Human Creations for Creative Humans

Human Creations for Creative Humans

A Resource for Creative  Humans Curated by RatGrrrl Games

Endorsements for Human Art For Humans:

"Oh wow! This is rad and alarmingly thorough"
- Kevin Sheehan

"This is like an enormously useful resource and so fully endorse the impetus behind it"
- Huffa

"This is a monument... A total labour of love. You've done the community a service."
- Shouting Crow

"The is the end of all resources"
-  HINOKODO

"I haven't read it yet"
- Sofia R.

Human Creations for Creative Humans Collections:

• Human Creations for Creative Humans
• Artwork (Free & PWYW)
• Artwork (Paid)
• Maps & Hexes (Free & PWYW)
• Maps & Hexes (Paid)
• Backgrounds & Textures (Free & PWYW)
• Photos & Artefacts (Free & PWYW)
• Photos & Artefacts (Paid)
• Icons & Logos
• Fonts (Free & PWYW)
• Fonts (Paid)
• Brushes
• Templates (Free & PWYW)
• Templates (Paid)
• SRDs & Open Games
• Software & Tools (Free & PWYW)
• Software & Tools (Paid)
• Video Games, Bit & 3D Assets (Free & PWYW)
• Video Games, Bit & 3D Assets (Paid)
• Music & Sound Effects (Free & PWYW)
• Music & Sound Effects (Paid)
• Guides, Advice & Other Resources

There are many fantastic curated resources and guides out there, covering a range of things (a number of which are linked below), but my focus with Human Creations for Creative Humans is to curate resources for creators of TTRPGs, video games,  or any other creative endeavour fit any budget (or lack thereof). I want to make it easier for humans to find and use art,  assets, and advice provided by other humans, regardless of the money they have (though paying artists is always preferable and should ultimately be the goal), because there are a lot of misconceptions about the availability of art and a disturbing encroaching of ‘AI’-generated images, both with larger, established companies and in the things people are making for indie games. 

‘AI’ ‘Art’  genuinely threatens the livelihood of artists and the human understanding and relationship with art. I believe it needs to be opposed with equal vigour as NFTs and crypto bullshit. This is all my opinion and you don’t have to agree. However, I’m done arguing about this and wanted to do something positive to combat it, so I made this as I can’t draw.

Here you will find art, backgrounds and textures, maps, brushes fonts, icons and logos, templates, SRDs and open games, music, guides and advice,  and whatever else might be useful. Each section is split between, free and PWYW, and paid models that are ludicrously cheap for what they are, including subscriptions through Patreon, Ko-fi, etc. with hundreds of images on individual platforms for as little as $1 a month that can add up to a vault of over 1,000 images for you to use for the price of a coffee. 

Hopefully, this will be enough to help you make a start, improve your projects and skills, and ultimately lead to you and your fellow creators being able to keep on keeping on.

If there is anything you would particularly like to see added, including anything you create or service you provide, please don't hesitate to reach out by commenting here, or through itch, Mastodon or email.

I want to acknowledge Goblin Archives’ phenomenal Annotated Archive of Game Design Resources, which served as the starting point for this, and HINOKODO’s Human Made icon pack, which helped inspire this and is a great thing to add to add to entirely human-created projects.

The online document can be viewed here.

If you’re a fascist, you’re not welcome to [use this resource]. It’s against the rules. If you’re reading this and thinking, “You just call everyone you disagree with a fascist,” then you’re probably a fascist, or incapable of drawing inferences from context and acknowledging a dangerous political climate that causes the oppressed to be hyperbolic. Don’t play this game. Heal yourself. Grow. Learn. Watch some Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood or something. 

I am Queer in every Sphere. 

I don't make things for bigots.

I also curate a resource of inspirational Science/ Weird Fantasy art, media, and TTRPGs: Weird Media, Odd Art, & Strange TTRPGs: Troika! & Beyond!!!