resources
i've found useful, including many used on the site. you can also check out graphics i've made myself here.blinkies, buttons and badges
blinkies.cafe - free blinkie maker
blinki.es - over 1000 blinkies
The 88x31 Gif Collection - almost 4000 animated buttons
Alfea - blinkie making tutorial and base psd
88x31 Button Maker - free button maker
koinuko's buttons - more buttons
A.N. Lucas's 88x31 Button Collection - even more buttons
88by31 - more buttons!
Web Badges World - almost 4000 web badges
The largest 88x31 Collection on the Internet - self-explanatory
cursors
Cursors 4U - lots of cursors, including cursor sets
Pixel Soup - tag for cursor-specific reblogs
pixel graphics
Pixel Soup - favicon masterpost
Fool Lovers - japanese site for various free use pixel graphics
backgrounds
Hero Patterns - customisable SVG backgrounds with lots of different patterns
BGJar - more SVG backgrounds
fonts
Google Fonts - free fonts you can use on your site
DaFont - more free fonts
html/css/neocities related
W3 Schools - the best place to learn html + css, with reference for everything you could need
Text Symbols - tumblr masterpost of text symbols
Sadgrl's Layout Builder - an easy way to generate a basic layout
Dannarchy's Hit Counter - a guide to getting a native hit counter working on neocities
CSS Gradient - a CSS gradient generator
fffuel - a ton of useful generators and tools for web design, including SVG backgrounds and effects + colour palettes
CSSmatic - tools for creating gradients, borders, noise textures and box shadows
SVG Repo - free SVG images, all of which can have basic customisations applied
XP.css - CSS libraries for windows XP and 98 style layouts
Catbox.moe - a file hosting service
other
GifCities - a search engine for geocities gifs
The Spriters Resource - a great source for sprites to use in layouts, be sure to give credit to rippers if required though
The Textures Resource - the same as the above, only for video game textures
Zophar's Domain - a good source for video game music you can use in html audio players
Re:Hoeass' Animal Crossing sprites - beautifully made animal crossing character sprites
Dr. Sloth's Neopets Image Emporium - a database of all images used on neopets
iTunes Artwork Finder - a search tool for fullres album art, which i used for my music page
Pixel Art Scaler - resize pixel art cleanly
SNES Maps - archive of maps, backgrounds and sprites from SNES games