Welcome to the 16th in the Nightmare Collection series. This is the Resourceful Edition, and it's a collection of fabulous resources for dark artists who create digital and traditional art. deviantART describes the Resources gallery as...

...one that allows deviants to share the resources they make for other deviants to use in their deviations and/or learn from. Be aware that everything submitted into this gallery (minus Tutorials) is submitted under Fair Use, in that it may be used by other deviants in non-commercial deviations.



STOCK PHOTOS

Stock photos can be found in Resources --> Stock Imagery and deviantART 's gallery description is as follows...

Stock Photography are photos which the photographer enters into the public domain for incorporation into other artists' work.

Please realise that stock images should be of high quality and low compression. Images that are unfocused, blurry and shaken are not very suited to be used for manipulations or designs. Also, images taken in a low resolution, are neither very suited for use - since you can't size up without losing data. Designers prefer high resolution images, that way no details are lost when they size them down. Therefore; using your webcam to take stock photos are not very smart or appreciated.

NOTE: There are a number of different types of stock imagery licenses, and deviantART does not currently have an in-depth system for making this process any simpler for deviants. Make sure you are very clear about what kind of license you are extending to other artists when you submit into this category. You must extend some public use license if you intend to submit here; otherwise, your submission belongs in the Photography gallery.

Here's a selection of stock artists who offer images which would be particularly useful to those creating dark art.



























TEXTURES

Textures can be found in Resources --> Textures and deviantART's gallery description is as follows...

A Texture is an image file that can be used as a texture in an image program.

Here's a selection of texture makers who offer textures that would be useful to dark artists.


















BRUSHES

Brushes can be found in Resources --> Application Resources along with actions, symbols and other resources. There are brushes offered for numerous programs including Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. deviantART's gallery description for Photoshop Brushes is as follows...

The Photoshop Brushes section is for Brushes for Adobe Photoshop. In the deviation description, please include which version of Photoshop your brushes were created with.

Remember the description will be different depending on the program that the brushes were created in/for. Here are a few brush makers who offer brushes that are particularly useful for creating dark digital art.















Don't forget that everyone who offers resources to others in the community is doing so with kindness and generosity. Each resource maker has their own rules of use, so be sure to check the description of each resource before you use it and remember to credit the creator where required.