ARYLL'S SITE LIBRARY!

welcome to my site library! below you'll find links to all the sites i love or thought were cool or whatever! you should make one too -- it's like a digital bookshelf!

whenever i can/remember to, i try to archive every page i post here with the internet archive's wayback machine. i'll periodically check through all these links to make sure they're still up (and in some cases re-archive them), but if they ever go down, i'll try to replace them with the wayback machine links!

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art

  • drawabox
    "drawabox is a set of free exercise-based lessons that focus on the fundamentals - the skills you'll need to make sense of all the other resources and tutorials out there. first we focus on the basic mechanics of mark making, and how to use your arm. by the end, we develop a strong understanding of form, 3D space and construction
  • radiorunner's curriculum for the self taught artist
    curriculum with links to free materials to teach yourself (or brush up on) the fundamentals of art.

collections

libraries and archives

  • open library
    run by the internet archive, millions of free books to check out!
  • california digital library
    an internet archive collection, 191,802 books available for free online. "the california digital library supports the assembly and creative use of the world's scholarship and knowledge for the university of california libraries and the communities they serve"
  • readanybook
    lots of free online books that you can read in-browser.
  • shadow libraries
    "shadow libraries, sometimes called pirate libraries, consist of texts aggregated outside the legal framework of copyright."
  • that 1 archive
    an archive of government documents and files from 2017.
  • zelda dungeon
    (sometimes incomplete) pdfs of zelda comics, manga, player manuals, etc. nothing on here seems to be from past skyward sword's release, so no breath of the wild, age of calamity, or tears of the kingdom content.

forums

fun stuff!

history

genealogy

  • wikitree
    "our community is growing the world's most accurate collaborative family tree by carefully evaluating sources & incorporating dna."

greece

  • baring the aegis

    super in-depth historical research on various facets of ancient greek life and religion, written by a hellenic polytheist from a religious perspective!

medieval europe

  • handcrafted history

    based out of sweden, detailed information on historical north and western european clothing! (you can also order handmade historical replica clothing, but i haven't done this and can't vouch.)

  • rosalie's medieval women

    lots of fun info on medieval women, their fashion, and how they lived! lovingly made.

miscellaneous personal sites

  • fangzzz
    one of my neighbors in the transring!
  • feral cat
  • phrogee
    insanely impressive.

  • shooting stars!

    cute site by a person named nuange in france! a library, book reviews, music recs, dream journaling, and more!

  • the garden of madeline

    this site is just so so beautiful and lovingly crafted, and it feels like there's no shortage of THINGS on it. it was made by an artist and the art is just gorgeous. madeline also has their own library, which you should also check out.

  • wasp nest

    lots to explore! shrines and manifesto and graphics and templates oh my

mutual aid

reading

  • what do we mean by mutual aid?
    "mutual aid, in the way we mean it, is a term to describe people giving each other needed material support, trying to resist the control dynamics, hierarchies and system-affirming, oppressive arrangements of charity and social services..."

resources

richmond

  • mutual aid distribution richmond
    "we are a solidarity network of community members and organizations working together in richmond, virginia to help each other." apply for mini grants, donate funds and supplies, and get involved with projects like the meadowbridge community market!

national

news and current events

  • commonwealth times
    • "the independent press of virginia commonwealth university."
  • crimethinc
    "CrimethInc. is a decentralized network of anarchists who practice anonymous collective action and reinvent their lives and the world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid. The web page showcases their current events, analysis, tools, and voices from different regions."
  • final straw radio
    "the final straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world."
  • gay rva
    gayrva used to have its own site but when i typed it in it redirected to this subpage of rvamag, so i guess they're part of rvamag now. rvamag is cool too.

  • polytheist.com

    articles and columns by writers from various polytheist backgrounds.
  • rva mag
    "rva mag is all about community empowerment. how do we do this? by delivering new and innovative ways to tell stories from our city and commonwealth."

  • wild hunt

    pagan news.

queer stuff

  • madeline's asexuality hub

    cool page of info on asexuality and related terminology! as someone who isn't ace, i found this very educational! everyone should check it out.

  • transing the internet

    webring of sites by trans, nb, and gnc creators! i'm on it!

radio

  • 106.9 the emporium
    "western iowa's alternative music collection." minor flash warning.
  • 91.7 the river: the big hits from the little sioux river!
    "this is the webpage of 91.7 the river, a small radio station serving a small town on the little sioux river. we transmit at less than a watt, and are entirely non-profit. this is done as a hobby of mine, so no money is made here. we play the stuff you would have heard on pop radio stations back in the 60's throughout the 90's. if you liked listening to the radio then, you'll probably like listening to us now. our library is constantly growing!"
  • final straw radio
    "the final straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world."

religion

general pagan

hellenic polytheism

  • baring the aegis

    super in-depth historical research on various facets of ancient greek life and religion, written by a hellenic polytheist from a religious perspective!

richmond, virginia

independent press

  • commonwealth times
    "the independent press of virginia commonwealth university."
  • gay rva
    gayrva used to have its own site but when i typed it in it redirected to this subpage of rvamag, so i guess they're part of rvamag now. rvamag is cool too.
  • rva mag
    "rva mag is all about community empowerment. how do we do this? by delivering new and innovative ways to tell stories from our city and commonwealth."

resources/mutual aid

  • mutual aid distribution richmond
    "we are a solidarity network of community members and organizations working together in richmond, virginia to help each other." apply for mini grants, donate funds and supplies, and get involved with projects like the meadowbridge community market!

webmastery

blinkies

  • free blinkies

    archived on the wayback machine, a site full of blinkies organized to a comically specific degree. this capture on the wayback machine's links actually work, but if you try to go to a more recent capture, the links unfortunately won't work.

  • supplies.ju.mp

    a carrd with tons of pixels, blinkies, stamps, and buttons!

  • gifcity carrd

    lots of fun code to make your site a little cooler! boxes and text effects... and also dividers, blinkies, etc! (flash warning for parts of this site! be safe!)

code

  • gifcity carrd

    lots of fun code to make your site a little cooler! boxes and text effects... and also dividers, blinkies, etc! (flash warning for parts of this site! be safe!)

  • HTML unicode

    fun tutorial that teaches you how to make symbols like this in HTML ☀ ☆ ☻ ⚔

  • javascript free code

    tons of really cool free use javascript codes to make your site dynamic!

  • mf2fm

    more free javascript effects

gifs

  • betty's graphics

    "largest hand-curated graphics archive on neocities!"

  • bonnibel's graphic library

    tons of graphics!

  • gifcities

    "gifcities is a special project of the internet archive to celebrate 20 years of preserving the web. internet archive is a non-profit digital library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more."

  • glitter graphics

    "your #1 community for graphics, layouts, glitter text, animated backgrounds and more."

web graphics

miscellaneous

  • pollcode

    put polls on your site!

  • sadgrl's site

    if you've got your own neocities site then you've probably been on sadgrl's site a million times, but it's always worth linking people to her. this link specifically goes to her internet manifesto, which is a fascinating read, but her site is chock full of tutorials, link directories, and even more interesting reads.

  • status cafe

    lets you put a little thing on your site that shows people on your site how you're doing :-)

templates

webrings and fanlistings

zelda

  • continuum -- ocarina of time fanlisting
    fanlisting for fans of ocarina of time.
  • fierce deity
    very beautifully made zelda neocities site. love it so much.
  • open boundaries -- breath of the wild fanlisting
    fanlisting for fans of breath of the wild.
  • tourian tourist
    zelda blog that was started in 2008 and is being updated TO THIS DAY. "impressions, ideas, and insights all around the legend of zelda from a longtime fan."
  • zelda dungeon
    (sometimes incomplete) pdfs of zelda comics, manga, player manuals, etc. nothing on here seems to be from past skyward sword's release, so no breath of the wild, age of calamity, or tears of the kingdom content.