I've been working on setting up some sessions lately. I use a VTT because, well, meeting in person isn't really possible for my group given that we live all over the place. I have a lot of decent combat maps and similar that are great for when I want to have a combat, but one thing that I've had a hard time finding is good fantasy artwork (think the illustrations in Wild Beyond the Witchlight, for example) that largely focuses on just scenes and backgrounds. The idea is to have something in the background for players to look at while I'm describing a scene or for a location where a battle map isn't necessary (i.e. traveling, social situations, establishing shots, etc.).
Do you have any recommendations for where to look for such artwork? Something with a decent keyword based search engine would be ideal. Additionally, I would like somewhere that either credits artists or is properly available to the public (Patreons would be fine, provided that they're affordable). I've used free stock photography before but I would like something more whimsical and that would work for more fantastic settings too.
I've been working on setting up some sessions lately. I use a VTT because, well, meeting in person isn't really possible for my group given that we live all over the place. I have a lot of decent combat maps and similar that are great for when I want to have a combat, but one thing that I've had a hard time finding is good fantasy artwork (think the illustrations in Wild Beyond the Witchlight, for example) that largely focuses on just scenes and backgrounds. The idea is to have something in the background for players to look at while I'm describing a scene or for a location where a battle map isn't necessary (i.e. traveling, social situations, establishing shots, etc.).
Do you have any recommendations for where to look for such artwork? Something with a decent keyword based search engine would be ideal. Additionally, I would like somewhere that either credits artists or is properly available to the public (Patreons would be fine, provided that they're affordable). I've used free stock photography before but I would like something more whimsical and that would work for more fantastic settings too.
I use Pinterest, very easy to find everything you could want.
I drop that as well. I just search the web. Find enough to get by.
Concept art from films (esp animated) and video games are a great place to look for that kind of thing.