Friday, April 18, 2014

Helpful Resources

In this technological age, it seems that well all collect a little horde of blogs, videos, and websites. Here are a handful of mine.

Schoolism: Inspirational interviews with industry professionals, online schools and the chiu-stream
http://www.schoolism.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYeDibhb-hs

Chris Oatley's ArtCast: philosophy, tutorials, interviews, and cheerful ramblings.
http://chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts/

Paper Wings Podcast: philosophy, tutorials, and interviews. (All focusing on comics and the creation there of.)
http://paperwingspodcast.com/

Adventures in design: The business of print making.
http://www.aidpodcast.com/

Writing excuses: 15 minutes podcasts that cover everything you need to know to become a storyteller.
http://www.writingexcuses.com/

Write about Dragons: Brandon Sanderson's Creative Writing college course, online......for free!!
http://www.writeaboutdragons.com/

Muddy Colors: Artists and Art Directors talk about things you didn't know that you've needed know until after you've read the blog.
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/

Skottie Young's Blog: Because it updates all the time, and everything in it is awesome.
http://skottieyoung.com/

The Self Absorbing Man (AKA Paolo Rivera's Blog): Tons of Great comic book related tutorials.
http://paolorivera.blogspot.com/

Proko: A fantastic resource for understanding the human figure. There is a ton on content here!!!
http://www.proko.com/

Figure and Gesture Drawing: A free site for practicing hands and Feet. (Thanks DemonJack, this site rocks!)
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/hands-feet-practice/

Tutorial for scanning line art
http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/tech/Line_art/line_art.htm

FZD School: A fantastic youtube channel for digital artists. There is a mindblowing amount of content on this channel. Like, put off art school for a year and work through these episodes. (Don't quote me on that)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1McYZX6KScg

Mark's Drawing Tutorials: This first video on the basics and understanding 3D geometry in terms of elipses is great. It will make your life easier.The other stuff is great too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk84EpHmZKQ

Will Terrell's Blog and Youtube Channel: Life philosophy, and the most cheerful voice you will every find. I listen to this guy just to get into a happier mood.
http://willterrell.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/willterrell2001

Stephen Silver's Youtube channel: How and why to tell your clients to PAY YOU!
https://www.youtube.com/user/silvertoons


I have many many more, but I don't want to give you an information overload.


1 comment:

  1. This is a tremendous list!
    Thanks for the gift of sharing it!
    I guess I will take to visit and check them out one by one!
    DC - TiDami

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