Gem's Library

Gem's Library
Links and Resources From Around the Web Last updated: 6/6/2026 If you alert me to a dead link before I get to it, I'll draw you a free doodle ;) I'm open to suggestions or critiques to anything listed here, but it's possible I might not feel obligated to act on them for one reason or another I want a nice balance of indulgent personal interest and public utility on here

Collections of Resources
Free Media Heck Yeah Free resources across the internet, some of them from legit sources and some of them require "sailing the seven seas", so use this resource to your level of comfort and take the necessary precautions to keep yourself and your computer safe :) The Internet Archive An incredibly important archive of both digital, scanned/digitized physical media shared in this online space Also home of The Wayback Machine, where you can view archived webpages from the internet’s past Itch.io Open marketplace for indie games, webtools, comics, and other independently published things Lots of free as well as paid content! Great place to explore and some of the content in browser, so it's very accessable! Indie DB Independent game database Piperka.net Webcomic database Also for tracking and bookmarking Tiny Tools Directory Describes itself as a, “…list of small, free, or experimental tools that might be useful in building your game / website / interactive project.” Very well organized too! LinksthatBurn.com A catalog of useful, fun, and/or informative websites. Awesome Privacy Provides alternative online resources that prioritize privacy Mr. Free Tools Find free, open source, or freemium software Categorized really well and rated by users Nest of Internet Trinkets Notion page with links to resources Refuse Uline Alternatives to Uline Webmaster Resources 32 Bit Cafe Resource List for the Personal Web F*ck It, Let's Make a Website SadGrl.Online Artist Website Help Recipes JustOneCookBook.com Classic Japanese Recipes Personal Websites Link Pages Corruptedunicorn Links Everest Pipkin Monsierdoll Resources Eve G. Links and Resources
Libraries
Project Gutenberg Online library of free eBooks! Public Domain Works Faded Page Online library of free eBooks! Public Domain Works (Canadian Based Copyright Laws) Standard E-Books "...Volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost." Folk Texts Collection of folk tales from around the world Kellscrafts illustrated books from 1890 -1920 Internet Sacred Texts Archive Religious and Mythological Achive Library of Congress Queer Liberation Library
Gifs and Graphics Collections
For your webdesign pleasure GifCities AnimatedImages.org Gifs-Paradise Betty's Graphics Bonnibel's Graphic Collection

Webtools
Squoosh Compresses images ImageResizer.com Like Squoosh, very good for compressing images, but with other tools too, like: Resizing Bulk Resizing Cropping Converting File Type Etc... Image-Map.net Create image maps that you can paste into html HeySpinner.com Spinner/random choice tool! Rarebit Webcomic Template What it says on the tin! Very cool HTML template Notion I use Notion! It’s like making a mini wiki for your own nonsense lol Dr. Link Check Awesome resource that lets you input your website link and it will flag any links that are broken so you can fix or remove them! 5e.tools Dungeons and Dragons Reference Material Erin's Informed Consent HRT Map of the US A google map resource of healthcare offices around the US that allow informed consent for gender affirming HRT We're in rapidly changing times when it comes to trans rights in the US, so any one of these places I'd give a call or email to check and see if they're actually offering these services at this time Trans rights are human rights EverywhereisQueer.com A world-wide map of queer-owned businesses! AntiFandom.com Makes fandom wiki pages readable w/ no ads Webhosting Nekoweb Just think of it like a NeoCities Alternative NearlyFreeSpeech.net Link leads to tutorial on how to migrate your website to this host leprd.space
Search Engines & Webrings
These are going to be alternatives to your big search engines like Google or ones that I like using Search Engine Map Map of popular search engines and who they use for their base Brave Search Duck Duck Go Both of these are privacy focused searches, Brave is Google based, Duck Duck Go is Bing based Ecosia Donates profits to plant trees Marginalia Indipendent webcrawler based out of Sweden that prioritizes non-commercial content and smaller sites Curlie Fully Human Curated Search Engine Creative Commons Search Portal What it says on the tin, very handy Yestersearch Wiby Both are old website search focused Indieseek.xyz Indie web directory url.town Small Curated Web Directory Webrings Melonland's Surf Club Webring *has audio, but it's fun Yuri EVN Webring Transring

Art Tools
Art Programs Photopea Online Photo Editor that runs locally Great quick portable alternative to Photoshop JSPaint Classic MS Paint in browser made with Javascript JSKidPix Kid Pix in browser made in Javascript WigglyPaint Simple wiggly drawing tool Dithering Webtools DitherIt DitherGarden DitherMark Dither-Me-This Other Art Tools FlamingText.com Allows you to plug in text to “design” various animated, stylized, or 3d logos Free for personal use, but you have to pay a fee if you want to use for anything commercial (which is funny because a lot of these fonts seem to be… rip offs of popular franchises, but… lol whatever) Wareware.rip Simplistic geometric game maker PostyBirb Assists in posting art to multiple websites at once Glaze & Nightshade AI cloaking/protection for images

Art Tools

Art Programs

Photopea

Online Photo Editor that runs locally
Great quick portable alternative to Photoshop

JSPaint

Classic MS Paint in browser made with Javascript

JSKidPix

Kid Pix in browser made in Javascript

WigglyPaint

Simple wiggly drawing tool

Dithering Webtools

Other Art Tools

FlamingText.com

Allows you to plug in text to “design” various animated, stylized, or 3d logos
Free for personal use, but you have to pay a fee if you want to use for anything commercial
(which is funny because a lot of these fonts seem to be… rip offs of popular franchises, but… lol whatever)

Wareware.rip

Simplistic geometric game maker

PostyBirb

Assists in posting art to multiple websites at once

Glaze & Nightshade

AI cloaking/protection for images

Art Reference and Assets
Note: Some of these are more clearcut references than others Character Design References Creative Uncut - Videogame Art Library Line-of-Action.com Reference photos and practice tools Dimensions.com “...reference database of dimensioned drawings documenting the standard measurements and sizes of the everyday objects and spaces that make up our world...” VIShopper.com Okay, hear me out, art reference clearly what isn’t what this is for, bUT I think the very specific search abilities, cut out figures, pose features, could give a lot of possibilities for finding good drawing reference *all of this is Paid stuff, so if you do use them as ref, like… don’t do a full trace copy- use your noodle, I trust u ;) Meye.dk Transparent plant pngs that are free to use FontsinUse.com “A searchable archive of typographic design, indexed by typeface, format, and topic.” MonsterBrains.blogspot.com A stellar collection of monsters between all sorts of media Hasn’t been updated for around 3 years, but is still an incredible gem ComicBookFX “Searchable index and gallery of sound effects from comic books” Typewritten.org/media Screenshots from OS's of yore Onceposted.com Small collection of postcards from the past Paperme Different lined paper resources for whatever you need VG Resource Contains rips from videogames of Sprites Models Textures Sounds OpenGameArt.org Open use game assets that you can use in personal projects ObscureVideoGames.tumblr.com Blog of obscure videogames This tumblr is especially great because it always posts info about where the gif, screenshot, or ad is from VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and some articles Hit Save! Archive Videogame ad and supplimental material archive collections GenshinImpactResources.tumblr.com Probably the most organized tumblr I've seen? Genshin Impact creates so much throwaway art and assets that it's nice to have something that keeps track of it History of Hyrule Linktree of very diligent Legend of Zelda art archiver SketchFab 3D model sharing and viewing platform Superspl.at 3D Gaussian splat platform Basically people scan things and upload them here Same.Energy Finds images that aesthetically look like the one you select
Public Domain Images
Biodiversity Heritage Library Public Domain Review OldBookIllustrations.com RawPixel.com Commons.Wikimedia.org MetMuseum.org National Gallery of Art The NY Public Library: Digital Collections Google Arts and Culture Rijks Museum Internet Archive Book Images Smithsonian Open Access British Library Getty.edu Yale Center for British Art YesterdaysPrint.tumblr.com Artvee.com public.work pictureboxblue.com SVG Repo Antique Pattern Library Note: Some of these sources require you to choose public domain or open access images in their internal searches, so not every image that appears on each site will automatically be public domain Simply be mindful of what you're doing and you'll be fine

Games
Yume Nikki Online Project Play Yume Nikki and well known fangames with friends or other folks online NoClip.Website Videogame map museum!

Storefronts
Little places I like to visit and follow- in the interest of avoiding big box stores, I feel like sharing direct sources of places I like Publishers Microcosm Publishing Used and Independent Bookstores Better World Books Thriftbooks Abe Books Art Shops Mushroomy.house

Blogs and Sites
NathalieLawhead.com Game Designer/Journalist's Blog and Personal Website Come for the Articles, Stay for the Electric Zine Maker Hardcoregaming101.net Articles about videogames ObscureVideoGames.tumblr.com Blog of obscure videogames This tumblr is especially great because it always posts info about where the gif, screenshot, or ad is from VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and some articles AnimeFeminist.com Articles on Anime and Manga through a feminist lens MonsterBrains.blogspot.com A stellar collection of monsters between all sorts of media Hasn’t been updated for around 3 years, but is still an incredible gem Visual Squirrels From the about-"This site is basically where we collect interesting, weird, odds and ends on any issue that peaks our individual and collective interests..." This was wonderful to stumble upon and a fun place to explore for articles, curiosity fulfilment, and art reference alike... Too bad it stopped updating in 2022 The Story Graph Like Goodreads but not under Google's thumb and black owned Atlas Obscura Interesting/weird destinations wherever you are

Blogs and Sites

NathalieLawhead.com

Game Designer/Journalist's Blog and Personal Website
Come for the Articles, Stay for the Electric Zine Maker

Hardcoregaming101.net

Articles about videogames

ObscureVideoGames.tumblr.com
- Blog of obscure videogames
- This tumblr is especially great because it always posts info about where the gif, screenshot, or ad is from
VideoGamesDensetsu.tumblr.com

Fits the niche of ObscureVideoGames.tumblr, but with more concept art, behind the scenes, and some articles

AnimeFeminist.com

Articles on Anime and Manga through a feminist lens

MonsterBrains.blogspot.com

A stellar collection of monsters between all sorts of media
Hasn’t been updated for around 3 years, but is still an incredible gem

Visual Squirrels

From the about-"This site is basically where we collect interesting, weird, odds and ends on any issue that peaks our individual and collective interests..."
This was wonderful to stumble upon and a fun place to explore for articles, curiosity fulfilment, and art reference alike... Too bad it stopped updating in 2022

The Story Graph

Like Goodreads but not under Google's thumb and black owned

Atlas Obscura

Interesting/weird destinations wherever you are

Cool Personal Sites
bisuko.neocities.org 🌟 bennizone.net 🌟 obspogon.neocities.org everest-pipkin.com 🌟 nohappynonsense.net 🌟 xixxii.neocities.org arcadiandreamer.neocities.org 🌟 substack.net 🌟 softwareangel.neocities.org aconfuseddragon.neocities.org 🌟 kebbyshome.neocities.org 🌟 snail-legs.co.uk melodicambient.neocities.org 🌟 punkray.neocities.org 🌟 camcollins.neocities.org skarmuse.net 🌟 skinnykitt.neocities.org 🌟 smtgen.neocities.org infinitebrians.neocities.org 🌟 decadentjackal.neocities.org 🌟 snugs.neocities.org kitetfrog.neocities.org 🌟 doodlegreen.neocities.org 🌟 serenegecko.neocities.org mimidoshima.neocities.org 🌟 humanfinny.neocities.org 🌟 lakes.glamour.ovh 🌟 dreamcastercastle.net 🌟 Note: Some personal site links are 18+, but as of right now, all of them warn before hand before showing anything egregious, but click through links at your own risk As I add to this list and visit these, I may choose to add them to blogs and sites or recategorize them some other way

Cool Personal Sites

bisuko.neocities.org 🌟 bennizone.net 🌟 obspogon.neocities.org
everest-pipkin.com 🌟 nohappynonsense.net 🌟 xixxii.neocities.org
arcadiandreamer.neocities.org 🌟 substack.net 🌟 softwareangel.neocities.org
aconfuseddragon.neocities.org 🌟 kebbyshome.neocities.org 🌟 snail-legs.co.uk
melodicambient.neocities.org 🌟 punkray.neocities.org 🌟 camcollins.neocities.org
skarmuse.net 🌟 skinnykitt.neocities.org 🌟 smtgen.neocities.org
infinitebrians.neocities.org 🌟 decadentjackal.neocities.org 🌟 snugs.neocities.org
kitetfrog.neocities.org 🌟 doodlegreen.neocities.org 🌟 serenegecko.neocities.org
mimidoshima.neocities.org 🌟 humanfinny.neocities.org 🌟 lakes.glamour.ovh
🌟 dreamcastercastle.net 🌟

Note: Some personal site links are 18+, but as of right now, all of them warn before hand before showing anything egregious, but click through links at your own risk

As I add to this list and visit these, I may choose to add them to blogs and sites or recategorize them some other way