I like going through different archive websites and scanning my personal collection of old books to find images that are in the public domain, and thought I would start sharing some of them here. I have used some for laser cutting and embroidery patterns, and will be doing some sublimation printing. If you use any in your projects I’d love to see them.
The images will be either old enough that the copyright has expired, or specifically published under a cc-0 license and can be used however you like including for commercial purposes. I’ll share links to a few interesting ones I find every week in this thread.
A ship voyage log with beautiful animal illustrations
A dutch family magazine with lots of unusual pictures
(click on the individual cover images to open the full magazine) This magazine also has a lot of little woodworking projects, meant to use cigar boxes. I’ve been trying to turn some into a format the laser cutter likes
And here is an svg i made from one of the stencils that you can use too.
