Online Artist Resources:







Amateur Illustrator. "Amateur Illustrator provides a platform for artists and illustrators to showcase their work and receive critique. The forums are the real heart of the community where most of the discussion goes on and the articles section aims to provide useful and informative reading on all things art and illustration."






The Drawing Board. "The Drawing Board is an ever-growing community of artists of different levels of ability from beginners to veterans of many fields including animation, comic books, fine art, film...you name it. The Board has developed into a place where these differently-abled artists can visit and are welcome to post their art with little stress and, perhaps, get some criticism from what is essentially a world-wide talent pool."






Drawn. "Drawn! is a multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing. Its purpose is to inspire creativity by sharing links and resources."






Exchange Art Links. "ExchangeArtsLinks.com is a free place for exchanging links. Do you have a website you'd like to share? We'll be glad to list it for you. Link to your website or portfolio, and allow visitors to learn more about you." Requires reciprocal link.







Illustration Friday. "Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation. Topics are picked each week from a list of suggestion that have been emailed by participants."






Phirebursh. "What is Phirebrush (pronounced: fire-brush)? Well, we in short, we are an online magazine (art group if you want) that displays user submissions in monthly issues. These submissions showcase visitor submitted artwork, photography, music, desktop wallpapers and writings of various styles. Unlike most art groups and e-zines, we let ANYONE submit, trying to showcase both the famous and beginners, giving everyone a voice and a chance in the spotlight. Along with each issue we release an interview as well. We try to spread the variety around, one month talking to an artist, another month with a photographer or maybe a band, spreading insight into their minds and styles. So, what is Phirebrush? Phirebrush is whatever you make it to be."






Saatchi Gallery. An online gallery that "has always aimed to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK. Many artists showing at The Saatchi Gallery are unknown when first exhibited, not only to the general public but also to the commercial art world. Many of these artists are subsequently offered shows by galleries and museums internationally. In this effect, the gallery also operates as a springboard for young artists to launch their careers."





Sclipo. "Sclipo is a social network for sharing knowledge and teaching through video and webcam. At Sclipo, you can upload as many skills-videos (tutorials, how-tos, lectures, etc.) as you want and share them through your own Academy with friends, family and people anywhere. In addition, you can teach personal classes - live! - to people anywhere on the globe via webcam (and make some money)."






Surreal Art Forum. "The Surreal, Fantastic Realism & Visionary Art Forum is a free artists resource for networking, exhibition invites, discussion, feedback, resource sharing, publication opportunities, calls for submissions, statements, competitions, gallery proposals, automatic writing, collaboration and inspiration."






Talent Database. "The Global Talent Database is the world's most comprehensive directory for talent and creativity. Think of it as a global Yellow Pages that allows people from around the world to connect with top talent in all creative fields."






WorldWide Women Artists. "Worldwide Women Artists is an international collective of women artists showing and selling our original art through the worldwide web. As women artists, we give birth to our ideas in a variety of styles and media. We embrace the diversity of each other's work, celebrating the joy of creating our art and sharing it with the world."




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