Owl Art Public Domain

I am really keen on not using AI art for my Dungeons and Dragons products. However, I am not an artist, by any stretch of the imagination. I still want to be able to include compelling art but most of my projects are PWYW and offered for free. As such, I can't always justify custom art. So, I have been scouring the public domain archives to find suitable pictures.

All of these images were gathered from the websites  Old Book Illustrations (https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/) and Old Book Art (https://www.oldbookart.com/) which pull images from books that are no longer copyrighted and are in the public domain. I have since used photo editing software (like https://www.photopea.com/) to make minor modifications to the images. This might include isolating a specific part of the image or cleaning it up a bit.

All of the images in this download involve owls that I found while I was researching resources for my own projects.

Feel free to download the resources for free and use for your own projects. There is no need to cite them. If you do, however, please consider including the original citation from Old Book Illustrations or Old Book Art as well as mentioning that modifications were made by Eric Proctor.

The list below provides a brief description of each of the images available in the ZIP file. I have also included the original reference to the Old Book Illustration or Old Book Art catalog entry in case you want to see the original information about the picture, including the book and captions.

Content:

• Acadian Owl - a species of owl. Includes both white and transparent backgrounds. Original link: https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-023-the-acadian-owl/
• Barn Owl - a species of owl. Original link: 
https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-028-the-american-barn-owl/
• Barred Owl - a species of owl. Includes both white and transparent backgrounds. Original link: 
https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-021-the-barred-owl/
• Eagle Owl - a species of owl. Original link: https://www.oldbookart.com/065/
• Great Horned Owl - a species of owl. Includes both white and transparent backgrounds. Original link: https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-022-the-great-horned-owl/
• Grey Owl - a species of owl. Original link: https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-029-the-great-grey-owl/
• Long Eared Owl - a species of owl. Original link: https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-024-the-long-eared-owl/
• Owl Alone - an owl with wings open flying. Includes the original background as well as a transparent and white background. Original link:  https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/pig-hedgehog-elephant/
• Owl Familiar - shows an individual fighting against a dragon while an owl familiar flies overhead with a potion vial. Includes the original picture as well as one with the owl isolated out. Original link: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/delivered-phial/
• Owl Flying - another picture of an owl with the wings open flying. Original link: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/travelling-companion/
• Owl with Prey - an owl perched with a dead rodent under its talons. Original link: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/little-owl/
• Saw Whet Owl - a species of owl. Original link: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/saw-whet-owl/
• Scops Owl - a species of owl. Original link: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/scops-owl/
• Screech Owl - a species of owl. Original link: 
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/screech-owl/
• Screech Owls - a pair of screech owls. Original link:  https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-025-26-the-little-screech-owl/
• Short Eared Owl - a species of owl. Original link: 
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/short-eared-owl/
• Short Eared Owl 2 - another version of the owl. Original link: https://www.oldbookart.com/figure-027-the-short-eared-owl/
• Snowy Owl with Babies - a species of owl with chicks. Original link: 
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/snowy-owl-gould/
• Snowy Owls - a pair of owls. Original link: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/snowy-owl/