TOP 3 FLICKR GROUP FOR IMAGE SOURCES

Finding the right image for my collage can sometimes be hard and tedious. But I have been playing around with this style for a while and I have accumulated a great amount of resources. Internet is an amazing place to find vintage images and I have a couple of sites I prefer when It comes to finding my images.

Time to share!

Flickr can be a great place to find images. Some group specialize in vintage images. And what I love most about flickr groups is the search option. Makes searching the perfect image really easy!

Here are my TOP 3 favorite flickr groups:

#1- Collage images:
This is by far my favorite. It has over 23 000 images. The tags are great and you easily find what you need. This flick group is always the first place I go.

#2- Vintage illustration:
When Collage images doesn't have what I want, I go here. Great group, a lot of images ( over 2000) A little bit of everything. Really old images, 50's images, lots of color images

#3- mid-century illustrated:
And finally, sometimes I go here. Great place to find more recent images with a 50's twist. It has over 12000 images and lots of them in color. Great to find funny images and 50's ads.

Well that's it for my favorite flickr groups. Flickr is a great ressource and recomend you take a look. There are a lots of other sites to go, blogs, deviant collections, digital librairies.... but that will be for a next post.

And how about you, what are your favorite image ressources sites?

Big Illustration Party time

I have recently found this podcast that is really great. It's called Big Illustration Party Time and is hosted by 2 illustrators/ comic artists, Kevin Cross and Joshua Kemble. Even if the comic industry and style is not a big interest of mine, this podcast has been very inspiring and instructive. The 2 hosts speak about their experiences has freelance illustrators and cover various extremely important topics, like pricing, contracts and promo. Plus, they give great advice on printers, products and other useful resources. Check their podcast and blog to find more great resources.

A great resource for business tips

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