Where Can I Find Free Art For Inclusion In My RPG?

[Jools]

I'm creating a D&D style RPG that when complete I'm going to give away for free. Are there any sources for D&D style fantasy art that I can legally include in my project? They would need to be of printable quality, of course. I'm currently looking at this project that offers a license to use 25 monsters for 50 dollars. Seems like a reasonable price but I'm not exactly a rich man and would much rather get something for free of course!

 

[exile]

Are you also planning on distributing your game for free?

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

Are you also planning on distributing your game for free?

I believe that the OP's first sentence confirms that.

 

[Jools]

Yeah, it'll be a free pdf. What people do with it after that is up to them, I guess some people might make physical copies.

 

[Meatboy]

You could try looking for art that has been placed on the internet via creative commons licenses. I know Storn, who has art in the Media Lounge, uses this for a lot of his art. You could also put in a request on the Art request thread, also in the media lounge. I am one of the artists their and could put together at least a piece of art for you. Hope this helps.

 

[Meatboy]

Not a problem. I even resurrected the thread so that its easy to find too.

 

[MatthewJHanson]

Wikimedia commons has a bunch of public domain and creative commons art.

While it's not free the stock art section of RPGNow has a lot of inexpensive art (and is a little more D&D friendly).

 

[Daztur]

There's a lot of awesome old images that are out of copyright, I personally am insanely in love with the Kelmscott Chaucer woodcuts. You can find a lot of them in various places if you do some google searches.