Art Lessons Galore!

I've been on a kick to watch art lessons so I thought I'd share my findings.

YOUTUBE LOVE:
Get your fix for art lessons on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/matthew39arch
Matthew of drawingtutorialsonline.com. Clips, tips and sketchbook peaks!
http://www.youtube.com/user/RivenPhoenix
Riven Phoenix from Structure of Man (See paid sites below). Clips from one of THE BEST anatomy lessons I have ever seen! You need these!
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackeri85
Blackeri aka Marta Dahling. Tastey digital art WIPs you gotta see to believe.
http://www.youtube.com/user/eelsevilla
This is good for your digital art soul!
http://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley
Mark Crilley, artist of Miki Falls, youtube channel. Draw yourself some manga.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Mercuralis
Fantastic digital artist. Fantastic youtube experience.
http://www.youtube.com/user/reiqws
Anime style, digital art and boobs...nuff said.


FREE TUTORIAL SITES:
www.drawspace.com
You have to register but there's tons of great gemstones on this site 8D!
http://imaginefx.com/
For Digital sci-fi/ fantasy art. These guys have a magazine by the same name but if you register they have a few of their pages free for download. They also have an AWESOME forum =D!
www.deviantart.com
You have to create an account (free!) but the diversity of resources will send you back for more.
www.artshow.com
No registration required!
http://www.wetcanvas.com/
Mostly for painting as the name implies, but delicious tutorials non-the-less.
And no need to register =D!


WATERCOLOR SITES:
http://www.rolandlee.com/art_lessons.php
Totally Free watercolor landscape lessons!
http://susieshort.net/watercolor-tips.html
Wonderful floral painting tips and the like =D!
http://www.watercolor-online.com/
They got more than just tutorials. You can also view artists, product overview, competitions, and chat in the discussion forum!!

PAID SITE:
These sites you have to dish out some bucks but they are worth it.

www.comictutorials.com
It's cheap to subscribe especially for all the content and freebies you get.
If you're in the comic scene defiantly go look into it!
http://www.digitalarttutorials.com/
If you haven't bought or seen their CDs then you should. They are inexpensive and full of wonderful tips.
http://www.alienthink.com/
Riven Phoenix, Structure of man series. If you need to learn anatomy then you need these. (And you can't beat $90 for 55 HOURS of drawing instruction! )
He also has tutorials on color and perspective.
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/
I can't live without their videos, and they have everything from sculpting to digital art. And if the prices scare you just remember...these videos are top of the line quality and they don't get better than this!

Artybuzz.com

Artybuzz.com, a UK based art site, is the new kid in town when it comes to art communities. Any artist is free to join and display their artwork. Artists can even submit their art to make prints, mugs or t-shirts much like sites like Deviantart or Redbubble. Users of Artybuzz can set your mark up price for each item or use the default mark up. I don't know the speed or quality of the prints and shipping since I haven't tried but they do boast a high quality and a quick turn around.

What's great is they don't just limit to one or two kinds of artwork but encourage users to submit all sorts of artwork. I've seen a vast display of different types of art including sculptures. Artwork categories is organized by media rather than themes.

This site also sports groups and contests for it's ever growing community. Groups are pretty straight forward in which you don't have to “join” them but simply add your appropriate artwork to the group. There is even a main blog where artists are featured for the website. Users can also interact with other artists in the community by favorite-ing and commenting on art pieces.

The interface for Artybuzz is pretty simple and straight forward. Once logged-in a user can do their updates from the “your account” section. Uploading art is pretty easy too! One just first uploads the picture then is taken to the next step to fill in the blanks. From there you can decide if you want to sell your artwork or not.

My only criticism is it lacks a message board which, I think, would help really push this site to be more interactive for users. As great as it is for a website to really be about the art; it's always good to really have a place to give artists a voice. I've seen some really creative things come out of art communities with message boards and grow faster because it's a glue to really help bind the community. Just take a look at sites like artwanted.com, conceptart.org, deviantart, and cgwaves.

Overall this is definitely an art community to keep tabs as it has a bright future ahead of it.

Flash back to the 80's JemCON/ 2011 He-man movie

There is a convention for Jem and the holograms.

Yes I'm serious go to http://www.jemcon.org if you don't believe me.

It's this September in New Hampshire.

Man this brings back nostalgia from my childhood. Jem was always the coolest; a rock star by night and a super hero by er...night? hehehe

Now if I could find a convention for She-ra...
Well maybe there isn't one but apparently Sony is possibly working on a He-man movie for 2011. Maybe we'll luck out and she-ra will be in it THIS TIME =P!
http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5736