in London displays medical specimens, surgery, and anatomy.

Inspiration Grid

Daily showcase of global creative talent. Design, art, typography, photography.

Its Nice That

UK-based creative platform showcasing design, art, culture, trends & insight.

Just Sketch Me

Just Sketch Me is a poseable 3D figure tool for artists to reference characters.

Juxtapoz

Juxtapoz is a magazine covering contemporary art, street art, and visual culture.

Khadi

Khadi is handcrafted paper from India, amazing texture for drawing and watercolor.

Krink

High-quality paint markers and inks known for vibrant colors and smooth flow.

Krita

Krita is a free, open-source painting app made for illustrators and concept art.

LACMA

LACMA is the largest art museum in the West, showcasing global art across eras.

Legion Paper

Premium fine art papers and supplies for artists, printmakers, and creatives.

Line of Action

Line of Action offers figure drawing tools for practice, poses, and anatomy study.

Liquitex Resources

Liquitex Resources offers tips, tutorials, and guides for acrylic painting techniques.

Louvre

The Louvre is the world’s largest art museum, home to iconic works like the Mona Lisa.

Magma

Magma is a browser-based art app for real-time collaborative drawing online.

Milanote

Visual workspace for creatives—organize notes, images, links, and boards.

Miro

Collaborative online whiteboard for distributed teams to brainstorm, plan, design.

MoMA

MoMA

MoMA is a leading museum in NYC dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

Monster Clay

Monster Clay

Premium reusable sculpting clay for pros—smooth, oil-based, and sulfur-free.

Muddy Colors

Muddy Colors is a blog by illustrators sharing art tips, tutorials, and insights.

Nomad Sculpt

Nomad Sculpt is a 3D sculpting app for Ipad with intuitive tools for modeling.

Notion

All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, databases, and team collaboration.

All

Software

Reference

Tools

Blogs

Colors

Books

Art Supplies

Museums

Aesthetic.Fandom

Aesthetics.Fandom is a wiki cataloging visual trends, subcultures, and styles.

Anatamy 4 Sculptors

Anatomy for Sculptors offers clear visual guides to human anatomy for all artists.

ArchivePDF

Fashion archive site, rare scans, essays, and interviews on niche archival fashion.

Art Institute Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago holds iconic artworks and global collections of art.

ArtStation

ArtStation is a platform for artists to showcase portfolios and find creative jobs.

aseprite

Aseprite

Aseprite is a pixel art tool for creating animations, sprites, and tiles.

Awwwards

Global web-design awards site that recognizes and showcases top developers, agencies.

Blender

Blender is a free 3D software for modeling, animation, sculpting, and more.

Booooooom

BOOOOOOOM is an art blog showcasing emerging artists, photography, and creativity.

Cargo

Site builder for creatives. Drag‑and‑drop, customizable templates, portfolios.

Cartoon Brew

Cartoon Brew covers animation news, artist interviews, and industry developments.

Character Design References

Character Design References shares inspiration, tutorials, and artist spotlights daily.

Clip Studio

Clip Studio Paint is a versatile art app known for its powerful brush engine.

Colorspace

ColorSpace generates matching color palettes based on your chosen base color.

Colossal

Colossal is an art blog spotlighting contemporary art, design, and visual culture.

Concept Art World

Concept Art World features industry news, artist portfolios, and design inspiration.

Constraint.Systems

Experimental web tools for creative pixel manipulation and generative design.

Copic

Professional alcohol-based markers favored for blending and vibrant colors.

Cosmos

Cosmos is a visual reference tool for artists to collect, tag, and explore images.

Creative Boom

UK-based art & design magazine with insightful news, inspiration, jobs & community.

Da Vinci Eye

AR art projector app to overlay, trace, learn, and refine your drawings effortlessly.

Daz 3D

Daz 3D is a 3D creation tool for posing, rendering, and character design.

Design Reviewed

Independent online archive preserving 20th‑century graphic design history.

Endless Tools

Endless Tools is a modular creative suite for real-time worldbuilding and art.

Eyecannndy

eyecannndy is a visual blog sharing striking art, design, and creative inspiration.

Figma

Collaborative design tool with real-time editing, prototyping, and sharing.

Film Grab

Film Grab is a curated archive of stills from iconic films for visual inspiration.

Flesk

Santa Cruz indie publisher of deluxe art books spotlighting comics & fantasy.

Found Color

Exploration of accidental color schemes from everyday moments.

Fuse.Kiwi

Curated creative-web guide. Discover unexpected design, art, type, video & more.

Glyphy

Glyphy

Copy‑paste 400+ fancy fonts, 10 K+ symbols & emoticons for social bios & names.

Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture Blog shares stories, exhibits, and insights from global museums.

Guggenheim

Guggenheim

The Guggenheim is a modern art museum known for its iconic NYC spiral architecture.

Halftone.Xoihazard

Convert images to halftone patterns with square, hexagonal, or radial grids.

HandPrint

HandPrint is a watercolor blog featuring artist interviews, tutorials, and creative stories.

Heavy Paint

Heavy Paint is a minimal painting app for bold shapes, color, and texture.

Hi-Fructose

Hi-Fructose is a magazine showcasing contemporary pop surrealism and new art.

HoverStat

Curated archive of experimental web-design. Interactive, code-driven inspiration.

Hue Value Chroma

HueValueChroma is a detailed resource on color theory for realist oil painters.

Hunterian

The Hunterian Museum in London displays medical specimens, surgery, and anatomy.

Inspiration Grid

Daily showcase of global creative talent. Design, art, typography, photography.

Its Nice That

UK-based creative platform showcasing design, art, culture, trends & insight.

Just Sketch Me

Just Sketch Me is a poseable 3D figure tool for artists to reference characters.

Juxtapoz

Juxtapoz is a magazine covering contemporary art, street art, and visual culture.

Khadi

Khadi is handcrafted paper from India, amazing texture for drawing and watercolor.

Krink

High-quality paint markers and inks known for vibrant colors and smooth flow.

Krita

Krita is a free, open-source painting app made for illustrators and concept art.

LACMA

LACMA is the largest art museum in the West, showcasing global art across eras.

Legion Paper

Premium fine art papers and supplies for artists, printmakers, and creatives.

Line of Action

Line of Action offers figure drawing tools for practice, poses, and anatomy study.

Liquitex Resources

Liquitex Resources offers tips, tutorials, and guides for acrylic painting techniques.

Louvre

The Louvre is the world’s largest art museum, home to iconic works like the Mona Lisa.

Magma

Magma is a browser-based art app for real-time collaborative drawing online.

Milanote

Visual workspace for creatives—organize notes, images, links, and boards.

Miro

Collaborative online whiteboard for distributed teams to brainstorm, plan, design.

MoMA

MoMA

MoMA is a leading museum in NYC dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

Monster Clay

Monster Clay

Premium reusable sculpting clay for pros—smooth, oil-based, and sulfur-free.

Muddy Colors

Muddy Colors is a blog by illustrators sharing art tips, tutorials, and insights.

Nomad Sculpt

Nomad Sculpt is a 3D sculpting app for Ipad with intuitive tools for modeling.

Notion

All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, databases, and team collaboration.