LINKS
sitemap
crotovane.neocities.org
- index
- creative
- gallery
- commissions
- projects
- personal
- webpages
- not_found
to-do
- doodle page / less formal art gallery
- rgg shrine
- tomodachi life shrine / screenshot gallery
neighbors
my mutuals on neocities who have site buttons. if i'm missing yours, please let me know!
and my button, if you want to link me (i'd prefer if you didn't hotlink):
resources
a miscellaneous dump of browser bookmarks.
art resources
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film-grab.com
- repository of film screengrabs, good for composition studies
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mapcrunch.com
- random google street view generator, good for environment studies
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gamesfashionarchive.net
- 3D viewer of miscellaneous character outfits from popular games
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hikaku-sitatter.com
- height comparison visualizer
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ArtShield
- watermarker to protect images against AI scrapers
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Asaro Head
- 3D viewer for planes of the face
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Laurel Austin's Facial Expression References
- random japanese blogpost about facial expression nuances
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tosexamples.carrd.co
- example terms of service for artists with commissions
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Sinix's Youtube Channel
- everything i've learned about digital painting has been from this man's videos
game dev resources
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models-resource.com
- website where you can download 3d character model rips from various games (special mention to the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker page, good resource for realistic low-poly characters)
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ChipTone
- free tool for creating game sound effects (CC0)
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TK's Free Sound FX
- free sound effects, found from the Fear and Hunger dev
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freesound.org
- repository of free user-created sounds (CC0 sounds included)
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BitFontMaker2
- free bitmap fonts
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ZX Origins
- free 8x8 bitmap fonts
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polyhaven.com
- 100% free textures, HDRIs, models (CC0)
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ambientcg.com
- 100% free assets (CC0)
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3dassets.one
- tool to search for free assets over multiple asset-hosting sites (CC0 assets included)
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shadertoy.com
- repository of user-made visual shaders
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Game Design Wiki by Rosa Carbó-Mascarell
- resource for game dev careers. this was also made by the person who tweeted that Disco Elysium was another "white guy detective game" and it would've been better as a cozy witch simulator in the alps, so, uh, something to keep in mind
web dev resources
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CSS Generators
- miscellaneous tools for making css shapes/gradients
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place-hold.it
- generate a placeholder image with any dimensions
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randoma11y.com
- generate web-accessible color combinations
writing resources
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behindthename.com
- repository of etymologies and histories of names
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fantasynamegenerators.com
- godsent character name generator
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magicbabynames.com
- search a name, generate similar names
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etymonline.com
- repository of etymologies
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reversedictionary.org
- search a definition and find related words
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ipa-reader.xyz
- TTS pronunciation of words written in IPA
miscellaneous resources
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Obsidian
- free, open-source, offline note-taking program (great alternative to Notion)
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Thunderbird
- free email manager
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LibreOffice
- FOSS alternative to Microsoft products
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YT-DLP
- command-line program that downloads youtube videos
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FFmpeg
- command-line program that converts any file type to any other file type
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Everything
- program that is actually competent at searching for files on your hard drive
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WinDirStat
- visualizer for your hard drive's storage (made me realize that Baldur's Gate III is 150gb, what the fuck)
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cobalt.tools
- extract raw video/audio files from twitter/tiktok/instagram/etc
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ezgif.com
- godsent tool for creating/optimizing gifs
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sharklasers.com
- free disposable email
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justbeamit.com
- a file transfer tool that I keep forgetting to use so maybe putting it on this list will help me remember it
firefox extensions
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DarkReader
- automatically generates a dark mode for most webpages
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Return YouTube Dislikes
- does what it says on the tin
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DeArrow
- replaces clickbait Youtube video titles with truer user-created titles (clicking back and forth between the real titles and DeArrow titles is so god damn funny sometimes)
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SponsorBlock
- skips sponsored sections in Youtube videos
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Enhancer for YouTube™
- makes Youtube bearable
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XKit Rewritten
- makes Tumblr bearable
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Control Panel for Twitter
- makes Twitter bearable
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TwitchAdSolutions (to be used with uBlock Origin)
- makes Twitch bearable (removes ads on Twitch)
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Volume Control for Bandcamp Player
- does what it says on the tin
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Save webP as PNG or JPEG
- does what it says on the tin
things to browse
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The Cutting Room Floor
- a wikipedia for cut content from video games (special mention to the Undertale concept art page, Toby Fox is wonderful)
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Topsters 3
- for creating charts for your favorite games/movies/albums/otherwise
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Rambalac's Youtube Channel
- videos walking through Japan's streets
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The iJustine Challenge
- an awesome esoteric mutating Portal speedrunning challenge
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My "Fave" Tag on Tumblr
- i'd like to think i have good taste
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Game UI Database
- repository of game UI screengrabs
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radiooooo.com
- explore music from different countries across different decades