Photoshop Mega list from Fossfor's laboratory

Tutorials:
http://psd.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/
http://www.emagzin.com/featured/photoshop-101-beginning-photoshop/
http://www.edesignerz.net/tutorials/photoshop
http://speckyboy.com/2010/02/22/a-round-up-of-50-fresh-photoshop-tutorials-and-techniques/
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/
http://www.psdvault.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/photoshop/
http://www.tipsquirrel.com/
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/
http://www.tutorial9.net/category/photoshop/
http://tinyurl.com/33vpmjz
http://machoarts.com/17-best-photoshop-cs5-video-tutorials


Brushes:
http://www.brushking.eu/
http://dzineblog.com/2008/10/45-sites-to-download-photoshop-brushes.html
http://www.blendfu.com/
http://www.noupe.com/freebie/ultimate-collection-of-photoshop-brushes-actions-and-styles.html
http://josweb.co.uk/blog/2010/10/latest-free-high-res-photoshop-brushes-collection/
http://acrisdesign.com/2010/11/750-free-watercolor-photoshop-brushes/
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools/brushes.html
http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/
http://www.brushdirectory.com/


Patterns:
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/photoshop-patterns/
http://www.brushdirectory.com/patterns/

Shapes:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/11/the-ultimate-collection-of-photoshop-custom-shapes/

Gigantic list of tips from users:
http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2010/10/photoshop-tips-from-photoshop-fans.html


An enormous list of Photoshop sites:
http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/the-ultimate-photoshop-toolbox.html


Or if you hate Photoshop and think it costs the earth try one of these instead!

3 Art podcasts not to miss

I am a podcast addict and recently came across some really good art pods via Twitter:
Escape from Illustration island podcast
Chris Oatley artcast
Art and story podcast

the guys who do these podcasts also have super sites so have a look at them while you listen to their pods.

Brushes and Colors: digital sketchbooks

There has been a bit of a buzz lately about Brushes, an app which turns your iPhone into a mini sketchpad. Apparently even David Hockney uses this! I have not tried Brushes but I do use Colors, another little app for the iPhone and Nintendo DS.
Colors is a great app, I use it on my DS lite with a chunky kid's stylus. One of the things that make it so great is that it takes advantage of the pressure sensitivity of the DS lite, just as if you were using a real Wacom or Cyntiq, but pocket sized. I'm not sure if Brushes has this feature but I don't think so.
To put Colors on your DS you have to buy a flash cart for homebrew apps. I use a R4 Revolution for DS. It is quite easy to set up, there is a good walkthrough on joystiq.

Brushes gallery

Colors gallery and my page

2D Artist online magazine

2D Artist is a downloadable PDF Magazine on concept art, digital and matte-painting. It is full of articles on techniques, tutorials, interviews, galleries and a lot more. You can download a 'lite' version for free or pay for the full one which is $4.50 or €3.24. This is pretty good value. I wish there was a print version, although it would probably be very expensive, and I suppose you could always print out the bits you really like.

Artzmania: Free e-zine n° 9

There was an issue of the free e zine Artzmania in July that passed me by, but happily you can still download all the back issues here. These zines are packed with interesting images, issue 9 has 478 pages.

2D painting from A to Z

This tutorial by David Revoy is really interesting. It sometimes gets a bit dense as the original was in french, but it's worth the effort. He talks about Painter, Photoshop, The Gimp, Daz studio and Artweaver. The last three are all freeware and can replace the others if you're willing to learn them.
The Gimp is open source and similar to Photoshop.It can be a bit tricky to learn,but some people love it.
Daz studio can be used intead of Poser. You can import Poser figures and models into Daz and also other freeware figures such as Apollo Maximus.
Artweaver is like a cross between Photoshop and a stripped down version of Painter.

Color wheel masking

James Gurney has a fascinating article about choosing a color schemes on his blog. He uses a color wheel and a mask to select limited color palettes. He then goes on to try out various mask shapes to get different moods. This is a great idea! I don't know if he invented this but I've never come across it before and I can't wait to try this out on my latest batch of work.
You can download a digital color wheel PDF file here from Tobey Sanford's site.

Become a better artist

Imagine Fx is a monthly magazine about creating fantasy art. Even if you're not into fantasy it's full of good advice for painters and illustrators. On the Imagine FX site you can consult some of their articles and tutorials, they call them 'workshops', and you can download them for free here. I liked this article called 'become a better artist'with 40 tips from various artists, some of them are really useful. And if you're wondering : is this a not so thinly disguised advert? Well, no it isn't! I really do like this mag and buy it, although I think the price is a bit steep.

Artzmania: Free e-zine

Artzmania is a free e-zine you can download here. All the issues are packed with art and design, issue 7 has 490 pages! It is presented in a browser called Spotbit which has a handy magnifying tool so you can look closely at the details. It's a great source of inspiration, especially if you can't afford expensive art magazines.