Bodies in motion: As advertised: tons of figures in motion...Step by step motion sequences and fantastic professional photography.
Sketch Daily: Another virtual figure and animal drawing site. SD is nice because you can choose either static or action poses to come up in the figure drawing section.
Pixel Lovely: Figure and animal drawing class at home, sort of. PL is nice because you can choose specific facial expressions to come up in the head drawing section.
Pose Space: The best part of this site is the large list of photo turnarounds. See: features/pose tool
Croquis-cafe: Video footage of life model drawing sessions.
Pose maniacs: More figure drawing reference. The figures have "textured" on muscles, but nice thing about this site is that you can rotate all the poses.
Free programs:
Sketchup: Amazingly easy 3D modeling and an ENORMOUS free 3D model library. It's like doing a Google image search in 3D.
Alchemy: Great silhouette based concept design program if you have a pressure sensitive pen and the setting right (ask me about that).
Stock photography:
Unsplash: A too good to be true collection of beautiful, high-res, professional, free, stock photography.
Video and animation stuff:
Why Beauty matters: A must see video on the importance of Truth, Beauty (specifically), and goodness in art.
Animation
Living Lines Library: Pencil tests, animator documentaries and more.
Animation World network
Animation Show of Shows
Why not to do spec work: What if non creative peoples were asked to do spec work?
Proko: Good videos, by a talented artist on foundational drawing skills.
DAVD (Digital Art Visual development) contests:
Spectrum: http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com
Fees: $25 single entry $40 for a series (up to 5).
Due date: Jan 25 (May change annually)
Imagine FX: http://www.creativebloq.com/imaginefx
Fees: Free?
Due date: Whenever?
email fxpose@imaginefx.com.
Submit five pieces of art and tell us a bit about them: their titles, what inspired you to paint them and the techniques you used.
*This magazine is great but their site and entry procedures are very opaque:
Society of Illustrators LA: http://si-la.org/
Fee: ?? You tell me…there site is almost impossible to navigate.
Date: August 15 (May change annually)
*There is a separate student competition.
Society of Illustrators NY: http://www.societyillustrators.org/
Fee: : $20 single entry $50 for a series (up to 5).
Due Date: Oct 30th (May change annually)
*There is a separate student competition.
Communication Arts Illustration competition: http://www.commarts.com/competition/2017-illustration
Fee: $40
Date: Jan 20th (may rotate year to year)
National student show: http://nationalstudentshow.com/show
Fee:
Date: Feb 6
15K in scholarships mostly in graphic design but there is an illustration and a best portfolio category.
Communication Arts Illustration competition: http://www.commarts.com/competition/2017-illustration
Fee: $40
Date: Jan 20th (may rotate year to year)
National student show: http://nationalstudentshow.com/show
Fee:
Date: Feb 6
15K in scholarships mostly in graphic design but there is an illustration and a best portfolio category.
DAVD conventions:
CTN: www.ctnanimationexpo.com
When: : November 18-20, 2016 (May change annually)
Price: 150-350
Spectrum Art Live: http://spectrumfantasticartlive.com/
When: : May 2017
Price: ??
CCSD: www.comic-con.org/
When: : July21-24 (May change annually)
Price: $200 (free with a pro-pass)
WCLA: www.comic-con.org/wca
When: : March 25-27 (May change annually)
Price: $55 (free with a pro-pass)
DSVC: dsvc.org
When: : June?
Price: ??
