The best inspiration I can show to anyone who doesn't think they have what it takes to draw and paint amazing pictures. All it takes is perseverance, an ability to recognise your own mistakes, and knowing what to do to correct them (and if you don't know, get on sites like conceptart, CGHub or CGTalk).
A video of 9 years of artwork progression from the guy I knew as MindCandyMan on conceptart:
http://vimeo.com/29510470
Valve's amazing DOTA 2 character notes:
http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2CharacterArtGuide.pdf
A great look at colour theory, broken down into smaller bitesize topics:
And amazing detailed anatomy resource:
http://inspirationalartworks.blogspot.co.uk/p/anatomy-images.html?zx=221461580a6ecab3
A storyboard artist from dreamworks, a great look at character and anatomy in more stylised character work.
http://radhowto.blogspot.co.uk/
Overview of cloth and folds:
http://www.mightyartdemos.com/mightyartdemos-bradley.html
Linran's thoughts on light and colour, using the RGB slider:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=148355
A great colour gamut masking tool:
http://www.livepaintinglessons.com/gamutmask.php
info on Gamut masking from the Gurneymeister:
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/gamut-masking-tool.html
A great colour gamut masking tool:
http://www.livepaintinglessons.com/gamutmask.php
info on Gamut masking from the Gurneymeister:
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/gamut-masking-tool.html
Seargent's painting techniques: From James Gurney's awesome blog:
And the full pdf they came from:
http://goodbrush.com/misc/painting_lessons/sargent_notes.pdf
A great little tutorial on light and form:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V3WmrWUEIJo
All of this guy's youtube vids are worth watching to be honest - he breaks stuff down very simply.
A great little tutorial on light and form:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V3WmrWUEIJo
All of this guy's youtube vids are worth watching to be honest - he breaks stuff down very simply.