Journal

Research stories from the public domain. Each piece follows a body of work held in the Arkivism index, and every image is free to download and use.

Four skeletons dance on a hill while a fifth rises from a grave under a shroud

Public domain art for RPG zines: 29 old prints sorted by how they photocopy Twenty-nine CC0 and public domain prints of dungeons, skeletons and monsters for RPG zines, sorted by how woodcuts, engravings and etchings photocopy. 2 October 2026

A small boat approaches the pale cliffs and dark trees of Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead.

Isle of the Dead: the boat never arrives Look into the cliffs, follow the widow’s commission and compare three versions of Böcklin’s island.

A dark mezzotint of a ship heeling over in a storm, a second wrecked ship on rocks behind it.

The Odyssey in art: the story scene by scene Homer's poem told through etchings, engravings and paintings from museum collections, most of them copies of frescoes that no longer exist. 29 July 2026