List of visual novel development resources/Art

Creator	Link	Price/ License	Sprites	BG	Animation	Guide	Tool	Details
Klawzie	Youtube	Free				Yes		Playlist of 23 videos with various Clip Studio Paint tutorials.
Kazuki Akamine	Xdomain.jp	Free			Yes	Yes		Details various types of movement used in graphic design.
AR14	itch.io	Free/Paid	Yes				Yes	Mannequin 2D Character Portrait Generator. Also has mods.
NoranekoGames	itch.io	Free	Yes	Yes				Yume Series Free-to-Use Assets, includes sprites and backgrounds
NoranekoGames	itch.io	Free	Yes					New Style Free-to-Use Assets, includes sprites
puppetbomb	itch.io	Free non-commercial use only	Yes	Yes				Image Pack : College Life Three character sprites, two backgrounds.
Fungii	itch.io	Free/Paid	Yes					Customisable Sprite Assets Collection
WitPOP (Red)	itch.io	Free/Paid						Several different sprite packs, monsters, and fantasy inventory icons
Eric Matyas	soundimage.org	Free (custom license)		Yes				Thousands of free music tracks, sounds and images for your projects
Thomas Romain	Imgur	Free				Yes		Thomas Romain's tutorial on maintaining art perspective.
Mari Costa	Twitter	Free				Yes		Comic tutorial on ambient colors.
Vice	Vice	Free				Yes		Vice's first stock photo library featuring trans and non-binary models.
Selavi Games	Itch	Paid		Yes				Collection of VN backgrounds.
BaM Animation	Youtube	Free				Yes		Short video on how to improve lineart.
Michael Sexton (@Everblue_Comic)	Patreon	Free/Paid				Yes		List of free/non-subscription alternatives to Adobe products.
Kenney	Kenney	Free	Yes	Yes				Kenney's CC assets.
n/a	StudioBinder	Free				Yes		Guide to camera shots and angles.
n/a	Picrew	Free	Yes				Yes	Picrew character creator. Most creators only allow for personal use (not non-commerical use).
Ingthing	Google Drive	Free				Yes		Cheat sheets for drawing human anatomy.
Sky-morishita	DeviantArt	Free				Yes		Guide on how to maintain proportions in VN background art.
Jake Bowkett	Google Drive	Free				Yes		.@jakebowkett's guide on how to design backgrounds.
n/a	Mr Initial Man	Free				Yes		Compares heights of 2-6 people in metric or imperial measurements.
n/a	Coolors.co	Free					Yes	Color palette generator.
Anatomy For Sculptors	ArtStation	Free				Yes		Anatomy references.
n/a	Wataokiba	Free	Yes					Collection of sprite sets.
n/a	Charat.me	Free	Yes				Yes	Character generators for girls and boys.
n/a	Terawell	Free/Paid					Yes	A 3D modeling software for humanoid figures.
Spiral Atlas	Itch	Free		Yes				Painterly European (regency) VN backgrounds
n/a	Open Culture	Free		Yes				Article linking to the Metropolitan Museum's 600+ free art book collection available online or as PDFs. Links to other museums' art books.
n/a	Reddit	Free					Yes	Subreddit dedicated to real world interior design.
Hass Idriss	Hass Idriss	Free				Yes		Hass Idriss' A/W 2020 runway line of dramatic, pseudo-fantasy dresses.
n/a	Quixel	Free/Paid					Yes	A 3D modeling program.
Akua	Itch	Free	Yes					Bubblegum Boy is a single sprite with customizable expressions.
n/a	Reference.pictures	Paid				Yes		500+ photos of hand references.
eTeks	SweetHome3D	Free		Yes			Yes	Sweet Home 3D is an open source interior design program.
Frederic Delavier	Human Kinetics	Paid				Yes		Strength Training Anatomy is an anatomically detailed fitness book. Contains illustrations of muscular and skeletal anatomy of dynamic positions.
n/a	Line of Action	Free/Paid				Yes		Randomizes photo references for figure drawing practice with timed intervals.
n/a	Cloud Convert	Free/Paid					Yes	Online tool to convert PNG files to ICNS. Free for 25 images/day.
n/a	Adobe	Free					Yes	Adobe's online color palette generator.
Puppsicle	Wayback Machine	Free				Yes		Puppsicle's inforgraphic of skin tones with shading and highlight values (original tweet deleted).
Jacob Geller	Youtube	Free				Yes		Jacob Geller's "Bad Graphics", a short video essay about the sameness of "good graphics" vs unconventional art styles in video games.
Kyle T Webster	Youtube	Free				Yes		Short video tutorial on how to use the "color dynamics" setting in Photoshop to create realistic brush strokes.
William Nguyen	ArtStation	Free					Yes	William Nguyen's 3D lighting reference tool.
n/a	Biodigital	Free	Yes				Yes	Real anatomy 3D human model (requires sign up to use).
Dan Fessler	Dan Fessler	Free				Yes		Tutorial on how to use index painting in Photoshop to turn a painting into pixel art.
Photoshop Tutorials	Youtube	Free				Yes		Short video tutorial on "How to Create Fluid Gradient Cover Art" in Photoshop.
Ctrl+Paint	Youtube	Free				Yes		A Youtube series on making concept art.
Vampbyte	Patreon	Free				Yes		Vampbyte's beginner's guide to Clip Studio Paint.
n/a	Nappy.co	Free				Yes		High quality stock photos of black and brown people in various settings and poses.
n/a	Nicovideo.jp	Free		Yes				Stock gallery with photos, videos, and SFX. Site is in Japanese.
Alex Hanson-White	Itch	Free		Yes			Yes	Crocotile 3D is a tool for creating 3D scenes with tiles.
Eri_duh	Clip Studio Paint	Free				Yes		"Learn Anatomy to Improve Drawing Poses", an illustrated tutorial on basic anatomically correct poses.
Sinx Design	Youtube	Free				Yes		Sinix Design's "Anatomy Quick Tips: Hair", a video tutorial on hair design.
n/a	Home Styler	Free/Paid		Yes			Yes	3D floorplan and interior design tool that uses photo-realistic rendering.
n/a	MyMiniFactory	Free	Yes	Yes			Yes	Scan the World is an open source museum of 3D sculptures/cultural artefacts.
n/a	Pond5	Free/Paid		Yes				Library of high quality stock photos, videos, and music. Includes public domain/historic resources.
Dmitriy Chugai	Texturelib	Free		Yes				Library of free, high resolution textures.
Vampbyte	Google Drive	Free				Yes		Vampbyte's masterlist of Clip Studio Paint tutorials.
Clip Studio Paint	Youtube	Free				Yes		"How to: Import 3D Models", a short video tutorial for CSP.
Ikea	Ikea	Free				Yes		IKEA catalogs from 1950 to 2021.
CelestialFang	Internet Archive	Free				Yes		Thread on how to paint gemstones.
Devin Elle Kurtz	Gumroad	Free/Paid					Yes	Devin Elle Kurtz's royalty free brush sets and textures.
Hanaou_twi	Clip Studio Paint	Free/Paid					Yes	Various tree/bush/leaf brushes for CSP.
Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas	Creativebloq	Free			Yes	Yes		The 12 Principles of Animation.
Clip Studio Paint	Youtube	Free				Yes		Clip Studio Paint's video tutorial of how to use it.
Clip Studio Paint	Clip Studio Paint	Free				Yes		Clip Studio Paint's collection of art tutorials.
n/a	FreePhotoMuscle	Free				Yes		Muscle Plus is a stock photo library of muscular people doing everyday things. Site is in Japanese.
Smithsonian	Smithsonian	Free		Yes				Smithsonian Open Access, a CC0 collection of 2.8+ million art works.
Arimia	Arimiadev	Free		Yes				Arimia's free battle CGs.
Kingcholera	Patreon	Free	Yes					kingcholera's resource pack of 200+ 3D models of buff ladies with swords.
Amin Moazzen	Cubebrush	Free		Yes				3D model of a kitchen.
Era7	Cubebrush	Free		Yes				Futuristic anime backgrounds of the sky/space.
Era7	Cubebrush	Free		Yes				Anime landscape backgrounds.
n/a	Shotdeck	Free/Paid				Yes		Shotdeck is a database of screenshots from 1,000+ films used by film industry professionals. Has a free two week trial.
n/a	Twitter	Free				Yes		Thread of graphic design TikToks.
Ostrich Burer Productions	Itch	Free	Yes	Yes				Ostrich Burger Productions' collection of assets.
SethIova	Dropbox	Free		Yes				Dropbox pack of 32 patterns.
Watabou	Itch	Free					Yes	Watabou's procedural generator tools to create dungeons, cities, villages, maps, and etc.
MeltyPop	Ko-fi	Free/Paid		Yes				Royalty free backgrounds available for free or after a ko-fi donation.
Bunbuncita	Google Drive	Free				Yes		200 hand reference photos with/without items.
VisuStella	itch.io	Paid		Yes				A collection of all VisuStella Armory bundles.
VisuStella	itch.io	Paid		Yes				VisuStella Cuisine Season 1
VisuStella	itch.io	Paid		Yes				VisuStella Atelier Season 1, features items like scrolls, herbs, ores, potions
VisuStella	itch.io	Paid		Yes				VisuStella Atelier Season 2, features items like scrolls, herbs, ores, potions
VisuStella	itch.io	Paid	Yes				Yes	Stella Character Generator
VisuStella	itch.io	Paid	Yes				Yes	Stella Character Generator DLC01: Animal Parts
Kelly Larkin	Google Drive	Free		Yes				28 paper scans in 10k resolution.
n/a	Photopea	Free					Yes	Free online recreation of Photoshop compatible with several file formats.
n/a	Settei Dreams	Free				Yes		Collection of model sheets, color designs, and artbooks for various animes.
Torcado	Itch	Free					Yes	Torcado's Opti, a transparent media viewer.
n/a	The Noun Project	Free/Paid		Yes		Yes		The Noun Project is a database of icons and photos.
Pumpkin Spike	Itch	Free	Yes					Pumpkin Spike's "Background Character Sprite Pack" with two customizable sprites.
Potat0Master	Itch	Free/Paid		Yes				Potat0Master's "Free Visual Novel Backgrounds (Mansion Pack)" of 77+ royalty free images
Dustyroom	Unity	Paid					Yes	Unity shader pack "Quibli: Anime Shaders and Tools" for anime inspired styles.
Potat0Master	Itch	Free	Yes					Potat0Master's royalty free "Nozomi" character sprite with 19 expressions and 4 outfits.
Potat0Master	Itch	Free	Yes					Potat0Master's royalty free "Ryoko & Madoka" character sprites with 13+ expressions and 2 outfits each.
Brainwash Gang	Itch	Free					Yes	Brainwash Gang's 380+ free to use "Pixel Art Texturing Brushes"
Potat0Master	Itch	Free	Yes					Potat0Master's royalty free "Kioshi & Haruo" character sprites with 7+ expressions and 2 outfits each.
Potat0Master	Itch	Free/Paid	Yes					Potat0Master's royalty free "Sensai" sprites with 4 free and 3 paid characters with several expressions each.