Resources
Select a category below to view a description of the category and available resource links. If you see any broken links, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Or, if you know of any links you would like to see added, please let me know that as well! I will always be adding new things to this page as I find them (and have time to do so), so check back often!
This is a list of links for general digital art websites. Use these sites to learn more about digital art communities in general, find inspirational resources and tutorials, and establish firm connections with other aspiring and professional digital artists.
This is a list of links where you will be able to find fonts for free or very little charge.
- DaFont
- Acid Fonts
- Urban Fonts
- Simply the Best
- Show Font
- Cremundo
- Fonts 500
- Fontspace
- Deviant Art Fonts
- Abstract Fonts
- 1001fonts
- PC Fonts
- SmackBomb
- Web Font List
- Gimme Fonts
- Fonts N’ Things
- Font Freak
A list of links where you can find and download absolutely free Adobe Photoshop brushes. Some of these brushes may also be compatible with PaintShopPro, but I will make no guarantees. I will add more links as I come across them, or you can let me know of your own!
- Deviant Art Brushes (Photoshop)
- Deviant Art Brushes (GIMP)
- Deviant Art Brushes (PSP)
- Brusheezy (Photoshop)
- PSBrushes.NET (Photoshop)
- Obsidian Dawn Brushes (Photoshop)
This is a list of URLS where you will be able to find filters for Adobe Photoshop. Some are pay, some are free, but all are definitely worth a peek, at the very least. Know of something you’d like to add? Let me know!
- Photoshop – The Filters
- OptikVerve Labs
- Mehdi Plugins
- Flaming Pear Software (Some $$$)
- Alien Skin Software ($$$)
- Auto FX Software ($$$)
- Xero Photoshop Plugins
- 8bf Photoshop Plugins
- Amphisoft Plugins
- Amalthera Plugin Collection
- DCFilters
- Des Filtres (French)
- The Digital Art Shop (Some $$$)
- Graphic Xtra
- Go Pog
- Harry’s Filter
- Little Ink Spot
- Luce
- Mayhem Studios
- Mezzoforce Plugins
- MV’s Plugins
- NameSuppressed Photoshop Plugins (Free for 21 Days)
- Photoshop Filters Factor
- Photo-Plugins
- Plugin Site
- Richard Roseman
- Easy Filter
- ULead Free Plugins
- VanDerLee ($$$ and Free)
Various tutorials for use in the world of Second Life. Everything from clothing creation to sculpted prims. I’ll do my best to upgrade this list as I find links, or you can let me know if you have any you would like to see added. Useful Second Life-specific tutorials are few and far between, so if you know of any, please pass them along!
- Adding Depth to Clothing Textures (Vint Falken)
- Second Life Photography: The Basics (Vint Falken)
- Second Life Photography: In-world Tips and Tricks (Vint Falken)
- Add Depth to Your Snapshots (Vint Falken)
- Using Liquify: Correct Avatar Forms and Clothes (Vint Falken)
- Creating a White Background in SL for Snapshots (Vint Falken)
- Using Beacon Lines for SL Photography (Vint Falken)
- Watermarking Second Life Snapshots (Kailie Quinn)
- Optimizing Graphic Settings for NVIDIA Cards (Kailie Quinn)
- Texture Baking Using LightWave (Pixel Dolls)
- The Second Life Seamstress (Basic Clothing Tutorials)
- Build: Tutorials, Techniques, Etc (Natalia Zelmanov)
- Second Life Tutorials Blog (Natalie Oe)
General tutorials for digital artwork that will hopefully help you add those little “something extra” touches to your art work. More will be added as I come across them.
- Drawing Digital Hair
- Creative Dust: Hair Drawing
- Davro Digital Photoshop Technique Tutorials
- Deviant Art Tutorials Index
- Digital Tutors
- Skin Retouching Video Tutorial
- Renderosity Digital Art Tutorials
Other useful, mostly Second Life related, websites of templates, tutorials, knowledge bases, etcetera.
- Chip Midnight’s Clothing and Skin Templates
- Linden Lab Official Templates
- Robin Sojourner’s Website (SL Templates, SL Tutorials, etc)
- Second Life Universe Knowledge Base
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