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Big 'ol list of tutorials

Wed Feb 7, 2007, 4:54 PM
*~ Updated 2/7/07 ~*
Five new tutorials added.

Why haven't I been updating? Because I went and got myself a job where I teach people how to use MS Office and Adobe InDesign. That pretty much killed any desire I have for collecting tutorials but I'm going to try and get back in the hunt. In the mean time, the place I work for has a whole site full of tutorials on... well, pretty much anything you want to learn how to do on a computer. Check it out: [link]

For those of you who don't know, new tutorials are marked with red bullets :bulletred:.

WARNING: Some of these tutorials contain nudity or other mature content. Click at your own risk.

Table of Contents
:bulletblue:Anime/Manga
:bulletblue:General Anatomy
:bulletblue:Miscellaneous
:bulletblue:Photoshop
:bulletblue:Real Media
:bulletblue:Reccommended Reading
:bulletblue:Tutorial Archives
(Sorry, DA won't let me do the internal link thing)

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Looking for more tutorials!
Send me your favorite tutorials or tutorials you wrote. If I think they're good, I'll add them to this list with "suggested by (your name)" after the link.

I consider good to be the following:
1. Easy to read/understand. This means the tutorial must be in English and use proper grammar and spelling. I'm not wasting time on some yabo who can't be bothered to run a spell check.
2. Have images. How can I possibly know if I'm doing something right if I don't know what it's supposed to look like?
3. Be about something useful. The tutorial should be about something that isn't common knowledge. I don't want to read about how to use the dump bucket.

Except for places like Sci-fi Src where this would be impossible, I personally, if not try out, then read through, each and every one of the tutorials linked here. So you know you're getting something useful.
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Anime/Manga Tutorials
:bulletblue:Drawing Clothes and Folds by *Crysa
:bulletblue:Screentone Depot: Ready made screentones
:bulletblue:How to make screen tones: From The Nameless Page
:bulletblue:How to Draw Manga at the Manga University
:bulletblue:Manga Tutorials
:bulletblue:Online Manga University
:bulletblue:Dragon Paint Tutorials
:bulletblue:Polykarbon: Both manga and Photoshop tutorials


General Anatomy Tutorials
:bulletblue:NOSE-tutorial by ~monkeyeye - finally a definitive tutorial on how to draw the NOSE!
:bulletblue:Glockart tutorials by glockgal over on lj. This one's on heads but also has links to tutorials that cover hands, digital coloring and most importantly, feet and SHOES!!!.
:bulletblue:Demon Wing tutorial by =raerae - don't see many of these around.
:bulletblue:Angel Wing tutorial" by =raerae
:bulletblue:Basic Animal Anatomy by `Cedarseed - just what we all need. Really, I've never come across a tutorial like this. It's brilliant
:bulletblue:Anime Ears Tutorial - for those funny things that stick out the sides of our heads.
:bulletblue:Express Guide: Figure Drawing by `Cedarseed
:bulletblue:PortraitArtist.org rather self explanatory
:bulletblue:Save Loomis: Personally I've never tried any of his books, but Andrew Loomis' name keeps coming up whenever someone asks about figure drawing, download his books here.
:bulletblue:Wing Photos: Looking for a specific species of birds? This is the place.
:bulletblue:How to Draw Wings
:bulletblue:Spatter and Soak Tutorial: by ~biancamarou I've been seeing alot of questions in the forums lately on how to draw blood, here's a tutorial, finally, on blood splatters


Misc
:bulletred:Animated Avatar Tutorial: by =CleverMazohyst - How to make an animated gif image
:bulletblue:ColorBlender.com: Not a tutorial but a really nice little tool that helps with color matching.
:bulletblue:Inking Tutorial for Painter by *celesse
:bulletblue:Tutorials and Illustration series by `Cedarseed - alright, I might as well just link to this deviant's journal, she's got so many good tutorials on anatomy and even ASIAN DRAGONS. How often have you seen a tutorial on that?! I'm in love!
:bulletblue:Color Theory by `Cedarseed - exactly what it says
:bulletblue:So You Want to Buy a Tablet - every thing you ever wanted to know about tablets.
:bulletblue:Qbranch: Web portal with links to all kinds of pages with excellent reference pictures.
:bulletblue:Art Materials FAQ
:bulletblue:PNG Opacity


Photoshop Tips
:bulletred:How to CG Without Outlines by ~waterlilly - Pretty self explanatory
:bulletred:Brush the difficulties away by *AquaSixio - An excellent introduction to the intricacies of Photoshop's brush tool
:bulletred:Noise Reduction: by ~sican - How to eliminate noise in digital photography
:bulletred:Clever layer player by *AquaSixio - How to use layers most effectively.
:bulletblue:Heavy Lifting Tutorial by *augustc4 - Lift your line art without using the pentool or Multiply! :pointl: I highly recommend trying this out, makes things so much easier.
:bulletblue:Background Lighting Effects by *ramy - just some really quick bg ideas, also features a section on how to do water. Worth a look!
:bulletblue:Light Sparkle Tutorial by *Shintei-chan
:bulletblue:Old Paper-Look Tutorial by ~princendymion
:bulletblue:Fur Coloring Tutorial by ~Fatal-mantis85
:bulletblue:Toning Tutorial by ~spirapride, skin toning, includes links to more advanced tutorials as well.
:bulletblue:Dark Book of Photoshop by ~subcity, this got a DD so I probably don't need to link it but I want to so I'm going to...
:bulletblue:Starry Sky Tutorial by ~Fatal-mantis85
:bulletblue:You have your head in my cloud by *AquaSixio - excellent tutorial on cloud painting.
:bulletblue:Merecat Creations: Link to tutorials is 3rd from left on top menu bar
:bulletblue:Remove Notebook Paper Lines: Generally I try to avoid Elfwood, the place is a mess, but this tutorial is too good to pass up. Where was this when I actually needed it?!
:bulletblue:Steel Dolphin: tutorials by Chris Arlidge. Tuts on PS, Illustrator and art/design theory
:bulletblue:Sci-fi Source a DA account devoted to space art tutorials
:bulletblue:Nethersphere Photoshop Tips
:bulletblue:Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips: self explanatory
:bulletblue:Tutorials from Blue Zombie's Esrix. Send Esrix love!
:bulletblue:Photoshop Cel Shading by *celesse
:bulletblue:Basics of Painting in Photoshop by *nykolai
:bulletblue:Pocket Mole: Photoshop painting
:bulletblue:Digital Portraits by *nykolai
:bulletblue:Polykarbon: Both manga and Photoshop tutorials


Real Media
:bulletred:Cosplay: Metal Texture TUtorial: by :devisachantag: - How to imitate an aged metal look for props
:bulletblue:Colour Dynamics Tutorial by *shoomlah - done in PS but definitely a real media tutorial.
:bulletblue:How to Make Raver Pants from Enlightened Libra, a very awesome clothing company
:bulletblue: Chainmail tutorial by =Gold-Seven - for all you heroic types out there.
:bulletblue:Basic Gleam Effects by ~espers, also links to more tutorials in the series
:bulletblue:Mark Sibley: tutorials not just for pencil artists, but everyone. Click on the "Studio Tips" button on the lefthand menu.
:bulletblue:A Review of Manga Supplies by `mangapunksai
:bulletblue:Tutorials by John Hagan: Covers color, perspective, texture design and more!


Recommended Reading
:bulletblue:Itch Studios - tutorial by Niklas Janson. Covers just about everything. Shading, perspective, digital painting.
:bulletblue:Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud - a must for any comics artist.
:bulletblue:Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy by Christopher Hart - Okay, maybe not amazingly easy, how about alot easier?
:bulletblue:How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by Stan Lee and John Buscema


Tutorial Archives
:bulletblue:Catalyst Walk-In Workshop Online Curriculum: The people I currently work for. Tutorials for everything from Photoshop to Podcasting and Linux to video editing. It's all here!
:bulletblue:Writing HTML: HTML tutorial
:bulletblue:Pootato.org: Photoshop 7, CSS and HTML tutorials
:bulletblue:W3Schools: Web programming tutorials
:bulletblue:Good Tutorials.com - Good tutorials on basically anything under the sun.
:bulletblue:Photoshop Gurus: decent selection for all levels
:bulletblue:Pixel2Life - offers tutorials on a wide variety of programs. Haven't personally tried any of them but they came highly recommended.
:bulletblue:GFXartist.com: all kinds of good stuff by very good people.

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:icontasuki-no-miko:
LOL, I'm going to be trying to make a tutorial sooner or later ^_^;;

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:icontasuki-no-miko:
How to CG... haven't really decided on a particular part (e.g. hair, skin, etc), but it will be about CGing in Photoshop

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:iconburntpheonix:
Cool! D'ya want me to add it to my list when you post it?

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List of helpful tutorials on a variety of subjects
:icontasuki-no-miko:
Sure, if I ever finish it, that'd be great XP

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:iconburntpheonix:
Hmmm, I wonder how many hits I actually get on this thing...

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List of helpful tutorials on a variety of subjects
:iconrabidwire:
Would you mind if I linked to this on my website? I've skimmed through them and they look useful.

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