art resources

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lots of links to art tutorials and resource stuff. it'll help me keep things straight, and probably help some other people too.


InconnuCrit (basically useful articles and links to helpful online books. also has a critique board. started as this--which is EXCELLENT advice for everyone--but has apparently expanded. i placed this at the top because i think it's great.)

Having Confident Lineart
How to Use Style (i know the name sounds bad, but it actually does give very good advice)
Drawing For Beginners (downloadable book)

PoseManiacs
Gesture Drawing Tool (better than posemaniacs because it uses actual photos. also has an animal version!)
Line and Form (downloadable book)
Using Gesture in Drawings
Structuring a Drawing
How to Draw All Sorts of Crap
How to Draw Beef (abs)
FineArt (focuses on anatomy refs)
Muscles Defined (image heavy)
Constructive Anatomy (online book)
The Human Machine (online book)
/ic/ thread on anatomy resources (watch out for NSFW ads)

Perspective and the Human Form

"Art Tutorial" (focuses mainly on color, texture, and lighting)
Color Dynamics Tutorial
COLOURlovers (not tutorials, but great inspiration)
Color Theory
More Color Theory
Color Theory and Color Tutorials for Portrait Artists
colr.org - Play with colors and color schemes!

Phil Straub Composition Tutorial

HUGE list of tutorials and resources
Back to the Basics: An FAQ Regarding the Foundations of Creating Art
Andrew Loomis Book Downloads
Cedarseed's Tutorials and Stock
Alexds1's Tutorials
Drawspace - Drawing lessons
Small Batch of Useful eBooks

stock.xchng
dA Stock
Photovault

Removing Notebook Lines
Cleaning Your Scans
Random Art Prompt Generator
The Brainstormer (more prompts)
ArtBloom (shows artists developing, pretty inspiring)
ArtLex Art Dictionary (in case you don't know an art term)
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
Student's Manual of Fashion Drawing (downloadable book)
A Handbook of Ornament (downloadable book)
Pen Drawing (downloadable book)


lemme know of any other good art stuff out there! also, linking to this is obviously fine.

Comments

[wishwashing.livejournal.com]

omg you are my hero ;_;

uhmm.. let's see..

Foot Tutorial
Hands Tutorial
Human Figure Tutorial

[clooney.livejournal.com]

holyyyyy. *A*(\

[lolligags.livejournal.com]

this is sooo awesome thank you ♥!

[bitchbun.livejournal.com]

wow nice thank you

[oldsneakers.livejournal.com]

I saved this to memories a while ago and am skimming through it today. Thanks, Dox!