Resources

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This is a master list of awesome, helpful links artslammers want to share with the community. If you know about something that should be on this list, let us know in the comments!

General Art Resource

Anatomy & Gesture
Quickposes: figure drawing tool
PoseManiacs: figure drawing tool minus skin, also has an app
Pixelovely: figure drawing tool including animals and skeletons
Character height comparison tool

Animation
11 Second Club: monthly animation prompt
How to Make Birds Fly Good

Perspective
Rob Adams on Spherical Perspective

Color & Light
Color Scheme Designer

Misc
editing cellphone photos to look like scans by squidmaster

Digital Art

PHOTOSHOP
Windows/Mac
need no intro

Brushes:
DjahaL's scenery painting PS brushes: click "goodies" for downloads + videos on how to use them

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KRITA
Free to use
Windows/Mac/Linux
All around standard art editing program, has useful tools for live mirroring and multibrush as well as a wrap view for seamless tiling

Brushes:
David Revoy
Hushcoil
more to come when people have updated their brush packages for 3.0

Video tutorials:
GDquest Krita Tutorials | GDquest Krita tutorials for game artist | check channel for videos not added to playlists
Katarzyna Oleska -tutorials and timelapses
David Revoy -tutorials and timelapses
JShinnCreative Krita and Blender tutorials, plus some comparisons to PS

Written tutorials:
Krita's own documentation
Tyson Tan's Draw with Kiki
Digital Painting With Krita 2.9- Scott Petrovic reference book
Building Krita on Linux for Cats

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MEDIBANG PAINT
Free
Windows/Mac/Android
drawing tool intended for Comicbooking. Has a huge library of free brushes and assets, as well as cloud saving

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ASEPRITE
15$
Windows/Mac/Linux
Pixel Art focused drawing program, frequently updated and provides all manner of tools for making pixel art and animations

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BLENDER
Open Source 3D modelling program
Linux/Windows/Mac

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SKETCHUP
3D modelling program
Windows/Mac

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LAZY NEZUMI
customizable pen tablet smoothing; includes perspective grids, script support, and more
Windows

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OPENTOONZ
Open source animation software
Windows/Mac

Reference Image Sources

Flickriver: endless stream of photos of anything (also great color palette inspiration)

The Feather Atlas: scans of North American bird feathers
Birds In Slow Motion: HQ slow motion video of bird flight, good for animation reference
BioLib: HQ image source of plants, animals, and fungi

GetBodySmart: interactive diagrams and animations about anatomy
Digital Morphology: 3D scans of various animal skulls
eSkeletons: primate skeletons, multiple views of every bone

InnerBody: more diagrams on human anatomy
justmeina's dA gallery: great nude male reference photos

Polyvore: modern clothing ideas

Astronomy Lab Simulators: good for scifi/fictional planets
Planet Map Generator

Writing Resources

NaNoWriMo: write 50,000 words in November
750 words: write 750 words per day with mood/content analysis
Charahub: make profiles for your OCs
BehindtheName: name lists sortable by culture, gender, and more
Serendipity: random name generators
Seventh Sanctum: even more random name generators
Hemingway Editor: paste in text for tips to improve your writing
SFWA Worldbuilding Questions

Artist Opportunities

Saatchi Art: buy and sell original pieces
ArtPal: set up a free store for your prints
Rhizome: posts open calls, job openings, exhibitions, etc
Fulbright: gives massive scholarships for artists interested in international travel (not limited to students)
The Awesome Foundation: gives away $1000 monthly grants to awesome projects
Be My Medici: apply to be matched to a patron
ResArtis: database of artist residencies
Mist Gallery: online gallery, new show every month
CaFE: database of open calls

Public Domain Books

While some of these don't have copyright notices beside them, they're likely still open domain.

"The Training of the Memory in Art and the Education of the Artist" by Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran
"The bases of design" by Crane, Walter
"Hokusai, the old man mad with painting" by Strange, Edward Fairbrother
"The artistic anatomy of trees : their structure & treatment in painting" by Cole, Rex Vicat
"Ideas & studies in stencilling & decorating" by Desaint, A
"Jewelry making and design; an illustrated text book for teachers, students of design, and craft workers in jewelry" by Rose, Augustus F., Cirino, Antonio
The Decorator's assistant
"A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design" by Lilley, A. E. V; Midgeley, W
"Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration" by Cole, Herbert
"Éléments de composition décorative; cent thêmes de décoration plane" by Quénioux, Gaston
Freehand Perspecive and Sketching by Dora Norton