# MyLaserTools Art Library

> 21,197 files in the catalogue, including historical illustrations converted from scans with tracing software, original vector designs and licensed patterns. Files are counted once by filename, even when listed in several collections. Check each file's source information and licence terms.

- **Browse the library:** https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library
- **Search every collection:** https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/search
- **Licence:** https://www.mylasertools.com/licensing

Personal use, commercial physical products and digital resale or redistribution are permitted on every account tier under each file's applicable licence. Mass downloading, or using Art Library files to build a catalogue or library that competes with MyLaserTools, is not allowed. MyLaserTools grants only rights it controls. Public-domain originals retain their independent rights; preserve the copyright and licence notices required by MIT and other source licences. Sparks pay for file preparation, hosting and access, not exclusive ownership of historical originals. Browsing is open to everyone. Generated collections download with a free account; a paid artwork unlock costs 2 sparks, or the published library is included while Supporter or Pro access is active. Artwork unlocked with sparks can be downloaded again without another charge while it remains published. Membership-only downloads do not become permanent spark unlocks.

Line art is supplied as SVG for laser cutting, engraving, CNC and vinyl. Where the print library is enabled, its published vector prints are supplied as SVG for printing. Raster plates are not currently published. Alphabets are supplied as installable fonts.

## By process

Start from the process and see every collection that suits it.

- [Monochrome vector SVG files (14,941 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/engrave.md): Monochrome historical vector art, it cuts, scores and engraves, and it prints too.
- [Coloured vector SVG files (3,111 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/print.md): Lifted from the page of historical books. Flat-colour vectors, for printing and layered art.
- [Typefaces and fonts (422 fonts)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/fonts.md): Alphabets cut back out of scanned lettering books, ready for any tool that sets text.

## By subject

Historical illustrations, original vector designs and licensed patterns, grouped by what each piece shows.

- [Botanicals (3,341 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/botanicals.md): Flowers, ferns, herbs and fungi, from the plates that recorded them for study rather than decoration.
- [Animals and Wildlife (4,981 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/wildlife.md): Birds, insects, shells and beasts, drawn from natural history engravings and hand-coloured plates.
- [Figures and Anatomy (1,120 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/figures-anatomy.md): The human body as the engravers drew it: costume plates, portrait studies, dissection tables and bone.
- [Medieval and Heraldic (4,202 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/medieval-heraldry.md): Dragons, knights, knotwork and coats of arms, from manuscripts, armorials and carved stone.
- [World Ornament (2,509 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/world-ornament.md): Crests, cloud scrolls, embroidery and lotus borders from Japanese, Chinese and Egyptian sources.
- [Celestial and Occult (1,995 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/celestial-occult.md): Moon phases, zodiac figures, sigils and star charts, engraved when astronomy and magic shared a shelf.
- [Lettering and Borders (3,608 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/lettering-borders.md): Initials, monograms, frames, cartouches, labels and printed verse to run around the rest of the work.
- [Architecture and Antiquity (2,685 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/architecture-antiquity.md): Tracery, columns, arches, vases and excavated relief, measured from real buildings and dig reports.
- [Machines and Instruments (2,377 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/machines.md): Gears, engines, carriages, calipers and airships, from the plates where every part is drawn as clean line.
- [Nautical and Maritime (1,934 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/nautical-maritime.md): Anchors, compass roses, rigging, knots and signal flags, from maritime handbooks and flag charts.
- [Everyday and Objects (1,429 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/everyday.md): Plain modern subjects, the furnished world and the paper that goes with it: animals, food, frames, chairs, clocks, stamps and labels.
- [Frames and Borders (3,085 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/frames-borders.md): The furniture of a printed page: cartouches, corners, rules, ribbons and the frames they build.
- [Micrographics (2,538 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/micrographics.md): Serial plates, dials, barcodes, reticles, seals and tick scales, split by subject: small technical graphics, drawn as clean line rather than traced from a plate.
- [Seamless Panels (529 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/seamless-panels.md): Squares that repeat edge to edge with no seam: vector panels split by motif, and colour print patterns of fabric, paper, wood and stone.
- [Personalize a Design (3,226 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/personalize.md): Blank labels, frames, monograms and flourishes to combine with your own words.
- [Kitchen and Table (3,580 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/kitchen-table.md): Produce, herbs, utensils, labels and tableware for gifts, packaging and kitchen projects.
- [People and Portraits (908 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/people-professions.md): Figures, faces, clothing and hands from historical illustrations and colour plates.
- [Around the House (1,463 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/around-the-house.md): The knocker on the front door, the key in the lock, the clock on the mantel and the moulds in the kitchen, from the trade catalogues a Victorian house was furnished from.
- [Toys, Games and Music (149 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/toys-music.md): Rocking horses and dolls, a conjuror's cups and balls, and the instruments of the parlour and the bandstand.
- [The Print Shop and the Pen (1,925 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/print-shop.md): Pointing hands and printers' flowers from the type founders, beside the swans and capitals a writing master drew without lifting the pen.
- [Vintage Tech and Clockwork (1,456 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/tech-and-instruments.md): Telephones, dynamos and bellows cameras, and the small turning world inside a pocket watch.
- [Anatomy and the Macabre (1,509 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/anatomy-macabre.md): Bones, medical studies, skulls, death emblems and the darker side of historical art.
- [Japanese Art (1,453 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/japanese-art.md): Japanese motifs, illustrated figures, crests and colour prints gathered in one clear path.
- [Chinese Art (239 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/chinese-art.md): Chinese ornament, historic motifs, seals and colour plates in their own collection path.

## By story world

Shelves gathered around one tale, pulling together every collection its imagery reaches across.

- [Grimm Creatures (2,495 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/grimm-creatures.md): Wolves, ravens, foxes, bears, frogs and legendary beasts from the fairy-tale forest.
- [Poe Gothic (1,688 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/poe-gothic.md): Ravens, skulls, masks, roses, moons and the dark architecture of Edgar Allan Poe.
- [Alice Objects (828 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/alice-objects.md): Keys, watches, cards, mushrooms, crowns and curious things from Wonderland.
- [Oz Motifs (4,628 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/oz-motifs.md): Roads, storms, poppies, witches, lions and strange journeys across Oz.
- [Verne's Nautical World (2,186 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/verne-nautical-world.md): Submarines, ships, globes, whales and instruments for impossible voyages.
- [Fairy-Tale Forest (4,608 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/fairy-tale-forest.md): Mushrooms, roses, animals, trees and enchanted objects from old wonder tales.
- [Sea Adventure (3,391 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/sea-adventure.md): Ships, anchors, sea creatures, maps and the visual language of ocean adventure.
- [Mythic Beasts (3,263 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/mythic-beasts.md): Dragons, serpents, legendary animals and heraldic creatures from old stories.
- [Gothic Classics (1,906 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/gothic-classics.md): Castles, bats, masks, portraits and storm-lit symbols from the old gothic imagination.
## By mood

Cross-cuts through every library, for when you know the feeling you want rather than the subject.

- [Gothic and Macabre (1,515 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches, for high-contrast work with a shadow on it.
- [Dark Academia (2,915 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and instruments drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Cottagecore (3,469 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders, for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Art Nouveau (1,160 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders, drawn when the line was the whole point.
- [Art Deco (2,274 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/art-deco.md): Sunbursts, chevrons, fans and stepped geometry, from the 1925 Paris exposition onward.
- [Whimsigoth (1,669 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, serpents and open hands, for the mystical end of the catalogue rather than the grim one.
- [Chinoiserie (1,574 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork, in the European reading of Chinese decorative style.
- [Steampunk (1,548 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/steampunk.md): Brass, cogs, boilers and airships. The machine age as it drew itself, before anyone called it a genre.
- [Apothecary (3,193 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/apothecary.md): Herbals, retorts, phials and remedies, from Culpeper and Blackwell through to laboratory glass.
- [Sacred and Devotional (434 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/sacred.md): Crosses, chant, seraphim and church carving, from devotional and liturgical sources.
- [Romantic (3,717 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/romantic.md): Roses, hearts, ribbons, cherubs and garlands, for the sentimental end of the catalogue.
- [Dark Cottagecore (1,497 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/dark-cottagecore.md): The cottage garden after dusk: moths, toadstools, ravens and lantern light rather than sunshine.
- [Grandmacore (1,591 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/grandmacore.md): Samplers, quilt blocks, doilies and the good teapot, from needlework manuals and household books.
- [Toile de Jouy (1,121 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/toile-de-jouy.md): Pastoral vignettes in the toile manner: figures at a gate, a willow, a pagoda in the distance.
- [Grandmillennial Toile and Heritage Wallpaper (1,599 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/grandmillennial.md): Damask, trellis, scalloped edges and tasselled swags, from wallpaper and furnishing pattern books.

## By season and occasion

The same cross-cut, filed by the date it is wanted for rather than the feeling it carries.

- [Christmas (4,119 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/christmas.md): Holly, mistletoe, fir, snowflakes, bells and wreaths, from ornament books and seasonal engravings.
- [Valentine's (3,862 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/valentines.md): Hearts, cupids, ribbons, bows and lace, for the fourteenth of February rather than the whole year.
- [Easter (3,572 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/easter.md): Eggs, hares, chicks, lambs and the first bulbs up, from oology plates and spring flower books.
- [Halloween (1,510 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/halloween.md): Pumpkins, bats, owls, ravens and skulls, pulled from every macabre corner of the library.
- [Spring (3,622 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/spring.md): Blossom, buds, bulbs, nests and the birds that build them, from botanical and oological plates.
- [Summer (4,273 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/summer.md): Sunflowers, poppies, dragonflies, parasols and soft fruit, at the height of the growing season.
- [Autumn (2,542 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/autumn.md): Acorns, oak, wheat sheaves, gourds, grapes and every mushroom the mycologists painted.

## By source book

Historical artwork grouped by its recorded source book. Check each piece for its source and licence information.

- [Ornament and Pattern Books (1,165 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/ornament-books.md): The nineteenth-century ornament canon, measured and redrawn plate by plate.
- [Alphabet and Lettering Books (1,384 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/alphabet-books.md): The sign-writers' and draughtsmen's manuals every historical alphabet in the library came out of.
- [Natural History Plates (2,135 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/natural-history-books.md): Floras, herbals, conchologies and bird books, drawn from the specimen rather than from memory.
- [Artists and Albums (263 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/artist-albums.md): Books by one hand: Hokusai's sketchbooks, Busch's albums, Holbein's dance and Doré's chivalry.
- [Architecture and Machine Books (338 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/architecture-machine-books.md): Gothic surveys, carved stone and the Renaissance machine books, drawn to be built from.
- [Plant Form and Drawing Manuals (452 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/plant-form-books.md): The art-school books that taught a designer to turn a growing plant into a repeatable motif.
- [Heraldry, Costume and Dress (1,337 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/heraldry-costume-books.md): Armorials and costume albums: what a coat of arms and a wardrobe were supposed to look like.
- [Fairy-Tale Books (888 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/fairy-tale-books.md): Illustrated storybooks and folklore volumes gathered by their source editions.
- [Travel and Adventure Books (1,858 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/travel-adventure-books.md): Ships, machines, expeditions and illustrated journeys from historic volumes.

## More from MyLaserTools

- Art Library: https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library
- All tools: https://www.mylasertools.com/
- Licensing: https://www.mylasertools.com/licensing
- Machine-readable index: https://www.mylasertools.com/llms.txt