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TOPIC | Tutorials, References, and Resources!
Since we have an art board, I thought it would be appropriate to create a tutorial thread so I've compiled a list of links I have held onto over the years and gathered up a few from my resource blog on tumblr as well. I hope you will find them helpful :)
Feel free to post your own tutorials here as well (preferably in the form of a link) and @ me so I can add them to this post.

★Red stars indicate that there may be some nudity, however nothing pornographic or sexual.

ART BOOKS:
★ "Dynamic Anatomy" by Burne Hogarth
★ Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis
★ Mastering Drawing the Human Figure From Life, Memory, Imagination by Jack Faragasso
★ Figure Drawing: Design and Invention by Michael Hampton



ANATOMY/REFERENCES/ETC
★ TUTORIAL: how to draw raptors by *Freakzter
★ The Science Collection - Veterinary Anatomical lllustrations
★ Thoughts on Wings by *Uzlo
★ Constructive Anatomy by George B. Bridgman (use arrows on bottom right)
★ *Squeedgemonster's Quick Tips: On Referencing Anatomy
★ Reference! Reference! - Database for Animation
★ How To Draw Unguligrade Bipeds by The13thBlackCat
★ Posemaniacs
★ Posemaniacs Hand Viewer (NOTE: THE FIRST 3 ARE NOT HANDS I DONT KNOW WHY.)
★ Armor References
★ mjranum-stock
★ SenshiStock
★ Understanding Your Style by *heysawbones
★ Inconnucrit - Art Resources and Tutorials
★ Figure & Gesture Drawing Practice Tool
★ Lookbook (Not necessarily meant for art? But very helpful for clothing and fashion!)



COLOR/COMPOSITION/ETC:
★ The Dimensions of Colour by David Briggs
★ How to Paint Gold by *ConceptCookie
★ Speedpainting Tutorial by *tanathe
★ The Secret to Composition by *Lulie
★ The Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents
★ Design Notes: Using Value
★ AquaSixio's Tutorials
★ How to Draw Cloth - The Basics by *JaneMere
★ SKIN: A Tutorial - Part 1
★ SKIN: A Tutorial - Part 2

★ Color Scheme Designer
★ Kuler


PHOTOSHOP/SAI/ETC:
★ GuideGuide - Grids
★ Stumpy Pencil Photoshop Brush
★ Straighten Crooked Images by *leialohastock
★ Remove Blue Pencil Action by *myluckyseven
★ Never Run out of Undos in Photoshop

PIXEL ART:
★ Pixel Art Tutorials
★ The Big List of Pixel Art Tutorials
★ Kiwinuptuo's Pixel Tutorials

TEXTURES:
★ Lost&Taken - High Resolution Textures
★ Simplytextures

VIDEOS:
★ Sycra's Art Videos
★ Ctrlpaint

WRITING:
★ Ultimate Writing Resource List
★ 123 Ideas for Character Flaws
★ Describing Voices
Since we have an art board, I thought it would be appropriate to create a tutorial thread so I've compiled a list of links I have held onto over the years and gathered up a few from my resource blog on tumblr as well. I hope you will find them helpful :)
Feel free to post your own tutorials here as well (preferably in the form of a link) and @ me so I can add them to this post.

★Red stars indicate that there may be some nudity, however nothing pornographic or sexual.

ART BOOKS:
★ "Dynamic Anatomy" by Burne Hogarth
★ Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis
★ Mastering Drawing the Human Figure From Life, Memory, Imagination by Jack Faragasso
★ Figure Drawing: Design and Invention by Michael Hampton



ANATOMY/REFERENCES/ETC
★ TUTORIAL: how to draw raptors by *Freakzter
★ The Science Collection - Veterinary Anatomical lllustrations
★ Thoughts on Wings by *Uzlo
★ Constructive Anatomy by George B. Bridgman (use arrows on bottom right)
★ *Squeedgemonster's Quick Tips: On Referencing Anatomy
★ Reference! Reference! - Database for Animation
★ How To Draw Unguligrade Bipeds by The13thBlackCat
★ Posemaniacs
★ Posemaniacs Hand Viewer (NOTE: THE FIRST 3 ARE NOT HANDS I DONT KNOW WHY.)
★ Armor References
★ mjranum-stock
★ SenshiStock
★ Understanding Your Style by *heysawbones
★ Inconnucrit - Art Resources and Tutorials
★ Figure & Gesture Drawing Practice Tool
★ Lookbook (Not necessarily meant for art? But very helpful for clothing and fashion!)



COLOR/COMPOSITION/ETC:
★ The Dimensions of Colour by David Briggs
★ How to Paint Gold by *ConceptCookie
★ Speedpainting Tutorial by *tanathe
★ The Secret to Composition by *Lulie
★ The Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents
★ Design Notes: Using Value
★ AquaSixio's Tutorials
★ How to Draw Cloth - The Basics by *JaneMere
★ SKIN: A Tutorial - Part 1
★ SKIN: A Tutorial - Part 2

★ Color Scheme Designer
★ Kuler


PHOTOSHOP/SAI/ETC:
★ GuideGuide - Grids
★ Stumpy Pencil Photoshop Brush
★ Straighten Crooked Images by *leialohastock
★ Remove Blue Pencil Action by *myluckyseven
★ Never Run out of Undos in Photoshop

PIXEL ART:
★ Pixel Art Tutorials
★ The Big List of Pixel Art Tutorials
★ Kiwinuptuo's Pixel Tutorials

TEXTURES:
★ Lost&Taken - High Resolution Textures
★ Simplytextures

VIDEOS:
★ Sycra's Art Videos
★ Ctrlpaint

WRITING:
★ Ultimate Writing Resource List
★ 123 Ideas for Character Flaws
★ Describing Voices
Please inform me of any broken links or if I forgot to redstar anything!!

Note: I will be adding more to this list; Not done yet but I am tired. Also I will be going back and searching for some tutorials and references pertaining to dragons and reptiles!
Please inform me of any broken links or if I forgot to redstar anything!!

Note: I will be adding more to this list; Not done yet but I am tired. Also I will be going back and searching for some tutorials and references pertaining to dragons and reptiles!
@Kadaashi Thank you so much, this is extremely helpful! I'm bookmarking right now. ^^

Edit: typo
@Kadaashi Thank you so much, this is extremely helpful! I'm bookmarking right now. ^^

Edit: typo
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ヽ( ´ー`)ノ Bumping since I posted this at 7am
ヽ( ´ー`)ノ Bumping since I posted this at 7am
@Kadaashi I have another art book to recommend. Anatomy Drawing School: Human, Animal, Comparative Anatomy by András Szunyoghy and György Fehér
I have this one and it's my bible, I've seen a lot of anatomy art books but none of them have actually helped me as much as this one. 600 pages thick, half of it covers humans in extreme detail, the other half does animals (out of my head, horse, dog, cat, lion, sheep, pig, chimpansee, cow, deer and maybe one or two more).
It covers skeletons and muscle layering and movement.

They also have an art book that is humans only, and one that only focuses on animals. This one is a mix of sort.
@Kadaashi I have another art book to recommend. Anatomy Drawing School: Human, Animal, Comparative Anatomy by András Szunyoghy and György Fehér
I have this one and it's my bible, I've seen a lot of anatomy art books but none of them have actually helped me as much as this one. 600 pages thick, half of it covers humans in extreme detail, the other half does animals (out of my head, horse, dog, cat, lion, sheep, pig, chimpansee, cow, deer and maybe one or two more).
It covers skeletons and muscle layering and movement.

They also have an art book that is humans only, and one that only focuses on animals. This one is a mix of sort.
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Oops still haven't updated this, will do eventually, and thank you Endee!
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Oops still haven't updated this, will do eventually, and thank you Endee!
Very handy!
Very handy!
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Added a tutorial on how to draw raptors by dA user Freakzter :)
Added a tutorial on how to draw raptors by dA user Freakzter :)
@Kadaashi - Love this thread and all the tutorials you have so far! I have two masterposts that I frequent on tumblr, you probably have some of these already though:
Here and here, though one kinda builds on the other so you'll see some doubles, but they both have different things for the most part.

I also always reference this when drawing emotions; it's amazing. That artist has so many amazing tutorials/references *w*
@Kadaashi - Love this thread and all the tutorials you have so far! I have two masterposts that I frequent on tumblr, you probably have some of these already though:
Here and here, though one kinda builds on the other so you'll see some doubles, but they both have different things for the most part.

I also always reference this when drawing emotions; it's amazing. That artist has so many amazing tutorials/references *w*
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@StarrySeas

Thank you!
@StarrySeas

Thank you!