you didn't put me to any work; i decided to look, and then i was determined not to give up right away, *heh*, because my "google-fu" was on the line. it was fun.
the best keyword for finding stuff that has sort of the right mood, even if modern, turns out to be "picnic". "vintage picnic" brought even up some old stuff, but really, i think it's mostly unusable (even if you were to hand-colour it). generally everything i found will need p'shop work to make it look semi-period, and the parrish painting would need to make the girls look a bit more manly. but you can crib from "brideshead revisited" as long as you don't use much.
it didn't occur to me until later that "fishing" might find some nice buddy pictures.
oh, i forgot to ask, is this just for ebook publication, or also for print? the resolution you need depends on that. if just for ebook, you can get stock cheaper, and could use more flickr images to remix.
Re: Cover art hair tearing
the best keyword for finding stuff that has sort of the right mood, even if modern, turns out to be "picnic". "vintage picnic" brought even up some old stuff, but really, i think it's mostly unusable (even if you were to hand-colour it). generally everything i found will need p'shop work to make it look semi-period, and the parrish painting would need to make the girls look a bit more manly. but you can crib from "brideshead revisited" as long as you don't use much.
it didn't occur to me until later that "fishing" might find some nice buddy pictures.
oh, i forgot to ask, is this just for ebook publication, or also for print? the resolution you need depends on that. if just for ebook, you can get stock cheaper, and could use more flickr images to remix.