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here's a brief list of some of the most well known art sites. guess browsing these should keep you engaged for a few years (;D) if you haven't seen'em yet. have fun! :) cghub (various, hundreds if not thousands) conceptart.org (various, hundreds at least) cgsociety, 3d (various, hundreds at least) cgsociety, 2d (various, hundreds at least) cgsociety, 3d ...

I finally managed to figure it out. I had to search for clipart instead of public domain art. Larry Elmore released the "Character Clip Art & Color Customizing Studio" which is a fancy name for a colouring book. A good portion of the black and white line drawings were clipart and could be used and modified, as long as they weren't resold as clip art ...

The Dark Heresy line has some material; it tends to focus more on the powerful - nobles, etc, but there are a few bits of the seedier side. The Rogue Trader corebook and it's player's guide have pretty good descriptions of the lifestyles of normal ship crew, but I suspect that's still unusual enough to be out of scope. The real images of the lower class ...

I usually get good results simply by doing Google Image searches, often with a site:paizo.com or site:wizards.com if I'm looking for D&D type images, or similar scope limiter. If your initial search is mixing in something less useful you can often exclude, like if you want pirate pics but without lame Halloween costumes, search pirate -costume. I make a ...

Oddly enough, the game Space Marine is a fairly good source for this in the audiologs. You find journal entries by various people including a number of random citizens, which I find really drive home what an ork invasion means, and give you glimpses into what they live through. I bet you could find them on youtube. Also, you walk through a number of ...

Epilogue.net is my first port of call for fantasy/sci-fi pictures and landscapes, the search is very helpful and there's a lot there to see. Digital Blasphemy is a bit more obscure, but has some fantastic digital artwork backgrounds that I've found very inspiring; mostly for sci-fi but there are some wonderful woodland scenes as well. Elfwood is an ...

This is a networking and marketing task, at its heart. You have to find people who are interested, who you're also interested in, and casting a wide net is the most effective way to collect that many impressions in a reasonable amount of time. Still, it does take some time. You also have to pitch your project in an accessible way while also providing enough ...

You may consider the novel "Dead Men Walking" useful. Even though it isn't the central narrative, it depicts the behaviour of civilians after a Necron "outbreak" quite nicely. One of the main civilians is the planetary governor's daughter, yet she's still mediocre in comparison to all the other protagonists that are normally portrayed in WH40K-novels. Even ...

I've gotten a lot of great material for my Apocalypse World game from Subterranean Design - I've seen some good fantasy stuff on there too, if you're into old ruins and the like. Finding a good tumblr page to follow can give you some great images.

Having scoured the net for sources, I've found that - not too surprisingly - it is widely known that the Adeptus Arbites, the planetary police force of the Warhammer 40k universe was heavily inspired by Judge Dredd - and that the same goes for the cities as well: Your average WH40k city/planet (that is, the kind I specified in the Q) is probably quite ...

CGtalk is one of the best place to look for hight quality artwork. Photo.net, especially its digital modification section, is a good place to look for things as well. Finally, google image search is good. Terms like "concept art" + game/book/character/setting will give you a trove of information. Same with "fan art" + game/book/character/setting.

Photo.net has a different sections (architecture, landscapes, and digital alteration come to mind) that would be great sources of inspiration. The portrait section is a mine of character portraits. Note that there is a nude section so if you are either easily offended or a prude, do not look at it.