Sources For Artwork

[Skeletor101]

Hey,

Could anybody point me in the direction of some decent places to obtain artwork, the more sources the better really.

I dont have a problem with redraws etc but sometimes it's good to have some artwork already available.

I know about the basic ones like deviantart, planet renders and google images, but would like to know about some places that are more game related.

[THK]

Some tips for searching artwork

- Start your way at large images and work your way down to any size

- Start with png's and then repeat the process with any filetype (for png's: add filetype : png without the spaces to your search query)

- For Japanese games, look up their Japanese name and search for that as well and search for both the English and Japanese names on Google.jp, set to japanese sites only

- For new games, look up their official website, there's often nice art to rip (I use firefox for this, right click page > page info > media tab, let's you browse through all non-flash art and download it)

- For new games, search for a Press Kit on the developers/publishers/official game site

- Look up a game's (or game series) wikia (not to be confused with wiki), there's sometimes some good art to be found

Some sites I use for art (plz add your own)

- http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/ (Arcade flyers)

- http://www.coinopart.com (Arcade, requires membership)

- http://www.arcadeartwork.org (Arcade)

- http://arcadeartlibrary.com (Arcade)

- http://www.arcade-gear.com (Arcade)

- http://gamesdbase.com/ (All, not too good art, but usable for redraw source)

- http://www.giantbomb.com/ (mostly for PC games)

- http://fenixware.net/fab/ (Fighting games)

- http://fightersgeneration.com/ (Fighting games)

- http://vectorlib.free.fr/

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