Illustration Link Feast
This is a collection of my favorite art tutorials, resources, and advice that I have found around the web…with a little bit of silliness thrown in.
Some of these links have been around awhile, and some of them are pretty new, but they are all enlightening nonetheless. I’ve tried to target specific pages or sections, as opposed to entire websites, so each will bring you straight to some source of learning, inspiration, or fun. Enjoy, and click away!
- Creative block? Apparently I wasn’t the only one to come up with 100 ideas
- Interview with the creator of IllustrationClass.com
- Portfolio advice, straight from the mouth of an art director
- Funny story, many lessons learned
- A cool behind the scenes look behind the making of a comic
- Awesome inking tutorial
- How does an art director evaluate your portfolio?
- First-hand account of becoming an illustrator
- Portfolio advice from an artists’ agent
- Audio interview with the creator of IllustrationFriday.com
- My favorite Photoshop video tips
- General art/illustration tutorial with a little bit of everything
- $$ Pricing $$
- Sketch to finish digital painting tutorial
- My favorite podcast, even if it’s not really art related
- Back to the basics…be sure to look at part 2 also
- Put some gesture in that drawing!
- 9 to 5? It’s not always that easy
- Best explanation of “work for hire” that I’ve been able to find
- Drawing a perfect circle
- Promoting yourself
- Learn to draw the figure from your head
- Cool Photoshop process, layer by layer
- Why Doodle? Because.
- Free drawing books for download
- What the…?
- purty kulers
- How to draw a Hobbit
- Answers from the illustrators themselves
- You might be a designer if…
- Seeing the world differently…
- Paint it black
- The character design process
- Drawing Storm Troopers? Cool!
- Ok, this is pretty funny. I’m such an art nerd.
- Shazam!
- A link to some more links
- Don’t click unless you have hours of time to kill
- Just for fun
- Interview with one of my favorite animators
- Getting started in children’s book illustration
- Free notes and lessons to download
- Think critically.
- Do you have character?
- Make a mess.
- Some very long, but interesting Photoshop painting demos
- Some free PDF tutorials for digital painters
- Photoshop brush downloads
- RGB vs. CMYK colors
- Thoughts about sketchbooks - be sure to catch all 3 parts
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May 22nd, 2007 at 5:40 pm
this is very useful stuff. I knew some, i like some, some are vital, others just cool. thx 4 sharing!