Ivan Bilibin illustrated Russian folk art at the beginning of the twentieth century. Many of his illustrations are over 100 years old and public domain everywhere. Here’s a link https://www.wikiart.org/en/ivan-bilibin/all-works#!#filterName:all-paintings-chronologically,resultType:masonry He does fully colored work and also line art good for coloring books.
Tag: fantasy
Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator
Create entire worlds. Customize as you wish. Drill down to the city level. Save to work on later. Export image files. https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/ Access this amazing map application in your browser for free. Use the maps you create in your commercial or non-commercial projects. Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator code is on github and is licensed MIT….
Woodblocks in Wonderland: The Japanese Fairy Tale Series
The Hare Of Inabe cover art – public domain The public domain review has an article about these little books, published between 1885 and 1922. https://publicdomainreview.org/2019/09/03/woodblocks-in-wonderland-the-japanese-fairy-tale-series/ You can also find the book pictured above at archive.org. https://archive.org/details/japanesefairytalse01no11thom Great art and stories in the public domain.
Yon Rogar’s Hat
Image from The Violet Fairy Book, public domain. “Yon Rogar’s Hat” by Larry Heyl is licensed CC BY. There is more about Milyagon including Mini Zine Quests at minizines.cc. Here’s the link to the story.
David Revoy Fantasy Art
Here’s a link to David Revoy’s Wikimedia page, User Deevad. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Deevad As you can see he has real talent for bringing fantasy to life. My name is David Revoy ( aka Deevad ) , and I’m an illustrator , concept-artist and art director ( official website ) . I’m using only open source 2D software…
Byron-Townshend Art and Miniatures
Here’s a link to a page of Byron-Townshend’s sketches for fantasy miniatures. They are all licensed with a Creative Commons license. https://www.deviantart.com/byron-townshend/gallery/46268535/fantasy-miniature-designs-etc Here’s his page on Deviant Art. https://www.deviantart.com/byron-townshend He says, “I’m the head sculptor at Dark Art Studios based in Norwich in the East of England.” https://www.dark-art-studios.co.uk/
Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe
illustrations by Edmund Dulac
Gaily bedight, A gallant knight. In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He…
Creative Commons Science-Fiction
The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker Your Guide to the 21st Century! It starts with Software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. Software won the first Philip K. Dick Award. In Wetware, the robots decide to start building people —and people get strung out on an insane new…
Arcmage, an open source card game
a libre card game We’re a community of free culture-loving individuals, creating a free card game. A game that’s truly open, liberated, free & gratis. A game that is fun to play both casually and competitive, and that is a joy for your eyes. a fantasy style game As you battle your opponents summoning creatures…