Art resources and links

I.2D & 3D Programs
[Free]
ArtRage
Artweaver
The Gimp
InkScape
OpenCanvas 1.1 Download
Pixia
Paint.Net
Shi Painter (google it)

3D
Google SketchUp

[Not Free]

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

Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Flash
Adobe illustrator (vector)

Others
PaintShop Pro X
Corel Painter IX
Opencanvas 4
3D
Autodesk Maya(There's a personal learning edition for free)

Also, Right Hemisphere has some products.

II.References and tutorials

Tutorials section from ConceptArt
Tutorials from DeviantArt
There's also a tut section at CGsociety.

I really like This one.

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



*Not done, will update*

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

-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.

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

Drawspace
Tutorial web on DA

Photoshop text effects
Photoshop tutorials

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.

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

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).

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

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.

Where i found the link is here.

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.

More drawing programs:

AzPainter
Paint tool Sai