Julyan's Resources

This page contains useful resources I've collected over the years as a musician/artist and I decided to share my links, maybe it would help another soul
I share both paid and free resources here.
I do not share Adobe products here. Here's a list of Adobe alternatives: https://twitter.com/XdanielArt/status/1434611199140896772
All links are safe to access (I don't like viruses either bro). Occasionally updated when I find something cool.



Art

References

https://www.vishopper.com/ - Cut out people for references
http://reference.sketchdaily.net/ - Repository of human references (18+ as it contains nudes also)

Inspiration

https://planner5d.com/ - Room planner (freemium, catalog severely limited in free version)
https://www.homestyler.com/ - Room planner with more customization settings for free than P5D. It has a learning curve though. (Freemium)
https://sites.google.com/view/thebluefish/animation-meme-list?authuser=0 - Animation meme trends

Programs

https://www.piskelapp.com/ - Free online sprite maker
https://krita.org/en/ - Krita
https://medibangpaint.com/en/ - MediBang Paint (freemium)
https://www.clipstudio.net/en/ - Clip Studio Paint (paid, but has 30-day trial)
https://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/ - Paint tool SAI (paid, there is a way to get it for free but it's better to support the developer behind it)
https://lazynezumi.com/ - Line smoother for (mainly) Photoshop (paid)

Other

https://www.transparenttextures.com/ - Transparent Textures


Story

Character Development

https://picrew.me/en - Custom Character doll maker
https://hikaku-sitatter.com/en/ - Character height comparison
https://ideonomy.mit.edu/essays/traits.html - A list of personality traits
https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ - Name generator
https://www.heroforge.com/ - D&D Character Maker (Freemium)
https://www.springhole.net/index.html - Has advice how to write characters.
https://bodyvisualizer.com/ - Body visualizer

Story Development

https://zarkonnen.itch.io/planet-generator - Planet generator
https://www.maptoglobe.com/ - Globe map generator
https://inkarnate.com/ - Map Maker (Freemium)
https://tvtropes.org/ - Search for numerous tropes for your story

Inspiration

https://pinterest.com/ - Imageboard
https://chat.openai.com/ - ChatGPT - Works as a generator. Use this ONLY for inspiration. DO NOT USE THIS TO GENERATE SOMETHING YOU ARE GONNA CLAIM AS YOUR OWN (UNETHICAL AI USAGE)

Word Processors/Notepads

https://obsidian.md/ - Notepad with markdown support and ability to make a connection between files
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview - Scrivener, word processor that supports multiple chapters, folders, plot planning etc. into one file. (paid)
https://www.nebo.app/ - Ink note-taking app (paid)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app - OneNote, note taking app with password protection
https://www.libreoffice.org/ - Open source office suite

I don't recommend Google Docs or Microsoft Office Online

Though if you don't have a choice (e.g. you're on a Chromebook) ig you can use them???


Music and Audio

Music Theory

https://www.gnu.org/software/solfege/solfege.html - GNU Solfege, silly open-source program that helps with ear training
https://tonedear.com/ - Ear training online

DAWs, Audio Editors and Notation Software

https://www.image-line.com/ - FL Studio - Digital Audio Station (DAW) (paid, but can use trial for an unlimited time)
https://musescore.org/en - MuseScore - Open Source Notation Software (I recommend 3.6 since I believe it's most stable but it's up to you)
https://www.audacityteam.org/ - Audacity - Open Source Audio Editor (I recommend 3.01 though but, again, it is up to you)
https://lmms.io/ - Open Source DAW
https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2015/11/11/free-daw-software/ - Free DAWs
https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk?lang=en - Cakewalk (possibly freemium, haven't tested)
https://www.bandlab.com/ - Online DAW (possibly freemium, haven't tested)

Plugins&Soundfonts

https://www.pluginboutique.com/ - Plugin store. Also offers really good free plugins and samples. Does have banger discounts to good plugins sometimes.
https://plugins4free.com/ - Free Plugins
https://sfzinstruments.github.io/ - SFZ Instruments
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wr0RjPfQvD_VrIivi4U4tsnqMdL78sWOaDUI2Z95R9U/edit?usp=sharing - A list of free DAW plugins and samples
https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/ - Soundfonts
https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts?formats=sf2 - Soundfonts

Other

https://distrokid.com/ - Music distribution service (paid)
http://onj3.andrelouis.com/phonetones/ - Collection of mobile ringtones (for inspiration). Also has Soundfonts, obscure audio software and other interesting stuff.

DO NOT USE ROUTENOTE

RouteNote is known for being strict and bad customer support. DistroKid is what I use and it's miles better than RouteNote. The price is worth it.


Misc/Multipurpose

Royalty Free stuff

https://freesound.org/ - Free/Royalty-free open-source sounds
https://pixabay.com/ - Free Royalty-free music, stock images, sounds etc.

Design

https://www.figma.com/ - Graphic Design application used by professionals (freemium, really powerful even on free version)
https://www.figma.com/community - Figma Resources

Color and color palettes

https://coolors.co/ - Color palette generator
https://mycolor.space/ - Color palette generator
https://colorhunt.co/ - Curated color palettes
https://www.color-hex.com/ - HEX colors
https://www.google.com/search?q=color+picker&oq=color+picker - Color Picker (Google)
https://pinetools.com/image-color-picker - Color Picker

Other

https://ezgif.com/ - Online GIF editor/maker


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