Spanish moss

Spanish moss is the cool hanging moss found in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Eastern North Carolina, that you see scattered through fantasy paintings and games such as Skyrim. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss

Repetitive Strain Injury or RSI

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00261 

http://www.wikihow.com/Sit-at-a-Computer

One may feel that proper sitting at a computer is just common sense, however, many of us artists, who work day to day for years develop repetitive strain injuries. These injuries are painful, make working more difficult, and over time can result in surgery.  So, try and nip it in the butt before it becomes a problem by sitting properly, exercising, and stretching because being an artist is already hard enough don't complicate it with pain. 

Anthony Jones Brush set

http://robotpencil.deviantart.com/#/d51wzun

 http://www.robotpencil.org/

Anthony Jones aka Robotpencil has his brushes for download on Deviantart.  Remember that brushes do not make one a better artist, but they are fun to use and can lead to some great happy accidents. Also check out his blog as well.

The Business of Art: Get what you're worth for the work that you do

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3468091

Any information that on how to make money as an artist is good.  So, here is a thread on The Something Awful Forums

If you need to laugh

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3477850

If one needs to laugh check out these comics about art.  It is a good way to take a break.

Atomhawk Design

1 Day work 2000 pixels wide

4 Days work 3000 pixels wide

7 Days Work 5000 pixels wide

This is what one should expect when working as a professional artist.  Here is a goal for time management.  Check out Atomhawk Design process for more details in regards to what you need to practice in order to create this caliber of work with these deadlines.

Hawken Story Teaser ITD

I am going to start tagging things on here called ITD which stands for Inspiration To Draw.  I sometimes find things on "the internet" that inspire me. Usually this is because the creators put their heart and sole into it and I think a little bit of it spills over.  Enjoy Hawken from Adhesive Games  

Trevor Claxton

http://trevorclaxton.blogspot.com/

http://www.livestream.com/claximumoverdrive

http://trevor.cghub.com/

Trevor is an amazing artist that works at CCP as a Senior concept artist he also has a live stream above where one can learn about the games industry.  He is more then willing to answer questions about technique and about what to expect when working as a professional artist.

James Gurney talks CounterChange

 http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/04/counterchange.html

"Counterchange is the reversal of tonal relationships between a form and its background which occurs from one end of the form to another." GurneyJourney

If you want more info visit the link

Anthony Jones and His Amazing Render Brush

Anthony Jones points out how there really is no secret to becoming great at art.  I think all of us know this, but at times we still search for this holy grail. 
Anthony Jones is an amazing teacher. Check out his links


http://www.robotpencil.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Robotpencildesign
 http://robotpencil.deviantart.com/

Dan Warren Live Stream

http://www.livestream.com/danielsdangerroom

Dan Warren host a live stream channel where he paints for about 8 hours a day.  This is a classroom in itself and Dan is so willing to go out of his way to make others better artists.  He will critique work and the best part is he pulls no punches, that is, he is honest direct and takes no excuse for not practicing the basics.

Dave Rapoza

http://crimsondaggerblood.blogspot.com/


http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/


http://davidrapozaart.deviantart.com/


http://www.youtube.com/daverapoza

Dave is a self taught artist who gives his free time to forum educate.  If you have not been to crimson daggers, stop reading this and go there now.  It humbles me to see how much he has given back to the digital art community.

"Anatomy" we all love it and hate it. Maybe this will help

3d anatomy websites zygotebody and biodigital are free, biodigitalhuman shows names of muscles and then has the disembodied voice from Speak and Spell narrate. 


http://www.biodigitalhuman.com/default.html


http://www.zygotebody.com/


http://www.muscleandmotion.com/freeversion.aspx?gclid=CK3KwrPPta4CFQ8yhwodzjAyqA


 http://www.visiblebody.com/tour_what_is_it

Sinix

http://sinix.deviantart.com/


http://www.youtube.com/user/sinixdesign


I just found him on youtube and deviantart, he really has done a great job offering information on industrial design, workflow, and has great links to other tutorials. One thing to remember while watching these tutorials is that without practicing the basic fundamentals of art and design, one will become frustrated, discouraged, and possibly create some very bad habits.