These links are a selection from my favourite art/artist sites. I’ve got a lot more but I have to set a limit somewhere! I’ve also included some artists that I think are great but have little or no web presence. Links are listed in alphabetical order by first name, and open in a new tab. Most sites are family friendly but not all. With some of the artists, I’ve only seen their work online; things can change in print.

 

VARIETY SITES – Regularly updated sites with works by different artists:

3D Total: Lots of 3D and 2D digital art, with some good tutorials.

CGHub: Big digital art community, both 2D and 3D.

CGSociety: Heaps of 2D and 3D digital art. Big contests, useful forums, good articles.

Comic Art Community: USA superhero art isn’t my thing, but there are exceptions!

ComicArtFans: Original comic art. Can be the best place to find art by certain artists.

ConceptArt.Org: Lots more digital art, with a 2D focus. Again, useful forums.

Concept Artist Link Collection:  Collection of concept artist links. Or maybe a turtle.

Concept Art World: Selective collection of high-quality concept art.

Concept Ships: Concept art of spacecraft by various contributors.

Conga: Various artists, mostly commercial in style, chosen by Robogabo.

DeviantART: Heaps in various media. Have to hunt for the good art, but plenty there.

Drawn: Illustrators, cartoonists and animators, often with unique and quirky styles.

Lambiek: Huge list of comic artists, usually with a couple of pictures per artist.

Lines and Colors: Artists from various fields and periods. Some good choices.

Tor.com Animation: Collection of short films in various styles. Not intended for kids.

 

BUYING BOOKS & COMICS:

 

Parka Blogs: Useful reviews of ‘entertainment art’ books (eg. movies, games, anime).

Betterworldbooks: Huge range, used & new. Great shipping rates for individual items.

Amazon: Massive range. Cheap when combining shipping. Customer recommendations.

MyComicShop: Masses of comics/graphic novels. Cheap when combining shipping at Ebay.

Notes: It’s probably good to buy from local shops if you can. If you buy via a Parka link,
Parka gets a commission (which is good). Betterworldbooks’ packaging is adequate but
not superb. Amazon has handy book recommendation tools such as “Listmania”.

 

ARTISTS – DIGITAL PAINTING:

 

Bobby Chiu: Fun, character, ideas. With others at Imaginism (also at DA). CGHub.

Dawor: Fun, character, design.

Eduardo Pena: Quite ‘dark’ sometimes, but… design, energy, mood. CGS. CAW.

Joy Ang: Design, colour, often a sense of fun. CGHub. DA.

Marcin Jakubowski: Variety, form, colour, fun, design. CAW. CGS.

Mattias Snygg: Some ‘dark’ stuff but good lighting, texture, mood, form.

Michael Kutsche:  Character, detail, texture, mood, fun. CGS. CAW. DA. CGHub. Blog.

Moises Braga: Character, fun.

Olijosman: Character, detail, precision, form. CGS.

Sam Nielson: Fun characters, nice lighting. CGHub. DA.

 

ARTISTS – CONCEPT ART/VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

Annis Naeem: Digital & pen. Sci-fi/fantasy stuff. Blog. DA. CGS. CGHub.

Bill Cone: Pastels. His site is landscape rather than concept art, but it’s all good.

Carlo Arellano: Digital. Characters and machines. Design, rendering, form.

Chris Ayers: Various media and styles. Character, form, design, fun. Blog.

Colin Stimpson: Digital and pencil. Animation design. Characters and ‘scapes. Blog.

Craig Mullins: Digital. Light, texture, suggestion of detail. Sci-fi/fantasy.

Denise Blakely Fuller: Digital and pencil. Colour, tone, composition, design.

Erwin Madrid: Digital. I like his personal art the most. Stylised. Blog.

Eyvind Earle: Paint. Stylised, colourful animation design.

Gabriel Garza: Digital. Sci-fi machines. Light, form, scale. CAW. CGHub.

Jaime Jones: Digital. Light, texture, suggestion of detail. CGHub.

Jeff Turley: Digital. Stylised, generally light-hearted. Design, colour.

Jose Lopez: Digital and pencil. Animation character design.

M. C. Barrett: Digital. Sci-fi/fantasy. Light, texture, form. CGHub.

Nathan Fowkes: Physical and digital media. Light, colour, texture. Blog.

Nicolas Bouvier (Sparth): Sci-fi. Design, scale, colour. CAW. Blog. CGS.

P. Chan: Digital. Cartoony and realistic, sci-fi/fantasy. Form, colour, fun.

Richard Vander Wende: Physical and digital media. Highly realistic style.

Ryan Lang: Digital and pencil. Characters, sci-fi craft, ‘scapes, various. Blog.

Scott Robertson: Digital. Design, form, light, polish, action. CAW. CGS article.

Sebastien Larroude: Digital. Sci-fi ‘scapes. Composition, implied detail. Blog. CGHub.

Oga Kazuo: Animation background art/art direction. Some Studio Ghibli films. Book.

Xiangyuan Jie: Physical and digital media. Colour, design, light. Film work.

 

ARTISTS – GALLERY ART (my kind of gallery, anyway!)

 

Alex Hamilton: Paint. Aviation art. Light, mass, form.

Arthur Streeton: Impressionist. Atmosphere, texture. Wikipedia.

Caspar David Friedrich: Paint. Reality-based but fantasy feel. Composition, tone.

Dick Kramer: Pencil. Police and military art. Detail, form, composition.

Ivor Hele: Paint, pencil. War artist (from WWII). Character, form, mood.

Sebastian Krüger: Paint. Portraits and caricatures. Detail, character, texture. Blog.

Tom Kuebler: Crazy sculptures. Detail, realism, character.

 

ARTISTS – COMICS/COMIC STRIPS/GRAPHIC NOVELS:

 

Adi Granov: Pencil, wash, digital. Form, surfaces (especially machines). CGHub.

Alain Auderset: Pen? Digital colour. Design, quirky thinking.

Albert Uderzo: Ink. Famous for “Asterix”. Character, fun, energy, line.

Bill Watterson: Ink. Famous for “Calvin & Hobbes”. Imagination, line, fun, energy.

Charles Schulz: Ink – “Peanuts”. Simplicity, concepts.

Don Lawrence: Ink/paint. Sci-fi. Detail, form, texture, scale. “Storm” previews.

Francis Bergese: Ink, paint. Aviation (it’s all about the ‘planes!). Precision, form.

George Herriman: Ink – “Krazy Kat”. Layout, visual fun. Search title > Krazy Kat.

Ian Kennedy: Pen, ink, paint. Mostly UK air combat comics. Interview.

Jose Maria Jorge: Pen, ink. Mostly UK air combat comics. Detail, realism. Post. Post.

Kazu Kibuishi: Pencil, ink, digital colour. Design, layout, pacing.

Kurt Huggins/Zelda Devon (“Teetering Bulb”): Digital. Colour, composition, clarity.

Sarah Mensinga: Digital, pencil. Linework, expressiveness, design. Blog.

Seth Fisher (pen) & Chris Chuckry (digital colour): See “Green Lantern: Willworld”.

Shaun Tan: Physical media. Mostly picture books, but then there’s “The Arrival”.

Tim McBurnie: Digital. Colour, layout, character drawing. Blog.

Travis Charest: Pencil, ink, paint, digital. Form, detail, design. Blog.

Winsor McCay: Ink. Detail, design, ideas. Search title > Little Nemo. Editorial art.

 

ARTISTS – ILLUSTRATORS:

 

Bernie Wrightson: Pen/ink. For me, it’s all about his Frankenstein illustrations!

Christophe Vacher: Paint. Generally fantasy. Colour, composition, detail.

Dennis Jones: Paint/digital. Fun, character. “See With Me Bible”. Blog. Old blog.

Greg & Tim Hildebrandt: Paint. I like the fantasy/fairytale stuff. Colour, form, light.

John Berkey: Paint. Mostly sci-fi. Scale, implied detail, atmosphere, colour.

Norman Rockwell: Paint. Character, detail, texture, composition. Art. Allposters.

Paul Bonner: Paint. Fantasy and some sci-fi. Detail, form, fun, character.

Robert Ingpen: Paint (drybrush). Fantasy/classic lit. Texture, form, character.

Shigeo Koike: Paint. Box art for aircraft model kits. Light, detail, atmosphere. More.

 

ARTISTS – 3D CGI

 

Marco Rolandi: Sci-fi structures, ‘scapes and ships. Light, scale, design. CGS.

Neil MacCormack: Some 2D as well. Sci-fi. Design, colour, light, scale. CGS.

Tiong-Seah Yap: Sci-fi buildings and machines. Light, scale, design. CGS. DA.

 

ARTISTS – VARIOUS

 

Glenn Jones: Digital. Tee shirt design. Wit, simplicity.