Free and paid assets for artists
Bases, brushes, palettes, backgrounds and templates, shared by artists here. Every file says exactly what you may do with it, and bases are free to list as your own auction.
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FreeBase Hub on Toyhouse
A community-run hub collecting hundreds of free and paid bases by species and style. The single best place to browse once you know what you are after.
FreeChibi-style base
A clean free-to-use chibi base. Simple enough to recolour quickly, which is what makes a base resell well.
FreeFree lineart with pose version
Free lineart with a posed variant. May be used for adopts and sales as long as the signature stays, and lightly modified if it stays recognisable.
FreeChibi free to use lineart
Chibi lineart the artist explicitly allows for commissions and editing. Leave the small logo in place.
FreeFree to use base, couple
A two-character couple base from MediBang, in the same series as their group pose.
FreeFree to use Chibi Base, group pose
A group chibi base from MediBang. Keep the ART Street logo in place. Handy for three-character slots, which are hard to find free.
FreeFree to Use Chibi Couple Pose References
Three chibi couple poses: sharing pizza, whispering a secret, and down on one knee. Free for personal, non-commercial work, so do not sell slots made from these.
FreeFree Procreate Colour Swatches
Fifteen swatch files mixing general colour sets with skin tones.
Free14 Procreate Colour Palettes
Fourteen themed palettes: sunflower, iridescent pastels, beachy nudes, earthy tones and more. Good for backgrounds and mood.
Free9 Portrait Swatches
Nine portrait swatches spanning neutral, ruddy and earthy skin tones. Aimed at character illustration rather than photo work.
FreeProcreate Skin Tones Bundle
Five free skin palettes covering light through dark, with a paid bundle of 810 colours if you want the full set. Do not redistribute.
Free12 Free Skin Swatches
Twelve free skin swatch palettes for Procreate. A quick way to stop reaching for the same three browns on every character.
FreeSkin Tone Colour Palettes
Handpicked skin tone swatches for Procreate. The artist allows personal and commercial use, so you may sell work coloured with them. Enter $0 for the free version.
FreeHigh-Resolution Texture Packs
Forty-plus collections of free high-resolution textures, including wood, vintage paper and grunge. Good source for backdrop plates behind a character.
FreeFree Photoshop Overlays and Textures
A curated list of over a hundred free overlays and textures: light leaks, film grain, paper and dust. Useful when a flat YCH needs atmosphere.
FreeArtist Paper Texture Patterns
Seamless artist paper patterns for Photoshop. Tileable, so they cover any canvas size without stretching.
FreeFree Grunge Texture Pack
Ten grunge textures: halftone, wrinkled paper, scratched and distressed. Supplied as transparent PNG and JPEG, and free for commercial use with no attribution required.
Free25+ Paper and Canvas Textures
Twenty-five grayscale texture PNGs for paper and canvas. Drop one on a layer above your art, set it to Multiply or Overlay, and the piece stops looking so digital. Works in Procreate, Clip Studio, Photoshop and Affinity.
FreeGlitter Brush Set
Glitter and sparkle brushes for adding shine to a character or a magical scene.
FreeManga Brush Set
Twenty-three manga brushes including screentones and effect lines. Saves a lot of time on comic-style pieces.
FreeGhibli-inspired Nature Set
A free nature and scenery set in a soft painterly style. Good for warm outdoor backdrops.
FreeGrass and Fields Pack
Over a hundred nature brushes for grass, flowers and fields. Useful when a YCH needs a setting rather than a flat colour.
FreeAfro Hair Brushes
Free brushes for twists, braids, locs and other Black hairstyles. Fills a real gap in most brush libraries.
FreeBardot Fur Brushes
Free fur brushes for Procreate. If you draw anthro characters, this is the pack worth having.
FreeStarter Brush Pack Vol.2
Fourteen free Procreate brushes: pencils, inks, watercolours and washes, built from the artist's own textures.
FreeDawner Procreate Brush Pack Vol.1
Sixty Procreate brushes for sketching, inking and painting, plus toners and paper overlays. Free.
FreeFree Reference Sheet for your character
A simple free reference sheet anyone may use. The artist asks only that you credit them and leave the username in place.
FreeKemono Fursona Ref Sheet Template
A kemono-style reference sheet template, released under Creative Commons BY-SA and updated regularly with new species.
FreeF2U Furry Ref Sheet Base
A free multi-species reference sheet base covering canine, feline, avian, dragon, reptile and more. One of the most used ref bases in the furry community.
$10P2U anthro and feral canine base
A paid base with two fur lengths, nine ear styles, six tails, eight hairstyles and a long list of accessories. You may sell adopts and take commissions on it. Credit required.
FreeF2U Anthro Hyena Template PSD
A layered PSD template rather than flat lines, so you can recolour parts separately.
FreeF2U Anthro Fox Base
A free anthro fox base from an artist with a long series of them. Worth browsing the rest of their gallery.
FreeF2U Canine Anthro base PSD
A free PSD with skinny and chubby bodies in masculine and feminine builds, plus ear, hair, eye and mouth options. Credit the artist wherever you use it.
FreeFurry F2U Base, canine and feline
Two anthro bases in one pack, canine and feline. Usable for adopts, personal work or commissions, and you may alter the lineart. Keep the watermark. Made in Procreate.
FreeF2U Anthro Canine Base
A free anthro canine base. The artist allows you to make adopts to trade or sell, use it for your own characters, and alter or erase lines.
FreeAction, Go! Action Lines
Speed and action lines you can drop behind a character. Cheap way to add energy to a static pose.
FreeWatercolor-ish brush
A soft watercolour brush. Gives a hand-painted look without slowing you down.
FreeBending Brush
A brush that bends along its stroke. Handy for hair, ribbons and tails.
Freeawful mspaint pencil
A deliberately rough pencil. Useful when you want a sketchy YCH that does not pretend to be finished.
FreeStanding Picture Pose (Female)
A straightforward standing pose, the sort that suits a first YCH listing.
Freerandom pose 655
One of a long series of free reference poses. Worth browsing the whole set.
FreeCouch Sitting Pose
A seated pose on furniture. Sitting poses are hard to draw from imagination and sell well as slots.
FreeWaiting.
A relaxed standing-and-waiting pose. Good base for a casual full body slot.
Freeyay!
A cheerful arms-up pose. Reads clearly at thumbnail size, which matters when your card is competing in a grid.
FreeHAND MODEL 045
A posable 3D hand model. Hands are where most YCH pieces fall down, and a model you can rotate beats guessing.