Art Resources (Updatable)

[Mayhem]

☠☠☠Warning – Some links may be NSFW (not safe for work), I will try to go through the list as I make it and update it and put the NSFW next to the ones that may be risqué. Most people need to understand that art references may have nudity and most offices don’t differentiate between nudity and sexuality.☠☠☠



New artists: I thought I would point out to you something that was brought up in another thread. You can have all the tools in the world and books stacks next to you, but it takes practice to learn how to use them. Dont get overwhelmed by the sheer number of tutorials. Some of them are for certain styles or to help with learning certain techniques or theories. Make yourself goals for your improvement then seek out tutorials to help you improve on that goal. Practice. Create a sketchbook thread in the forum and ask for feedback. Tell them what you have been practicing and you will get feedback about that technique. If you dont ask in there people will think you are using it as a second gallery like a lot of people are using it for right now.





Art Tutorials
✰Basic Foundation
Anatomy of by Stan Prokopenko
Drawish Resources - free figure drawing resource that also has articles highlighting certain points of anatomy

Light and how to use it -- light

DA Link - Moni's Anatomy and Drawing Tips
DA Link - Nice little flash tutorial

Practice your poses for human and animal

✰Perspective
DA Link - part 1 -great guide to Perspective and Composition
DA Link - Part 2

✰Anthro
Awesome with the anatomy break down and anthro tips
Animal joints -Great for animating, and to know the movement structure for drawing

Canine
DA link - Jaekilo Guides and pictures - good source for reference

Feline
DA link - TamberElla Guides - This helped me a lot- Still using this for reference

Tauren
DA link - Shalinka Tauren guide

✰Background


✰Color Theory
FA link - Fun interactive guide

http://colourlovers.com - Palettes, patterns, things for inspiration and practice
http://www.isdntek.com/demo/internetcolors.htm - Color blending
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colormixer.asp - Color blending
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/ - Even MORE color blending
http://colorschemedesigner.com/ - Designing color schemes of all kinds
http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp - Color schemes
http://www.livepaintinglessons.com/gamutmask.php
http://www.pictaculous.com/ - upload an image and this site will spit a palette for it at you
Another Color Scheme -

http://www.colourlovers.com/ -- color pallets
http://colorschemedesigner.com/ -- color pallets





All encompassing sites
GREAT place to start out

Harrie has compiled his own site with a HUGE number of tutorials, really worth a look
http://ctrlpaint.com/library/
http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm - massive general art tutorial
http://enliighten.com/blog/category/tutorials/
http://hippie.nu/~unicorn/tut/xhtml/
How to Digital Paint - A repository of digital painting tutorials.
Artist that has extra tutorials




Program Tutorials

✰Sai
Intro to Sai Coloring Video
Great Paint Tool Sai Tutorial Video

✰Photoshop

--brushes
http://theroundtablet.com/2011/06/27...till-required/ - free to download photoshop brushes

✰Corel Painter
Setting up Painter





Community Canvas Sites - Sites that allow you to draw with other people at the same time
Art Grounds
iScribble

J-tablet - Quick install to allow your tablet to have pressure sensitivity in flash





Texture Resources
Cgtextures - large texture database, many open source
Lost and Taken - blog of textures
Mayangs free texture library - good resource for a lot of misc
Texture King - Good realism textures

3d.sk - $$$ - need more info on it




Image Resources
http://grimace-project.net/ - simple facial expression tool
http://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/
http://www.female-anatomy-for-artist.com/
http://www.lovecastle.org/draw/
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://www.posemaniacs.com/
A tumble image resource -
A Reddit!! image resource - wow reddit has something useful!!!




Pose Practice
Quickposes - A timed gesture drawing tool.
Life Drawing Poses - Warm-up pose sketching videos.
AlienThink’s Pose Tool 3D - A 3D pose tool for mobile apps.
Belief Engine’s Handy Art Tool - Another 3D pose tool for mobile apps.
Posespace - This one has photos in crazy high resolution, so you can zoom in and practice working on all the tiny wrinkles and details. Some of it's free, some of it's paid.
VirtualPose - Similar to Posespace but software-based. Not free, but it looks fairly comprehensive.




Anatomy Reference
Fineart.sk - Anatomy references for artists.
Artnatomia - Facial muscle/expression reference tool.
ArtistAnatomy.com - Muscle & bone reference sketches.
Veterinary Anatomical Illustrations - Animal anatomy references @ UWDC.
A Comparative View of the Human and Animal Frame - More animal anatomy references @ UWDC.
3D Interactive Anatomy - 3D interactive models of the human skull & extremities, as well as some animal skulls. Available as regular video turnarounds or as downloadable 3D PDFs. Hosted at Ohio University.
3D Museum - 3D bone anatomy of everything right on down to invertebrates. Requires Java and plugins to view, which is slightly obnoxious, but it's worth it. Note: it hasn't been updated in a few years.
Gray's Anatomy Online - the definitive classic. Hosted at Bartleby.
Muscle Atlas - Clear views of each muscle, its endpoint and anatomical context. Hosted at the Dep't of Radiology at the University of Washington.
Mammalian Crania Photographic Archive – High-resolution side and front photos of skulls from hundreds of species. Hosted by Dokkyo Medical University of Japan.




Other Reference
The Facial Expression Repertoire - Photographic reference for various facial expressions. Requires registration, but it's free (and totally worth it).
ArtMorgue.com - General reference images for various items.
The Costume Page - Reference images for historic costume.
Great Buildings - Architectural reference images.




Art History
SmartHistory - An interactive art history site.
Artcyclopedia - Indexed guide to famous artists online.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Art History Resources - A comprehensive list of links to sites for specific periods in art history.
Voice of the Shuttle - Another comprehensive links list, organized by time period and location.
The Art History Research Centre - Slightly dated but still incredibly useful.
The Mother of All Art & Art History Links Pages - exactly what it sounds like.




Light & Color
Virtual Lighting Studio - A virtual method of modeling multiple light sources on the human head.
Photoworkshop’s Light Cage - Another virtual lighting simulator.




Textures & Brushes
1000 Skies - Cloud textures.
Grunge Textures - Weathered and worn surfaces.
Subtle Patterns - Less obvious textures.
Brusheezy - Makes finding brushes, uh, eezy.
Brush King - Tons of free Photoshop brushes.
Ray Frenden - Maker of kickass brush sets for Photoshop, MangaStudio 4, and MangaStudio 5.




Miscellaneous
Elements of Perspective - A comprehensive tutorial on drawing multiple types of perspective.
CharacterDesigns.com - A resource for artists wanting to learn more about character design.



Art Supplies & Related
CarpeDiem Store Artist supplies, portfolios, studio furniture, craft tools and a lot more.

Scrapbooking Warehouse Mostly scrapbooking and papercraft supplies, but they also have markers, pens, paints and a handy storage section that has folios, craft bags and the like.

Merri Artist I highly recommend this site. Not only do they have an excellent selection spanning many different art and craft mediums, but after much comparison they also more often than not have the best prices as well.
Jetpens - Awesome specialty art pens from Asia.[/QUOTE]






Q. What if I want to hold a guide in my hand? Where are all the links to the books I need?
A. ---Head on over to "Book Resource Thread" and look through that thread. I think they are working on finding all the right books to help artists out.

Q. I see the art program tutorials, but where do I get these programs? What other programs are there
A. ---Right now over at "Art Programs Thread" this thread has a list of all the programs that you can look through.

[Mayhem]

Art Videos




Basics


Drawing the female body video tutorial
Proportions of the female body
Proportions of the male body
Children and Teens part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9nn2...4C899&index=79 part 3

How to draw NECKS!


Upper Back
Arm / Forearm
Upper Leg
Legs by McFarlane

Hands and Fingers

Feet 1 and feet 2
Feet and Hulk Feet by McFarlane

Eyes by McFarlane

Proportions
Sycra 1 part 2 -

Ways to practice
Drawing what you see by Sycra -

NSFW Video - This set up is a great way to practice



Color Theory
Good Info
Making it easier
Balance the colors
Mixing
More Mixing
Mixing for flesh ----works in programs




Intermediate

Crosshatching
Negative and Positive Space
Sedate Alert Dynamic
Rule of thirds
Scale
Odd Numbered Elements
Leading the eye

Tips for fight scene



--Sketching
Sycra Tut

Drawing Interesting Poses
Drawing poses with purpose


Advanced and Workshops

Genzoman part 1 -- Great video taking you through the entire process
Genzoman part 2 -- Ditto

Great Paint Tool Sai Tutorial Video

Amazing Painter Tutorial part 1
Amazing Painter Tutorial part 2

Peter Mohrbacher's Photoshop Tricks



Gnomon Workshop Training -- Amazing Pro Artists giving you step by step instruction. Free videos are great, Bought ones are worth it but expensive.
Youtube Channel
Other Youtube video 1
Other Youtube video 2
Other Youtube video 3
Other Youtube video 4
Gnomon Site



Art Videos by Nicholas Kay - I have learned quite a bit from watching his things. I hope you learn a lot also
NSFW Warhammer
Warhammer 2
Curious Drake
Warhammer 3



Imagine FX
Personally I own a few of these magazines and when I found out they had FREE youtube videos I was amazed. The mags use painter a lot but are full of tutorials. After finding out they finally have a website and ship over here directly for a good price I am going to start a subscription.
Amazing Website - with tutorials
Youtube tutorials



FZD School of Design -Need First Hand Info? (please) -
Website - Has classes and WORKSHOPS , now ok I have heard of this site but I cant think of anyone that told me about it. Not sure on the costs and such but youtube has free videos
Free Youtube - Great Advanced Tutorials and videos to watch and learn new tricks to add to your artistic bag of goodies.




Anthro
Going to have to find more links for anthros
Here are a few things to help you get going after you got your basics down.

Photoshop Walkthrough for Beginners by Kaytothelink

Sai Lesson by Koul2078
Anthro dogman by Sycra

A tron furry by Avyris
Dog paint by Yena -
Wolfies123 - inking process
Head by Rena
Bloody Dog by Kaytothelink

[Mayhem]

Adding links-
1.Post the section it belongs in.
2.The link itself.
3.Short description of the link
I will add them in as I get them.
Please provide quality links.
If its something you use or find helpful link it.
We want the best links to provide the best instruction

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I will be updating this when I get home and over this week. I have a ton of links but I want to go through them as I post them so I can give more detailed explanations for the links.

I know I missing a lot of sites right now. Specially in community art canvas and image and texture resources. Help me out with links if you got some that you think are great. Or can replace a link on here because its better.

Reviewing the links to see if you think they will help you or would help a new artist would be great from someone.

Link broken? Out of date? Have a better resource? PM Mayhem

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Without the input of our community this list wouldnt grow like it already has. I was going to post a huge list of everyones names but I think that would become insanely long after time. Thank you to everyone who has already contributed. It takes a community to teach and every bit of advice you give or link you put out helps some artist find what they need.

[MapleTerror]

Not sure if some of these have been posted already, but I'll throw some sites I've been going to up

TEXTURES

http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://lostandtaken.com/
http://www.mayang.com/textures/
http://www.environment-textures.com/
http://www.textureking.com/

PHOTOS

http://visitheworld.tumblr.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn (SFW quite a handy link, despite the slightly misleading name/tag.)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (Handy for searches- search bar is on the top right)

OTHER

http://colorschemedesigner.com/
https://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30



P.s - I'll throw some more up another time.

[Mayhem]

Thanks alot for the extra links!!!

Hopefully people start adding some more so we have the ultimate resource links

[MapleTerror]

Gonna try to contribute more to the forums-

Here's a link to the U.S Copyright Office with some info/FAQ- might come in handy for some of you one day.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

[Mayhem]

Gonna try to contribute more to the forums-

Here's a link to the U.S Copyright Office with some info/FAQ- might come in handy for some of you one day.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

Glad this is still on the first page cus i have no idea where to put that

[Bri Mercedes]

I just found this mega-tutorial and it has everything from color theory to composition. Any visual artist can get something out of it, and there are links to more tutorials at the bottom:

http://www.floobynooby.com/ICG/artvalues.html

[jonas]

I don't think anyone's linked to these yet, so here you go. (Disclaimer: obviously some of the pose/anatomy sites contain unclothed people, so if such things potentially offend, don't click.)

Pose Practice
Quickposes - A timed gesture drawing tool.
Life Drawing Poses - Warm-up pose sketching videos.
AlienThink’s Pose Tool 3D - A 3D pose tool for mobile apps.
Belief Engine’s Handy Art Tool - Another 3D pose tool for mobile apps.
Posespace - This one has photos in crazy high resolution, so you can zoom in and practice working on all the tiny wrinkles and details. Some of it's free, some of it's paid.
VirtualPose - Similar to Posespace but software-based. Not free, but it looks fairly comprehensive.

Anatomy Reference
Fineart.sk - Anatomy references for artists.
Artnatomia - Facial muscle/expression reference tool.
ArtistAnatomy.com - Muscle & bone reference sketches.
Veterinary Anatomical Illustrations - Animal anatomy references @ UWDC.
A Comparative View of the Human and Animal Frame - More animal anatomy references @ UWDC.
3D Interactive Anatomy - 3D interactive models of the human skull & extremities, as well as some animal skulls. Available as regular video turnarounds or as downloadable 3D PDFs. Hosted at Ohio University.
3D Museum - 3D bone anatomy of everything right on down to invertebrates. Requires Java and plugins to view, which is slightly obnoxious, but it's worth it. Note: it hasn't been updated in a few years.
Gray's Anatomy Online - the definitive classic. Hosted at Bartleby.
Muscle Atlas - Clear views of each muscle, its endpoint and anatomical context. Hosted at the Dep't of Radiology at the University of Washington.
Mammalian Crania Photographic Archive – High-resolution side and front photos of skulls from hundreds of species. Hosted by Dokkyo Medical University of Japan.

Other Reference
The Facial Expression Repertoire - Photographic reference for various facial expressions. Requires registration, but it's free (and totally worth it).
ArtMorgue.com - General reference images for various items.
The Costume Page - Reference images for historic costume.
Great Buildings - Architectural reference images.

Art History
SmartHistory - An interactive art history site.
Artcyclopedia - Indexed guide to famous artists online.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Art History Resources - A comprehensive list of links to sites for specific periods in art history.
Voice of the Shuttle - Another comprehensive links list, organized by time period and location.
The Art History Research Centre - Slightly dated but still incredibly useful.
The Mother of All Art & Art History Links Pages - exactly what it sounds like.

Light & Color
Virtual Lighting Studio - A virtual method of modeling multiple light sources on the human head.
Photoworkshop’s Light Cage - Another virtual lighting simulator.

Textures & Brushes
1000 Skies - Cloud textures.
Grunge Textures - Weathered and worn surfaces.
Subtle Patterns - Less obvious textures.
Brusheezy - Makes finding brushes, uh, eezy.
Brush King - Tons of free Photoshop brushes.
Ray Frenden - Maker of kickass brush sets for Photoshop, MangaStudio 4, and MangaStudio 5.

Miscellaneous
Elements of Perspective - A comprehensive tutorial on drawing multiple types of perspective.
How to Digital Paint - A repository of digital painting tutorials.
CharacterDesigns.com - A resource for artists wanting to learn more about character design.
Jetpens - Awesome specialty art pens from Asia.

[Sparkyopteryx]

I noticed this thread has an extreme dearth of supply resources for traditional artists, nor a proper category for them, so I will start by posting a few links...

Art Supplies & Related
CarpeDiem Store Artist supplies, portfolios, studio furniture, craft tools and a lot more.

Scrapbooking Warehouse Mostly scrapbooking and papercraft supplies, but they also have markers, pens, paints and a handy storage section that has folios, craft bags and the like.

Merri Artist I highly recommend this site. Not only do they have an excellent selection spanning many different art and craft mediums, but after much comparison they also more often than not have the best prices as well.