Tutorial Links
| - Scans of out-of-print art instruction books by master illustrator Andrew Loomis. Warning: site contains nudity | |
| - Loomis-influenced approach to constructing human heads, by Ron Lemen. Also see hands, flesh tones 1, and portrait demo. | |
| - Analysis of light, color theory and technique | |
| - discussion of techniques, materials and approaches for underpaintings | |
| - divx videos of vyle painting, and OC files | |
| - aimed at anime fans, but good tips on materials, drawing figures, hair, clothes and the like. |
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| - Fantasy Art Resource Project- lots of art articles, tips and tutorials | |
| - step-by-step traditional oil painting approach to a digital illustration | |
| - advice for rendering more realistic trees | |
| - helpful info and advice for aspiring animators |
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| - a series of tutorials, from animator Glenn Vilppu, for AWN. | |
| - beginner tips from The Artlair | |
| - Photoshop shortcuts, tips and some simple tutorials | |
| - Tutorials and walk-throughs for digital art. | |
Art References |
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| - reference, discussion, inspiration for character design | |
| - searchable database with thumbnails | |
| - database with thumbnails or directory access. Popup ads. | |
| - lots of photos of fit but not over-muscled men | |
| - more classic guys- check the tarzan and b-movie beefcake pages | |
| - the classic anatomy text,online for your reference. | |
| - Stills and animations from Muybridge’s classic photographic sequences. | |
| - breaks down the subtle differences in male and female facial features | |
| - free-use photo references. | |
| - tons of searchable stock photos. | |
| - nude photography, for figural ref. | |
| - database of fish images and info. Link goes to ‘best pictures’ page | |
| - industrial and urban photographs. | |
| - THE resource for costume info online. Site is ugly but check out the great links for historical costumes! | |
| - List of links for costume resources online | |
| - great ref for smoke, water, explosions and effects animation | |
Digital Art Resources |
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| - When and how to use internet image formats | |
| - Digital brushes for Photoshop. Non-PS users can grab the raw image files. | |
| - Digital screentones for manga and comics | |
| - free use bitmap tones and patterns | |
| - more free screentones and patterns | |
| - Mark’s Pixel Art Tutorial | |
Inspiration |
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| - high-res images of paintings by the masters | |
| - searchable database of European art 1100-1850 | |
| - gallery of fantasy artists | |
| - random character generators for artists | |
