White sketch

A treasure from /ic/

i’ll write this down here so i didnt forget…

Collaborative drawing tools :
http://py-bot.com/apps/flockmod.swf
http://colorillo.com/
http://www.iscribble.net/draw.html
http://www.manga-youkai.com/pchat
http://artgrounds.com/sketcher.do?action=applet&room=0
http://w5.oroti.net/~ruhh/scratchpad/index.html

Small art-related forums (or something, anyway that’s how I classify them) :
http://www.apedogs.com/index.php
http://satellitesoda.com/phpBB3/index.php
http://wecookart.com/forum/portal.php
http://forums.sijun.com/

Video game-oriented art forums :
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/
http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/index.php
http://boards.polycount.net/
http://www.characterdesigns.com/forum

Animation forums :
They seem pretty slow and serious, so huh, don’t shit them up. Peter Cheung posts in the first one, Don Bluth obviously in thesecond.
http://www.pelleas.net/forum/index.php
Interesting thread on “Japanese animation theory” : http://www.pelleas.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=238
http://donbluthanimation.com/forum/index.php
http://www.animationforum.net/forum/

A monthly animation contest, the winner is reviewed by a professional from a high-profile company. The review is always interesting, the best entries great, and the notation pretty harsh (that often surprises me, it’s not dA is the least you can say).
http://www.11secondclub.com/

Cinema screencaps (for reference) :
http://framefilter.blogspot.com/
http://www.leavemethewhite.com/index2.html
http://miseenscene101.blogspot.com/
http://www.doctormacro.com/Galleries.htm
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/1000_Frames_of_Hitchcock
http://cinemasquid.com/blu-ray/movies/screenshots

An art tutorial wiki
http://artwiki.wikidot.com/

Overview on art basics
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

Free online art books
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=131116

Select summaries of The Frank Reilly School of Art by Doug Higgins
http://www.dhfa.net/Artiststatement2.html

Charles Hu Figure Drawing Lecture
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120175

Color Theory
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

Composition
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3275&amp

Drawing the head by Ron Lemen
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84105

Color Zones of the face
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/color-zones-of-face.html

Temple of the Seven Golden Camels, a good blog site
http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/

Light and color
http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/light.htm
http://www.huevaluechroma.com/index.php

worthwhile books/resources sorted and ranked
http://www.icrit.org/resources.html

A guide to inking
http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2006/08/21/inking-tutorial-part-i/

Art books:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b17efd65ab9baffcab1eab3e9fa335ca39e8887af6d865e3

Art podcasts :
http://drawntoday.blogspot.com/
http://www.wippodcast.com/
http://visualartistpodcastnetwork.com/

Animation podcasts :
http://www.speakingofanimation.com/
http://reanimators.net/
http://www.animationconversation.com/
http://animationpodcast.com/
http://animationstation.libsyn.com/
http://splinedoctors.com/
http://tooninanimation.net/wordpress/?cat=7
http://www.awn.com/blogs/ffaf