Art resources and links

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I.2D & 3D Programs
[Free]
ArtRage (http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html)
Artweaver (http://www.artweaver.de)
The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/)
InkScape (http://www.inkscape.org/)
OpenCanvas 1.1 Download (http://home.cwru.edu/~nxl25/downloads/opencanvas.exe)
Pixia (http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/)
Paint.Net (http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/)
Shi Painter (google it)

3D
Google SketchUp (http://sketchup.com)

[Not Free]

Adobe products (www.Adobe.com)
Free 30 day trials, though.

Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Flash
Adobe illustrator (vector)

Others
PaintShop Pro X (http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Products/Display&pfid=10)
Corel Painter IX (http://www.corel.com/painterix/home/index.html)
Opencanvas 4 (http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/index.asp)
3D
Autodesk Maya (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=7635018&siteID=123112)(There's a personal learning edition for free)

Also, Right Hemisphere (http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/index.html) has some products.

II.References and tutorials

Tutorials section from ConceptArt (http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42)
Tutorials from DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=resources/tutorials&order=9)
There's also a tut section at CGsociety.

I really like This (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37474) one.

III.Misc
www.deviantart.com
www.conceptart.com
www.cgsociety.org
http://www.sxc.hu (Stock site)
Online Magazines
Adobe magazine (http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/adobemag4.html)
2D Artist Magazine (http://www.2dartistmag.com/) Full version not free, only Lite version is.
Image Hosting
Photobucket.com
Imageshack.us



*Not done, will update*

[Februrary]

This is great. But I expect lots of "Signature Shop" threads, Haha.

[ZuWrath]

-cough- http://www.planetrenders.net -cough-

In my experience, planetrenders.net and gamerenders.net are the best for renders.

I may upload my pack of like. . . 300? C4D's if you want.

[Kuro]

Here's some links that I've found helpful.

Drawspace (http://www.drawspace.com/)
Tutorial web on DA (http://chaosshattered.deviantart.com/journal/6836628/)

Photoshop text effects (http://www.designvitality.com/blog/2007/09/photoshop-text-effect-tutorial/)
Photoshop tutorials (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/10/adobe-photoshop-tutorials-best-of/)

[Nelon]

Wow, this will be useful. Maybe people who've used certain programs can add little comments as to what it does and stuff like that, since there are so many.

[BandanaBoy]

Also:
A Few more tutorials:
www.PhotoShopStar.com.
www.idotutorials.com
www.psdlounge.com

[KajitiSouls]

Great, Autodesk bought Maya? Autodesk company sucks a lot. Their 3DCG software seems riddled with bugs and fatal errors. Blender on the other hand I've heard was made by people who actually use it (they have a bizarre interface though).

[darksyte]

just out of curiosity, are there any illustrator tutorials out there i could use?

[Sn1perJohnE]

For anyone interested in doing animated GIFs in a basic set-up (set number of frames, basically copy+paste in images or use the simple "Paint" like tools.

The actual download for Jasc Animation Shop v3.11 is here (http://ftp.jasc.com/pub/en/ani311en.exe).

Where i found the link is here (http://board.jokeroo.com/progress-material/64777-free-jasc-animation-shop-v311.html).

No reg key is required and I have tested it to be working in the past. The version apparently isnt supported by Jasc (now Corel) anymore, but its still a good program, at least way easier than most other GIF animators.

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More drawing programs:

AzPainter
Paint tool Sai