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
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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
Odd One Out
The sweet little slice of Gaia reserved for the bizarre, twisted, and/or bored.
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