open sources

FreeArtSoftware lists the best free graphic design software downloads. Some may be test versions and only valid for 30 days, others are designed as freeware or licensed under open source.

freeartsoftware.com

Evyind Earle

Eyvind Earle was an author and illustrator, best known for his contribution to backgroundspainting and styling of Disney animated films in the 1950s. Finally, EvyindEarle.com goes online with many images of his oil paintings and serigraphs.

 EvyindEarle.com

New at the App Store

Adobe releases Photoshop Touch today.
The Little brother of CS5 is available for iPad 2 only and comes with a fairly low resolution of 1,600 x 1,600 pixels.

www.adobe.com

Buy at iTune Store for $9.99

concept art online conference

This global conference creates a direct worldwide connection to leading industry veterans, including game, film, and associated trans-media fields. It provides daily keynotes, over 100 speaker presentations, departmental talks, as well as secure greenlight pitch and mentor sessions. The program includes gripping discussion, informative Q&A periods, shared post-mortems and career days too.

Track topics include I.P. Development, Production, Art, Design, Technology, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Media and Business, This important event is brought to life within an easy, proven, secure, online tool suite that is conveniently available 24/7.

Info and registration at conceptart.org

art blog

…and here is another nice web blog. This time hosted by architect Alison Sampson featuring hundreds of remarkable images from comics, illustration, architecture and graphic design.

spaceintext.wordpress.com

screenshots

For resource hunters and all those interested in cinematography, here are some nice websites with movie screengrabs. The first link is exclusively dedicated to Hitchcock's films:

www.hitchcockwiki.com
framefilter.blogspot.com
cinemosaic.blogspot.com
evanerichards.com

Google Art Project

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.


The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

www.googleartproject.com

work in progress

Artboxforum offers a site with samples of sequential art in the field of comic book illustration, showing the different stages of a page from rough sketch and inking to colored pages.


·Storyboard, lápiz y tinta y color por Adrián Fernández.

sneak peek

EXPLORE is an opportunity for artists of any level and discipline to sample the TAD experience - a week filled with live demos, visiting professionals, and advice from some of the star students. For five days this November, The Art Department(TAD) is offering an exclusive sneak-peek inside the virtual classrooms through EXPLORE, an introduction to TAD Interact with the esteemed faculty and industry professionals such as Jon Foster, George Pratt, Sterling Hundley, and others. Registration is $75 per applicant, and is open to participants both domestic and international. A full schedule of events and course descriptions is listed here.

theartdepartment.org

Eric Brown is known as a concept artist who worked on films such as Titanic, Alien Resurrection and most currently Tron: Uprising.

He recently published the 64-page hardcover called Autodraw, Concept Book Vol 1, which collects mostly his personal work and some from the film industry.

The book can be purchased on his blog and there is a more detailed review and preview pics at Parka Blogs

http://ericlloydbrown.blogspot.com/

San Francisco, Nov. 19.-22.2011

WorkshopSF is an event designed by artists for artists. For four days, top creative professionals from the worlds of entertainment, film, games, comics and fine art come together to share their techniques and ideas with you. The event is geared to instruct and inspire students and professionals alike.

WorkshopSF will include live demonstrations: digital and traditional, figure painting and drawing, lectures on character, creature, environment and technological design, storytelling for comic books, cover and marketing illustration, information on business practices, portfolio reviews and much more. There will be a recruitment day, so don’t forget to bring your best works!

massiveblackworkshop.com

Tutorial

Prepare to embrace the Dark Side of the Force as Darth Maul designer Iain McCaig shows you how to tattoo a Sith Lord and live to tell the tale. Read the full tutorial at imaginefx.com and download the support files (21.86Mb). More at his blog: iainmccaig.blogspot.com
www.imaginefx.com

art, design and free resources

Designzzz is a great resource for all artists related to digital publishing, web-design and typography. The site offers all kinds of web-news and inspiring tutorials in various fields of graphic design.

www.designzzz.com

animation blog

On Animation is a daily blog for animation and film-making enthusiasts and is gaining recognition as a portal of inspiration for the industry. The blog features short films, inspirational art, tips & tricks, instructional resources, quotes, student works, and much more.

www.onanimation.com

book illustration

Uncovered Cover Art is a website designed for artists who want to show off their passion for illustrating children's books, art directors looking for artists to illustrate children's books and agents on the lookout for new talent. Subsmissions of artwork can be emailed to uncoveredcoverart@gmail.com

http://uncoveredcoverart.wordpress.com

online competition

There is no globally recognized logo for human rights. In order to find it, a global creative online competition with cash prizes and open to everyone is to be launched. Upload your submissions to www.humanrightslogo.net, latest until 31st of July, 2011

short animation

A well designed short film and homage to painter Jackson Pollock, and to the history of painting in general. Dripped was directed by French animator Léo Verrier and produced at Paris-based ChezEddy.



www.premium-films.com

Southwest Art Competition

The 2011 Artistic Excellence Competition, offers a chance to win cash and gain valuable exposure for your work.

The 13 winning artists will be published in the December 2011 issue of Southwest Art and on their website.

Deadline: August 1, 2011, Click here to enter online

www.southwestart.com

Brian Wood's free artbook

Brian Wood, creator of the beautifully rendered graphic series DMZ, now offers a free download of the entire 132-page 'Public Domain 2' artbook on his website. For those who are not yet familiar with the series, there is a free download of DMZ issue #1 available at Vertigo/DC.

More of his work, including links to other comics can be found on his website, brianwood.com.

Sergio Toppi

Italian cartoonist, Sergio Toppi, often gets referenced as a source of inspiration by artists all over the world.

After starting out in animation and advertising he began doing comics in the 60's. Toppi's works appeared on a host of titles in Italy and abroad: an incomplete list could include Linus, Corto Maltese, Sgt. Kirk and Il Giornalino in Italy. His strips were collected in several books.

He is currently working with the French publisher Mosquito, with which he has made 22 books since 1994.

A nice collection of his work on flickr

Toppi at Editions Mosquito

SCI-FI ART NOW brings together exciting talents in the world of sci-fi illustration. Artists from China and Singapore to the United States and Europe are represented in this volume, which focuses on the latest and most imaginative work being produced today. By analyzing how technique, tools, materials and media are applied to popular sub-genres such as Aliens, Spacecrafts and robots. Detailed review as usual at Parka-Blogs.

talents wanted

The ImagineFX Rising Stars showcase is back for 2011. Like last year’s opening event, the Rising Stars campaign aims to discover, promote and celebrate the best of today’s young sci-fi and fantasy artists and illustrators, whether digital or traditionally based, from around the world. As long as you’re 25 or younger at time of entry, we want you to get involved.

Submit your best five digital or traditional pieces of artwork, with your full name, a short biography and photograph here. The deadline for all entries is 1 August 2011.

The Concept Art Blog is a great resource for all kinds of visual development related to film, game and animation. It provides many illustrations, book reviews, preview trailers and links to websites of industry pros. The language of the site can be changed by using the translator in the sidebar.
http://theconceptartblog.com/

Shaun Tan collection

Lost and Found is a collection of three jaw-dropping stories: THE RED TREE, THE LOST THING, and THE RABBITS, by Oscar® winning director and illustrator Shaun Tan. For review and preview images visit parkablogs. Read more about Shan Tan and his film debut here.

www.shauntan.net

tutorials

CreativeFan posts daily articles, quality resources, roundups, tutorials and inspiration in creative fields such as graphic design, web design, audio, music, video, computer graphics, and photography. There are plenty of interviews with artists introducing their techniques for concept art and matte painting.