Recommended Artists / Sites
There have been many of useful tutorials from many artist and communities that I have learned from. Though I would like to promote my own work, I must in all good conscience also include the source of some very gifted professionals. Knowledge is meant to be shared. The following is a link to their sites.
- James Gurney
- Mark Crilley
- Scott Roberston
- Maria Raczynska
- Shibasaki
- Neville Page
- David Revoy
- Blender Cookie
- BlenderGuru
- Ctrl+Paint
- David Finch
- Dylan Cole
- Blender Foundation
- Jeremy Vickery
- The Gnomon Workshop
- Feng Zhu
Recommended Software
There are quiet a few programs that I have used and continue to use, but prefer to use FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) when possible, but not at the cost of quality and productivity. Below is a list of programs that I have found to be useful and worthy for production use (or on their way.)
Image and Paint Programs
- Krita (Cross Platform)
- MyPaint (Cross Platform)
- Alchemy (Cross Platform)
- IrfanView (Windows Only)
- XnView (Windows Only)
- Gwenview (Linux Only)
- Photoshop (Windows Only)
- Corel Painter (Windows Only)
- Blender (Cross Platform)
Commercial Programs
- Photoshop (Windows only)
- Dreamweaver (Windows only)
- Camtasia (Windows only)
