Art blogsTwitter series Roundup: 21 - 40

#coolartblogs 21 to 40

40http://benmauro.blogspot.com/
39 http://dc-concept.blogspot.com/
38 http://leontinegreenberg.tumblr.com/
37 http://www.lewistrondheim.com/blog/
36 http://www.travislouie.blogspot.com/
35 http://cameronstewart.blogspot.com/
34 http://karinjurick.blogspot.com/
33http://www.creaturespot.com/
32 http://www.tomgauld.com/
31 http://www.antoniocaparo.com/
30 http://nathanfowkes.blogspot.com
29 http://www.sketchwich.com
28 http://www.sarahmensinga.blogspot.com
27 http://www.conceptsofalex.com
26 http://armandserrano.blogspot.com
25 http://mattiasa.blogspot.com
24 http://sparthconstruct.blogspot.com
23 http://dan-may.com
22 http://www.allisonsommers.com
21 http://www.mattstewartartblog.blogspot.com


I am still on the lookout for more artist blogs for the next series on Twitter. If you have an art blog or would like to suggest a good one for my next series, leave the link in the comments here or tweet me on Twitter @fossfor66

Art blogsTwitter series Roundup: 1 - 20

#coolartblogs 1 to 20

http://gregbroadmore.blogspot.com/
http://sketchsam.blogspot.com/
http://edlisketch.blogspot.com/
http://darktreestudios.blogspot.com/
http://fabien-m.blogspot.com/
http://aqualelis.blogspot.com/
http://gorillaartfare.com/
http://lungbug.blogspot.com/
http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com/
http://ecartez-vous-jarrive.blogspot.com/
http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/
http://joebeale.blogspot.com/
http://chloepaintings.blogspot.com/
http://didyoudrinkmybeer.blogspot.com/
http://benpowis.net/afar/
http://www.jonathanburtonblog.net/
http://mikelaughead.blogspot.com/
http://tiffanyprothero.blogspot.com/
http://stlewis.blogspot.com

I am looking for more artist blogs to tweet about. If you have an art blog or would like to suggest a good one for my next series on Twitter leave the link in the comments here or DM me on Twitter @fossfor66

The Art Center: get some advice from the experts

'The Art Center is a brand new place where Artists will share Ideas, Tips, and Tutorials. It will quickly grow both in content and artists from all the different art mediums. The Art Center will be a sister site to the Character Design blog'
This is a relatively new site but already has many fascinating posts full of advice about drawing and design written by pro artists. You can follow this blog on Twitter to be sure not to miss any great tidbits.

Drawing with a brush in Flash MX

Bob Flynn is a cartoonist with a great blog called Drip. He writes about using Flash MX to paint and draw. His line work looks very clean but also really natural and hand drawn.
He starts by sketching in a lighter color and then inks making use of the onion skin feature. Flash is quite a fun app to draw with and using the same techniques in this post and quite a bit of patience you can achieve quite a natural line even though drawing with vectors. Read the articles here and here.

Comic tools blog

Comic tools is a great blog. This guy is very generous with his time and knowledge. Although the title is aimed at comickers this blog has loads of useful info for anyone who draws. I really like his anatomy tutorials, he has some really good tips and tricks for inventing characters and getting them to look right.

Hobbit paintings by Justin Gerard

Justin Gerard is an illustrator I had not heard of before I came across his blog where he has some fantastic paintings illustrating the Hobbit. He works on paper with watercolours and then continues the pieces digitally. I think he manages to get the best of both techniques this way when you see the great results.
He has posted the process of the Battle of the Five armies and explains why this scene is so exciting to paint. If you are a Tolkien fan like me you must see these paintings and even if you're not they're still stunning.
There is also an interview on the excellent Tor Sf and fantasy site.

Aviary online applications : vectors

the Aviary online graphics suite have just released a new vector app called Raven. You can read about it on their blog. If you have no idea what I'm talking about read my previous post about Aviary here.

Work process by Alon

Alon's Art Work blog has a very interesting process of how he painted this fantastic Waterfall castle. He shows how he to use photocomposition, 3D models and matte painting to bring all it all together.

Easy colour palettes: Pic2color

Pic2color is a neat little app that lets you create colour palettes from any image on the web or from your own images. You can also apply the colour scheme of one image to another. There is probably a way of doing this in Photoshop, but this is faster. They have a widget version to add to sites and blogs.

An Jung Sik :concept artist

An Jung Sik also known as Ziro, is a concept artist from Korea. The character paintings on his blog are amazing, the lighting is so realistic I thought they were in 3D, but it turns out they were painted in Photoshop! I would like to know a bit more but his blog is in Korean which is beyond me.

link via Startdrawing.org

Friday Eve

Steve James is a texture and concept artist in the video game industry. His blog is Friday Eve, he has lots of great portraits and other art on there, and seems to have a thing about shoes! This one called Captain ahab is my favorite.