Category: Artist Resources

Find here all the digital artist resources you need as an aspiring (or established) artist. And while many of my posts are specific to digital workflows, there is still something in here for traditional artist, too. Note, I generally post as I find them so there is not specific order to the posts.

You might argue that everyone can just google this stuff. But Google cannot help make a strong recommendation. That is where I come in — I only post on digital artist resources I personally recommend.

You will discover posts on favorite artists, magazines, websites, and software and hardware reviews. While my posts are not comprehesive, I’ve tried to curate only the best of best tools and digital artist resources that I personally use (and thus recommend).

If you think I’m missing something, or want to me add your favorite digital artist resource to this category, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

Artist Resource no. 17: Trent Kaniuga

Trent Kaniuga is a professional artist who works in “the industry” where the industry is all things fantastical. Cuz his art is fantastic! Get it?! Oh, you’re no fun. 😛

In all seriousness, Trent has been contributing and influencing professional concept artists for the past two plus decades. And he more so, he has spent a lot of time creating awesome tutorials that you can purchase on his Gumroad site. He also publishes a ton of free content on his YouTube channel, often where he teases some of his paid-for content on the aforementioned site.

Artist Resource no 16: ImagineFX

If you’ve looked for 2DArtist on the magazine racks or in the Apple App Store, I’m sorry to say that it folded sometime in 2018. But no worries, there is something new (to me) and you on the block: ImagineFX.

Artist Resource no 15: Color Gamut

If you happened to grab a copy of Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painer by James Gurney then you may recall a reference to an image’s color gamut. As useful as that information is, more useful is having a tool that generates a color gamut for you to work from. And fortunately, there are a few tools out there for you!

Artist Resource no 14: Digitally Painting Light and Color: Amateur to Master

If you recall me talking about Austin Batchelor before, then you are right! I previously featured him here back on Artists Resource no 10. And now I’m back with a more specific review of one his online courses found at Udemy: Digitally Painting Light and Color: Amateur to Master.

Artist Resource No 13: Color and Light

If you haven’t already, I encourage you read my post on color theory.

If you are not familiar with James Gurney, you are likely familiar with his works as creator of Dinotopia. James is an exceedingly accomplished artist, with a well established reputation for creating exceedingly realistic renderings even when the material is often fantastical in nature.