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Mezalyth

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:03 pm


Gesture Drawing Tools
http://lovecastle.org/gestures/
http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html

Idea Generators
http://3ch.redwhirlpool.com/3CH/
http://www.lifeformz.com/cgi-bin/idea/idea.fcgi
http://www.randomphrase.com/
http://www.magatsu.net/random-generators/
http://al.chemy.org/ (visual generator)

Other Art Communities
http://conceptart.org
http://icrit.org
http://deviantart.com
http://www.shiflettbrothers.com (sculpting)

News
http://www.graphicartistsguild.org/
http://artnews.com/home/
http://www.awn.com/

Motivation - Portfolios - Artist Blogs
http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41&daysprune=30&order=desc&sort=views (top CA.org sketchbooks - also Exclusive Sketchbooks)
http://www.labluna.blogspot.com/
http://ldaustinart.blogspot.com/
http://davidkassan.com/

Training & Tutorials
http://gnomonworkshop.com
http://theartdepartment.org/store
http://www.youtube.com/user/moatddtutorials
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=schoolism&aq=f
http://drawspace.com
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/
http://www.drawing-tutorials-online.com/
http://www.iampeth.com/lessons.php (calligraphy)
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm
http://tenminutedrawing.blogspot.com/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116213 (perspective)
http://idrawgirls.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL
http://www.vilppustore.com/index_rev1.htm
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=94571 (free books)
http://www.dhfa.net/Artiststatement2.html (Reilly Method)
http://www.aniwaichulis.com/store/

Reference Images
http://www.artist-reference.com/
http://3d.sk
http://www.photo-reference-for-comic-artists.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fivesecfaces/sets/


Finding Work
http://www.creativehotlist.com/
http://linkedin.com
http://elance.com
http://www.furaffinity.net (commissions)

Collaborative drawing tools :
http://py-bot.com/apps/flockmod.swf
http://colorillo.com/
http://www.iscribble.net/draw.html
http://www.manga-youkai.com/pchat
http://artgrounds.com/sketcher.do?action=applet&room=0
http://w5.oroti.net/~ruhh/scratchpad/index.html

Small art-related forums (or something, anyway that's how I classify them) :
http://www.apedogs.com/index.php
http://satellitesoda.com/phpBB3/index.php
http://wecookart.com/forum/portal.php
http://forums.sijun.com/

Video game-oriented art forums :
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/
http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/index.php
http://boards.polycount.net/
http://www.characterdesigns.com/forum

Animation forums :
They seem pretty slow and serious. Peter Cheung posts in the first one, Don Bluth in the second.
http://www.pelleas.net/forum/index.php
Interesting thread on "Japanese animation theory" : http://www.pelleas.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=238
http://donbluthanimation.com/forum/index.php
http://www.animationforum.net/forum/

A monthly animation contest, the winner is reviewed by a professional from a high-profile company. The review is always interesting, the best entries great, and the notation pretty harsh (that often surprises me, it's not dA is the least you can say).
http://www.11secondclub.com/

Cinema screencaps (for reference) :
http://framefilter.blogspot.com/
http://www.leavemethewhite.com/index2.html
http://miseenscene101.blogspot.com/
http://www.doctormacro.com/Galleries.htm
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/1000_Frames_of_Hitchcock
http://cinemasquid.com/blu-ray/movies/screenshots

An art tutorial wiki
http://artwiki.wikidot.com/

Overview on art basics
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

Free online art books
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=131116

Select summaries of The Frank Reilly School of Art by Doug Higgins
http://www.dhfa.net/Artiststatement2.html

Charles Hu Figure Drawing Lecture
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120175

Color Theory
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

Composition
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3275&

Drawing the head by Ron Lemen
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84105

Color Zones of the face
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/color-zones-of-face.html

Temple of the Seven Golden Camels, a good blog site
http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/

Light and color
http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/light.htm
http://www.huevaluechroma.com/index.php

worthwhile books/resources sorted and ranked
http://www.icrit.org/resources.html

A guide to inking
http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2006/08/21/inking-tutorial-part-i/

FREE Andrew LOOMIS PDFs
http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/free-andrew-loomis-art-intstruction-downloads
/

GESTURE tool of google with muscle/veins/organs/skeletal figures
http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/

gesture tool with muscle figures
http://www.posemaniacs.com/

useful links
http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/
http://www.linesandcolors.com/

cool blog full of inspiriting artwork and painting
http://shankandmystify.tumblr.com/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/main/featured/empty-kingdom-top-100/
http://lacanciondelasirena.wordpress.com/

RSS bundle of 190+ artist still updating
http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user/14858615244848955017/bundle/Blogspot

anime/manga related reference model and artworks
http://idol.sankakucomplex.com/

cool stuff
http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/#shaded
PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:30 pm


I would tip this post if I could as this is a giant badass list for anybody interested and would like to make a request to have this post stickied.  

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MinnieMixie
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:18 pm


funkyblueeyes


hopefully the links are still helpful User Image

sticky this plz i dunno how to User Image
PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:11 am


MinnieMixie
funkyblueeyes


hopefully the links are still helpful User Image

sticky this plz i dunno how to User Image

Good call, it has been stickied!

You edit the post, and from there you can click the option to sticky it or make it an announcement.

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MinnieMixie
Crew

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:15 pm


Funkyblueeyes

Good call, it has been stickied!

You edit the post, and from there you can click the option to sticky it or make it an announcement.


I see it now, thank you! <3
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