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 Great resource for learning character illustration and digital painting.
 Steel Dolphin Creative has one of the best tutorials on how to import your line drawing in Photoshop for digital coloring.
 Blambot has excellent comic book fonts, both commercial and free, and also a few articles dealing with comics creation and lettering.
 Apart from the great comic strip by Nate Piekos (who is also one of the masterminds behind the Blambot! site), you can find articles on drawing and creating a comic strip in the "Bits and Pieces" menu option.
 This is a portrait art tutorial site, with lessons on sketching and drawing faces, tutorials on digital art, an overview of art and drawing techniques, art supplies, book recommendations, anatomy, and much more.
Several excellent Photoshop resources. They are not listed in any particular order.
 Fractured Sanity is a resource-site for graphic programs, offering you a wide range of brushes, textures, patterns and tutorials. They are all found in the "Downloads" section.
 Obsidian Dawn has a superb collection of brushes, patterns and tutorials that has been featured in several graphic design magazines. Check it out.
 Domen Lombergar's site has many Photoshop and AfterEffects video tutorials, as well as samples of his surreal artwork.
 Eye Digital Emotion treasure trove of Photoshop tutorials ranges from digital creation and coloring to Web design.
Several of my favorite artists online...
The following list is ordered alphabetically. My "personal top 3" artists are Frazetta, Royo,and Brom, Althhough this is only about modern art, I should add that I also like the Preraphaelites and the works of Doré, Durer, Rackham, and Bosch.
- Vitaly S. Alexius
- Gerald BROM
- Frank FRAZETTA—I've been a fan of his art since, well, forever. If I were forced to choose just ONE among all modern fantasy artists, it would be him.This master of heroic fantasy passed on on May 10, 2010, and the official page has been offline ever since. The link provided here is of a fan-made page.
- Adam Hughes
- Henning Ludvigsen
- Luis ROYO
- James Ryman
- Don Seegmiller
- Justin Sweet
- Matt Wilson
- ConceptArt.ORG—OK, I know, not an artist but a community site composed of a multitude of professional ilustrators. Still, I like quite a bit, and it is worth visiting for those seriously interested in professional illustration.
- CG Society—another community site, this time focused on 3D and 2D digital illustrators.
I originally intended to list only sites of individual artists, but the following companies' sites are a must-see as well. A pity they don't list the names of the great talents they have among their ranks (which is usually why I normally don't like listing companies in my gallery links... too faceless):
- Glyphx—loved the work they did for thorougly enjoyable games Drakan and Advent Rising. Still, I would prefer knowing he name of the actual artists involved. (Update 4/29/09: the site's gone, which is a pity. Well, I'll miss them, together with Troika, Black Isle Studios, Looking Glass Studios, etc.).
- Massive Black—sponsors of ConceptArt.org, and yet another reason I bang my head on the wall for getting a graduate degree in English instead of design.
 The NO!SPEC campaign: to serves as a vehicle to unite those who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of design and ultimately does a disservice to the client. Their mission: To educate the public about speculative, or 'spec' work. Highly recommended read.
 I spent a few sleepless nights searching for a good and, well, inexpensive hosting solution since my wallet is rather thin these days. From the top 5 in my final list, I decided to try Arvixe, and I'm glad I did. The quality of the resources and services is as good or better than many other (and MORE costly) Web hosts. Don't just take my word for it, visit their site, and check out the excellent reviews at FindMyHosting and HostSearch.
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