ART GAINZ

tutorials

fundamentals

draw a box exercises for learning the fundamentals of drawing
artgraphica tutorials with a focus on specific mediums/techniques
ctrl+paint fundamentals of digital painting
android arts fundamentals, applies more to digital painting
dimensions of color color theory, with some tangents on lighting

pixel art

lospec tutorials fundamentals and more
slynyrd fundamentals and various
make games with derek fundamentals
2d will never die various
les forges pixel art course fundamentals
saint11 mostly animation
gas13 various
creating pixel art fundamentals
pixel logic fundamentals (paid)

references

humans

sketchdaily searchable
posespace searchable
photo reference for comic artists searchable
figurosity searchable
character designs categorized
faestock @ deviantart photos
pose-emporium @ deviantart photos
adorkastock @ deviantart photos
line of action timed figure drawing
anatomy360 360 degree 3d scans of humans
3d.sk 360 degree 3d models of humans
sankakucomplex idols 🔞 nsfw photos of idols/cosplayers/egirls
hairfinder categorized hairstyles
hand poses galore hand refs, mostly cartoons
/r/humanporn inspiration
/r/humansaremetal inspiration

animals / wildlife

line of action > animals timed figure drawing
/r/wildlifephotography
/r/natureismetal cw for [natural] animal death/violence
/r/birding
/r/birdpics

environments

mapcrunch random location on google maps
/r/autumnporn
/r/winterporn

natural

manmade

plants

vehicles

food

objects

/r/machineporn
firearm schematics
/r/gunporn
/r/knifeporn
scan the world 3d scans of statues and other artifacts

assets

stock

unsplash license
pixabay license
pexels license
the pic pac image packs. CC0
smithsonian open access public domain
new york public library public domain
british library public domain
biodiversity heritage library public domain
project apollo archive public domain
old book illustrations public domain
from old books public domain
public domain review public domain
subtlepatterns seamless patterns
the pattern library seamless patterns
wild textures seamless textures and patterns. license
いらすとや　クリップアート
undraw - vector illustrations. license

colors

terms to know

hue - a color itself (ie red)
shade - hue + black
tint - hue + white
tone - hue + gray
analogous - colors next to each other on the color wheel (ie red + orange)
complementary - colors opposite each other on the color wheel (ie red + green)
triadic - colors equally spaced on the color wheel (red + blue + yellow)

theory

for real tho just read the wiki article on color theory its very useful
DONT USE PURE BLACK (#000) OR PURE WHITE (#FFF)! ok not never, but use them significantly less! only use them if you need them.
dont use the same color for shading or highlighting -- by default use a color next to it on the color wheel. ie: if you need a highlight for something red, dont use light red. use light yellow. for shadows use purple. but try colors elsewhere on the color wheel too!
another rule of thumb for lighting: use warm colors for highlights and cool ones for shadows. not always, but its useful to keep in mind.

palettes

pickers/generators

coolors color scheme maker + collector. used to be my favorite site, but WAY too much stuff is locked behind premium now :/
colormind ai-generated
palette generator color scheme from image
colorspace generates a palette from one color
colorize word to color
colorpicker for data creates a gradient between two colors
randoma11y generates a 2 color palette with accessibility in mind
colorsafe create a palette with accessibility in mind
hello color generates a 2 color palette with accessibility in mind

finding/sharing

lospec color schemes designed for pixel art (but can be used for other things too)
color hunt 4-hue color palettes
lol colors 4-hue color palettes
adobe colors
nippon colors colors used in japanese art
zhongguose colors used in chinese art
color leap color schemes based on art/media from different eras in history
brandcolors colors used by brands
colorful gradients bot-generated gradients

UIX

themes

nord
dracula

typography

fonts in use inspiration and identification
typewolf inspiration and identification
fontmeme inspiration and identification
fontjoy font pairings

fonts

google fonts open source fonts
fontsquirrel free + commercial use ok
fontlibrary free + various open licenses
fontshare free for personal/commercial use
dafont free + various licenses
fontesk free + various licenses
fontspace free + various licenses
the league of moveable type free + open source
indestructible type free + open source
velvetyne free + open source
use modify free + open source
ドットコロン　フリーとオープンソース
oldschool pc fonts fonts from old computers and operating systems
caveras fonts from video games
codeface fonts for programming