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Artists resources
Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:09 am
17/01/2019 Adding links in progress!
Be a successful artist
Be a successful artist
- Be open to criticism.
- Try new things - change leads to growth.
- Always and only create for yourself, people you love and things that you love.
- Focus on your own growth and try not to compared yourself to others too much.
- Tutorials:
- Pixel Joint Pixel-art Tutorial
Comprehensive pixel art techniques tutorial.
Studiominiboss
Wonderfully illustrated, engaging and simple pixel art tutorials.
Traditional Inking Techniques
Tutorial demonstrating traditional inking techniques utilized in drawing comics and such things.
- References:
Posemaniacs
Thousands of varied pose reference images, also demonstrating muscle and fat positions.
Pose-Emporium
DeviantART group offering thousands of varied pose reference images including themes such as action, gestures, combatical, dynamic, historical, macabre and many more themes.
Faestock
Thousands of female pose reference images in various attire.
Textures.com
3D scanned and photographed textures, highly detailed.
Characterdesigns.com
Costumed and nude pose reference images.
Hairfinder
Broad hairstyle reference of all sorts.
Earthporn
Beautiful environmental photography.
- Videos:
- AMB Animation Academy
Youtube playlist of 2D animation (Western) tutorials.
DokiDoki Drawing
Youtube playlist of Japanese 2D animation tutorials.
Brushboost
Youtube playlist of Photoshop tutorials and time lapse.
Alphonoso Dunn
Easy to follow, comprehensive traditional art tutorials.
- Books:
- Loomis
Regarded by many artists as ‘the’ way to learn to draw realism. These books are well illustrated and definitely worth the read.
Drawingbooks.org
A healthy handful of books focused on traditional drawing. Each book is scanned and hosted online.
Artistscreation.com
Hundreds of free art books now public domain, ready to be downloaded.
DragonArt Books by Jessica Peffer
If you’re a dragon lover, these books will be an absolute treat for you. They detail how to draw various mythical creatures (including dragons, of course), fantasy characters, fur, scales, claws and paws - and more!
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
- Hardware:
Drawing tablets
Wacom
Trust
Monoprice
Art supplies
$/£ shops - most generic stationary, novelty items.
Wish [APP]- Everything, but cheap (and sometimes nasty, be cautious).
Amazon US/UK - Everything arty.
Ebay US/UK - Everything and the fluff under Wiren’s bed.
Jetpens - wide assortment of pens, general stationary and arts and crafts items.
Paperchase (UK) - wide assortment of stationary, cards and knick-knacks
Hobbycraft (UK) - Art supplies galore, baking, home improvement, hobbies.
Michaels - The US equivalent of Hobbycraft.
Jerry's Artarama- Everything arty.
Artsupplies.co.uk (UK) - Everything arty.
Dickblick - Everything arty.
Artistsupplysource.com - Everything arty.
Modes4u - Fabrics
Etsy - Handmade/Homemade materials, items, accoutrements, etc.
- Software:
Free
*Drawing
Graphiter (windows)
Art weaver 6 (windows)
Krita (windows, mac and linux)
Medibang (windows, mac)
Photodonut (windows, mac)
SpeedyPainter (windows)
GIMP (windows, mac, linux, etc)
Paint.net (windows)
FireAlpaca (windows and mac)
Graphics Gale (windows)
Sketchbook (windows, iOS, Android)
*3D modelling
Magicavoxel (windows and mac)
Blender (windows, mac and linux)
Paint 3D (windows)
Daz Studio (windows, mac)
Sculptris (windows, mac)
SketchUp (browser)
*Animation
Pencil (windows, mac and linux)
Synfig Studios (windows, mac, linux)
Stykz (windows, mac, linux)
Ajax (windows, mac, ipad)
*Other
Bryce terrain generator (windows, mac)
Paid
*Drawing
Photoshop (windows and mac)
Affinity Designer (windows and mac)
Clip Studio Paint (windows and mac)
Art Rage (windows and mac)
TwistedBrush Pro Studio (windows)
Black ink (windows)
Paintstorm studio (windows, mac and linux)
Paint Tool SAI (windows)
CorelPainter (windows, mac)
3D modelling
ZBrush (windows)
*Animation
Adobe Animate (windows and mac)
Toon Boom (windows and mac)
Anime studio (windows and mac)
- Websites and Forums:
- Spriters Resource
Ripped video game sprites, excellent source of inspiration for pixel and/or patch artists.
Line of action
Practice drawing figures, animals, hands, feet and expressions according to time intervals.
SculptGL
Basic 3D modeling in browser.
Lospec
A wealth of pixel art resources; tutorials, software and more!
LunaPic
Simple and free online photo/image editor, lots of edit options. Good alternative to software if you don’t have space on your computer/experience.
Ezimba
In depth, free photo/image editor. Good for simple animations. Good alternative to software if you don’t have space on your computer/experience.
ProminentDetail/pixel.tools
Essentially a browser based version of MS Paint Win95.
- Portfolios:
- DeviantART
A well established and popular art sharing website with hundreds of art categories and groups. Also functions vaguely as a social media platform - users can comment on your work to leave feedback and critique, write journals, favourite work, collaborate, take commissions, and so on.
Pixel Joint
A website populated with thousands of exceptionally talented pixel artists. Don’t be afraid to join the crowd but expect constructive criticism.
Pixiv
Japan’s equivalent of DeviantART, but with a much higher quality of art on average. Easy to navigate, clean and fresh layout. Only prominent negative is that tags are, of course in Japanese; therefore getting exposure, if you don’t know which tags to use, can be complicated. Many talented artists and much inspiring work.
- Streaming:
Picarto.tv
Twitch.tv (creative)
Youtube.com
Livestream.com
Have resources you'd like to add to this list? Please message me!
Special Thanks to Mittersnatch!
Special Thanks to Mittersnatch!
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Re: Artists resources
Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:20 pm
Wow, great job! I'm sure this will come in handy.
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