Resources
If a link doesn't work, I heartily recommend checking the Wayback Machine for an archived version of the site.
General archives and repositories
The Internet Archive. A non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Project Gutenberg. An online library of more than 75,000 free eBooks, with a focus on older works in the Public Domain.
Librivox. Audiobooks in the public domain, narrated by real people and distributed for free.
Edition.fi and Journal.fi. A pair of publishing platforms maintained by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV), providing open access to scholarly books and journals.
DOAJ. An online platform for open access journals from around the world.
JSTOR. A platform for openly accessible scholarly materials, including journals, books, primary sources, images, and research reports contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and publishers.
Comic making resources
McCloud, Scott (1993). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. Northampton: Kitchen Sink Press. and McCloud, Scott (2006). Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels. New York: Harper. Both books are comics about comics, full of theory demonstrated through practical examples. Available through the Internet Archive, but worth picking up at your library if you can find them.
The Creator’s Guide to Comics Devices by Reimena Yee. One of the best online resources for the theory and construction of comic storytelling, including a really well presented page on code switching that I love referencing when asked to explain the concept.
The Standard Comic Script Template by Steenz & Camilla Zhang. A useful template if you work with letterers or if you're like me and like to format your writing for comics in a consistent way.
Qovo: plan your doujinshi. A browser-based project planner, designed namely for self-publishing doujinshi, zines and other small press projects. Very handy for visualising the time you plan to work on a project from beginning to end.
Design resources and references
Textiles as Art. A great little archive of historical and antique textiles, fabric and clothing design. The site is, as you may notice, quite old - and has thankfully been archived, should the original link expire.
The Cutters Guide. A vast collection of resources for historical costume design, including a huge number of PDFs.
The Skull Site. A collection of bird skulls, skeletons, anatomy, and 3D resources. Very specific, but incredibly useful should you need it.
Search Photos By Model Tool. A handy tool where you can choose 3D skulls of various different animals, and then search for reference photos from the angle of your choice.
Angleref. Similar to the tool above, this one lets you rotate 3D human skull and search for reference photos from all angles.
Claire Hummel's Historical Fashion Reference & Resources. A comprehensive (and it really is, by the way - this is one of the best collections of resources online!) list of historical fashion resources, including patterns, textiles, embroidery and more.
Artbuddy. A bunch of phenomenal browser-based design, composition and 3D reference tools made by artist Philipp A. Urlich.
Finnish historical, cultural, and linguistic resources
Finna. Material from hundreds of Finnish libraries, museums, archives, repositories and research institutes.
SKS. Also available through Finna, The Finnish Literature Society's archive and library contain documentation and literature on the oral and written cultural heritage of Finland. They also host many open access publications online.
Museovirasto. The Finnish Heritage Agency’s digital materials contain extensive information on various aspects of Finland’s cultural environment and cultural heritage, dating back thousands of years.
Astia. The National Archives of Finland's online service for the archive of official documents of the Finnish state and municipalities from the 14th century up to the present day.
Diplomatarium Fennicum. Also from the National Archives, a database of Finnish medieval documentary sources, containing material from the 9th century to 1530.
Codices Fennici. A digital collection of medieval and 16th century manuscripts written or used in Finland. The collection contains over 200 manuscripts or manuscripts fragments collected from libraries and archives in different countries.
SKVR. A digital database of Karelian, Ingrian, and Finnish folk poems preserved in archives and written sources. It includes the material from the book series Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot, as well as unedited material from the corpus of unpublished poems at the Finnish Literature Society. English language information on the database is here.
KOTUS. The Institute for the Languages of Finland hosts an online databank of guidelines, dictionaries and publications, and various linguistic corpora of names, words, and spoken and written language, compiled over the course of more than 100 years.
Kielipankki. The Language Bank of Finland is an online service for researching text, speech or video corpora containing natural language and tools for utilizing them.
JYX. The open access repository for publications and other materials from the University of Jyväskylä, including a digital collection of historical maps of Finland starting from the 15th century.
Kansalliskirjasto. The National Library of Finland is the oldest and largest scholarly library in Finland, including digitised collections of historical newspapers, journals, books, and open access material.
The Almanac Archive. The online collection of the University of Helsinki Almanac Office contains copies of various old almanacs and studies on almanacs, the oldest almanac dates back to 1608, as well as runic staves.
Historismi. A website primarily aimed at Finnish and Swedish language genealogical research, with useful lists of terms and abbreviations, including causes of death and other information for reading old documents.
Punomo. An online resource dedicated to handcrafting, with tutorials, dictionaries, and further information on modern and historical craft techniques. Only in Finnish.
International historical, cultural, and linguistic resources
Nuohtti. A search service for digitised archive materials related to Sámi culture held in several European memory organisations. Various kinds of archival materials, such as written documents, audio recordings and historical photographs.
Sátni. An online dictionary across the North, South, Lule, Inari and Skolt Sámi languages, which can also be accessed in English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Russian.
Riksarkivet. The digital research room of the Swedish National Archives, with access to church books, maps, tax records, military rolls, estate records, criminal records, and photographs.
SAMLA. The Norwegian digital archive for the tradition and cultural history archives.
VAU. The online service of the National Archives of Estonia (Rahvusarhiiv), which collects and preserves records documenting history, culture, nationhood and social conditions in Estonia not depending on time or place of creation, or character of data medium.
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. The National Library of Wales, with access to digital exhibitions and online material mainly relating to the history and culture of Wales and the Celtic nations.
Europeana. An online service focused on digital cultural heritage across Europe, with access to the collections of various institutions such as galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.
Kinbank. A database of kinship terminologies ranging from grandparents to grandchildren, parent's siblings and their children, including terminologies in 1287 languages.
Interactive IPA chart. A tool designed to help users learn and understand the sounds of human speech as represented by symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Glottolog. Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages.
Glosbe. Free community-built dictionaries with in-context translations for 6000 languages.
Lexicon Leponticum. LexLep is a digital lexicon and etymological dictionary of Lepontic and Cisalpine Gaulish, the two Celtic languages spoken in the first millennium BC in northern Italy and in southern Switzerland.
Wiktenauer. A free library of Historical European Martial Arts books and manuscripts, containing a collection of primary source materials that make up the text of historical European martial arts (HEMA) research.