Visual Storytelling/Manga/Illustration Resources

Moebius at work

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Portfolio Resources

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Blog Hosting
blogger.com
wordpress.com
tumblr.com

Image hosting
flickr.com
picasa.com

Pdf-to-Flash book-like web services
issuu.com

Digital-to-Print
magcloud.com (magazine like format, 8.5 x 11 only)
lulu.com
blurb.com
mypublisher.com

Online portfolio systems and project sharing
deviantart.com
behance.net

Video hosting
youtube.com
vimeo.com

Web domain registration
networksolutions.com

Webhosting
fourbucks.net
dreamhost.com

HTML/CSS3/Jquery Slideshow
http://www.smashingapps.com/2011/01/07/awesome-jquery-techniques-to-create-visually-impressive-photo-galleries.html
http://buildinternet.com/project/supersized/

Non-coding solutions
wix.com
webs.com

Online file sharing
dropbox.com

Print portfolio resources
paperhaus.com
http://www.lost-luggage.com/store/home.php
http://www.pinazangaro.com/

Finding work
http://24seventalent.com/jobs/
http://aquent.us/
http://www.filterdigital.com/default.aspx
http://www.indeed.com/
http://adage.com/

Photoshop resources

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getting to know photoshop
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/getting-started-photoshop/

removing moire patterns from scanned images
http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/ht/apsremovemoire.htm

color cast removal
http://www.zezevideotutorials.com/2010/06/15/different-ways-to-remove-color-cast-in-photoshop/

working with the curves adjustments
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/06/taking-photoshops-curves-beyond-highlights-and-shadows/

masking
http://blog.echoenduring.com/2010/08/12/getting-to-know-clipping-masks-and-layer-masks-in-photoshop/
http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/photoshop/photoshop-for-beginners-understanding-layer-mask/

blending modes
http://www.myinkblog.com/2009/07/14/an-explanation-of-photoshop-blend-modes/

time saving key combinations and cheats
http://savedelete.com/photoshop-cheat-sheets.html
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/20/obscure-adobe-photoshop-time-savers/

digital painting
http://www.ctrlpaint.com
http://www.tutorialmagazine.com/tutorials/view/painting_with_a_tablet_in_photoshop_47
http://issuu.com/julian_design/docs/digital_paiting_techniques_vol_1
http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42

character design
http://www.artbycarloscabrera.com/tutorial.html
http://www.fengzhudesign.com/

miscellaneous
http://www.paintbits.com/digitalart/photoshop-tutorials-you-should-see/

fashion illustration
http://www.lava360.com/inspiration/40-glamorous-fashion-design-illustrations-drawings/

textile design
h ttp://origininc.tripod.com/adobe_photoshop/textile_design.htm

textures
http://designm.ag/resources/2000-absolutely-free-textures/

everything else (for now)
http://slodive.com/photoshop/photoshop-tutorials/

10 Things I wish I'd learned in college

2011-04-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

Here's the site I was talking about. I'll let you make your own decisions. Eager to hear your feedback.

http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/

:3

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Fun Links

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Star Wars fan film: http://www.starwarsuncut.com/watch

Famous Balloon Movies

Nnnot a resource but...

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'nother texture resource
http://ruthenia-alba.deviantart.com/gallery/

Portlandia

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This is the video I was talking about at the meeting today:

Fun site

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...that also shows process well.

Some things I stumbled across online

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~enjoy ;)

http://www.mayang.com/textures/
http://cgtextures.com/
http://designm.ag/tutorials/wacom-tutorials/
http://www.textureking.com/
http://lostandtaken.com/gallery
http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/05/draw-eyes/
http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/07/draw-lips/
http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/06/draw-nose/
http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/07/draw-ears/

shhhhhh
http://iseenothing.com/files/artbooks/

Coloring Tutorials

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Enjoy!

Interesting comic and tutorials

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Lackadaisy - check it out.

Pratical Anatomy

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http://designlesson.blogspot.com/

Samurai Jack Backgrounds

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For Andy: http://blog.drawn.ca/post/1306918709/creating-samurai-jack-background-paintings

How to's

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Resource pictures that I've stumbled across over time online. Hope they help somebody.

Penny Arcade

2009-08-09T22:44:00.001-07:00

This series is interesting and really well done.

Recovering

2009-08-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Sorry if I was a little wiggy yesterday. It was great to see all of you, even in a partially-conscious fog. Greg, I found the Ted Rall and Joe Sacco we talked about yesterday, along with a Bill Mauldin book you might find useful. I also posted the final version of the illustration I was working on yesterday (finished 1:00 am). Noah sleep now.

Inspiration

2009-08-03T15:34:00.000-07:00

Last week Noah and I were discussing some things that inspire us to do work (songs, movies, etc) and I brought up this composer (I really think it needs a good video to go along with the song...)

2009 Eisner Awards

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From Hypergeek

Critical Squares - Page 1

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Click to see a larger version

Some links

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First, a bit of fun

A fun take on the Rocky Horror Picture Show

An interesting all-around artist

Wasn't sure if anyone has seen this before

The Tank Girl comic blog

I tend to stumble across interesting/strange digital artists from time to time

If you haven't heard of Zero Punctuation, it's a good place to check for occasional entertaining game reviews done in spectacular British monologues.

Comic Tools

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Comic Tools has good tutorials and descriptions of how to use certain tools.

New Video by David O'Reilly and Jon Klassen

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U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight from David OReilly on Vimeo.

Bone

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I really enjoyed reading Bone and loved the artwork. This documentary looks interesting.

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The Penny Arcade guys have archived videos of some strips on Ustream.

Also, Bryan Lee O'Malley's website (the graphic novels/comics I was showing today). And since it's a little hard to find on his site, here's the link to his personal music (which is pretty good in my opinion).

Oh, and I stumbled across the homepage of one Daniel Kim whose work is pretty stellar.

~edit~ Did some asking around about larger scanning issues. Someone suggested taking multiple photos of work and merging them with this nifty piece of software. It apparently works incredibly well for landscape/panorama photos, so with care and appropriate levels adjustment it should work for personal art stuff.

Who would've thought it true?

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Roller derby EXISTS in Moscow.

The Mythical Beatles Trailer

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Sorry about the jumpy playback yesterday. Here is a better version online.

More stuff

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Some links I said I'd post.

What I do is Secret
The body reference stuff/printouts I brought with me were from this guy's DA site.
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Stephen Silver
Has done a lot of character work for nickelodeon.

Cave Story
A tribute site for a great free side-scrolling game. The person who made it also has another great looking one coming out soon called Fez!

editoral note

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I have tweaked the formatting of the posts so that they can read more clearly. Please let me know if there are any problems or you'd like to see subsequent changes.

Various Links (with NO camel spiders!)

2009-06-18T00:30:00.000-07:00

Things that I am grooving on right now that you might enjoy (this is a very eclectic list):

• First, Spongebob
• Second, Jon Klassen
• Then Sam Bosma
• To cleanse the palette, a tribute to Where the Wild Things Are
• Introducing Uwe Heidschoetter
• Don't miss Lou Romano's color scripts from UP

Ok, that's enough. You'll never get anything done if you spend all your time looking at the crap I post.

Wait, there is one more thing. My updated website. Comments and criticism welcome.

Sam, Yuko, James and camel spiders

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Here are some of the things I'm inspired by at the moment:

My current obsession, Sam Weber
Another great illustrator, Yuko Shimizu, has a great interview on the business and practice: here
You probably also already know James Jean.

Here's an interesting flickr set tutorial on inking with ink and brush.

Lastly:

On digital illustration

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A digital illustrator I mentioned at the last meeting

[site]

Some videos of his process

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

And one of his equally talented friends

[site]
Click the archive link on his site to see his work (will be up top)

Also the link to the 25 facial/character expressions chart (great practice!)

[link]

And some examples

[1] [2] [3] [4]

Massive Black

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Hello everyone. It was great seeing you yesterday. Looking forward to it next week. You may already know about this, but it's prescient regarding our discussions about digital illustration. The studio is called Massive Black (http://massiveblack.com/mbNew/html/illustration1.shtml). In my opinion, they're one of the best. They've got an illustrator who calls himself Nox. I've never seen his equal. Also you can download process videos and tutorials. Pretty cool stuff.

-Noah

Hello!

2009-05-20T22:27:00.000-07:00

This is Stasia - I guess I'll go with the trend and post my blog address: http://stasiab.wordpress.com/
Today was a lot of fun! It's good to meet you all, and I'm looking forward to seeing the new work this summer brings. I'll see most of you next Wednesday!

Umm, hey

2009-05-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

So, my name's Andy Potter, and here's a link to my blog. Yeah. Swing on by and say hello if you feel like it. I'll try and post some more photos of recent work on it soon.

Blog Address

2009-05-18T06:29:00.000-07:00

Hello. Here's the address for my blog. It has just about everything I've worked on for the last two years (even the stuff I would ordinarily never show like concept drawings). If you're interested, drop on by and hopefully I'll see some of you on Wednesday at Sister's Brew. In the meantime, here are a few examples of recent work. Cheers. -Noah Kroese

Akira - American Style

2008-12-03T08:47:00.000-08:00

We keep coming back to Akira, so I thought this was appropriate (especially in light of the pending Hollywood remake):

Tokyopop and M.I.M.C.

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Here you can find Tokyopop's submission guidlines, Rising Stars of Manga competition (though it currently appears to be out of date), and some other interesting information: http://www.tokyopop.com/corporate/submissions.

This is the link for the Morning International Manga Competition: http://e-morning.jp/mimc/.

Manga Analysis series

2008-10-08T22:06:00.000-07:00

Here's a site a friend linked me to. It's someone's livejournal, but he/ she talks about panelling and organization and such. :3

Manga Analysis series link here...

CAT artist on Deviantart

2008-09-18T14:02:00.000-07:00

Is here....

posemanics

2008-09-18T13:41:00.000-07:00

For my own memory: site for viewing posed digital figures that has a number of tools. Figures show musculature and can be repositioned for different viewing angles.

Posemaniacs