BIG List of Resources

Taking the list of resources off the myBU page for MA3D for later use when I no longer have student access. Also added to this list are some links given during lectures and from classmates.

I will be coming back occassionally to check for broken links and to add new links I've found. Last checked and updated on 7th, March 2014.

Some Useful Resources (click on Read More)

Concept Art:

anatomy:
http://www.anatomy.tv - Excellent resource free to Bournemouth Students

http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/ (facial muscles and simple explanation)
http://www.innerbody.com/index .html (body anatomy)
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/ (anatomy atlas)
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot. com/ (anatomy blog)
http://www.boneclones.com/ (bone database; animal, human)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibit ion/historicalanatomies/home.h tml (anatomy drawings by past artists)
http://www.fineart.sk/ (anatomy for artists)
Andrew Loomis' Figure Drawing for All its Worth (very popular text book for all artists)
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/category/121/ (Gnomon anatomy store)
http://hpc.anatomy4sculptors.com/ (human proportion calculator)
Youtube search Human dissection will also yield plenty anatomy study material. Real human flesh, you've been warned.

human pose reference photo/vid:
http://www.referencereference.com/index.html (reference video; male, female, youth, animal)
http://manstock.deviantart.com/gallery/ (male only)
http://jasonaaronbaca.deviantart.com/gallery/ (male mostly)
http://senshistock.deviantart.com/gallery/ (female mostly, prop, some extreme view angles)
http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/ (clean bg, nude, costumes, props, male, female)
http://historicalstock.deviantart.com/gallery/ (in historical costume/site)
http://grinmir-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/ (same as above, smaller)

reference library:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/22422934@N07/(large library of fungi)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59698578@N06/favorites/?view=md(larger library of fungi)
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/pictures/showgallery.php/cat/8(VERY large library of fungi)
http://www.osfcostumerentals.org/stock/index.html (costumes)
females in sensible armor (armor)
http://fuckyeah-hair.tumblr.com/ (hair style)
http://www.hairfinder.com/hairstyles_pictures.htm (large hair style library)
http://listverse.com/2008/08/16/25-hairstyles-of-the-last-100-years/ (hair style by era)
http://www.pinterest.com/victorianparlor/victorian-era-hairstyles/ (hair style, Victorian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_weapons (Wikipedia's list of weapons;'wiki has many similar lists)
http://www.pinterest.com/peachymini/character-pose/(pictorial manual of martial art pose)

Drawing Learning:

anatomy:
http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/drawing-lessons.html (beginner's how to draw and paint)
Figure Drawing for All its Worth by Andrew Loomis(very popular text book for all artists)

tutorials:
http://majnouna.com/tutorials.html (human figure, expression, and animals)
http://artstudio4andreamendez.wordpress.com/page/3/ (practice projects)
http://ctrlpaint.com/library/ (drawing in general; video)

other information:
http://www.autodestruct.com/hacks.htm (Paul Richards on concept art)
Stapleton Kearns' blog (info on what makes a good painting)
James Gurney's blog (NY based master painter, all his books are worth checking out)
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6693476 (concept artist Bobby Chiu's weekly stream; good pep talk; answers questions during video streaming)
http://chrisoatley.com/ (Christ Oatley site with podcast interview with other artists)

Animation:

3d and animation general:
http://monstroanimation.blogspot.com/p/animation-article-database.html (Monstro Animation Article Databse, which is monstrously huge)
http://www.awn.com/ (animation world network)
http://vfxworld.com/ (vfx from awn)
http://www.tdt3d.com/index.php (3d misc & forum, english/french)
http://www.vfxblog.com/ (vfx blog...)
http://www.fxguide.com/ (vfx misc & forum)
http://www.cgsociety.org/ (animation misc & forum)
http://www.cgchannel.com/ (animation misc & forum)
http://www.creativecrash.com/ (3d misc, forum & lots of resources)
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ (animation forum)
http://www.turbosquid.com/ (3d misc, forum & shop)
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/ sv_home.php (3d misc & forum)
http://www.got3d.com/ (shop)
http://www.mymentalray.com/ (mentalray misc & forum)
http://www.guerrillacg.org/ (general tutorials)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/0 9/index.php (tutorials shop and some free)
http://animationresources.org/ (non-profit site with articles, good for writing paper)

3d , softimage and animation (foreign):
http://www.afca.asso.fr/ (french animation society)
http://www.3d-station-forum.co m/forum/ (french 3d forum)
http://www.renderglobal.org/? (italian 3d/animation forum)
http://www.treddi.com/ (italian 3d-animation forum)
http://www.xsiforum.com/forum/ index.php (spanish softimage forum)
http://www.deathfall.com/forum s/ (spanish 3d/animation forum)

Game Industry:

Others:

misc resources:
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3.html(a resource thread on Crimsondaggers that is full of useful links that mostly pertains to 2D and concept art, but also some 3D as well. There are many links to immense, specified image libraries. Impossible to repeat here, and worth digging through.)

open source software:
http://opensourcevfx.org/
http://www.wisepixel.com/
http://www.taskfreak.com/
http://www.pencil-animation.or g/
http://www.ktoon.net/portal/
http://www.wings3d.com/
http://www.queeky.com/app
http://www.blender.org/
http://www.drqueue.org/cwebsit e/
http://djv.sourceforge.net/
http://meshlab.sourceforge.net /
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
http://www.bulkrenameutility.c o.uk/Main_Intro.php
http://www.jedit.org/
http://avidemux.berlios.de/
http://www.vim.org/
http://gnashdev.org/
free 3D model site list

softimage forums and resources:
http://www.xsibase.com/ (SI forum)
http://www.xsi-blog.com/ (SI blog - technicalish)
http://area.autodesk.com/ (autodesk SI and misc forum & resources)
http://softimage.wiki.softimag e.com/index.php/Main_Page (SI wiki)
http://www.xsidatabase.com/ (SI database...)
http://www.edharriss.com/ (SI resources and tutorials - old)
http://www.inframez.com/3d_too ls.htm (some softimage resources)
http://www.binaryalchemy.de/ (shaders pack - old)
http://shaders.moederogall.com / (shaders)
http://www.redi-vivus.com/inde x4.php (free SI learning material)
http://www.i3dtutorials.com/vi ew/Tutorials/Free-SOFTIMAGE-XS I-Tutorials (SI tutorials)
http://www.kai-wolter.com/ (SI tools & forum)
http://www.warpedspace.org/ (SI tools)
http://www.rowu-media.nl/conte nt/web/tutsportal.html (SI tools)
http://saw-web.com/ (SI tools -japanese)
http://junkithejunkie.cocolog- nifty.com/blog/xsi_pluginsscri pts_original/index.html (SI tools -japanese)
http://ika.fool.jp/script/xsis cript.php (SI tools -japanese)
http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/xb1 080/ (SI tools -japanese)
http://www.christoph-schinko.c om/ (SI tutorials)
http://www.3dmastermind.com/ (SI rigging dvd)
http://www.3dtutorial.com/ (SI tutorials shop)
http://3dquakers.com/web/ (SI tutorials shop)

scripting:
http://www.devguru.com/ (scripting help)
http://www.isner.com/ (SI tech papers - warning do not open if you have a SI "funny license")
http://www.j3d.org/matrix_faq/ matrfaq_latest.html (matrix and quaternion A to B)
http://www.geometrictools.com/ index.html (geometric tools)
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/ hp/alan.gauld/ (learning to program)

misc:
http://www.cgtextures.com/ (textures site)
http://www.allegorithmic.com/? PAGE=PRODUCTS (textured related -some- free software)
http://www.hdrshop.com/ (hdri software generator v1 is free)
http://www.the-blueprints.com/ (blueprint database)
http://mitglied.multimania.de/ STARWARS_Blueprints/ (starwars blueprints)
http://www.airliners.net/ (airplane references)
http://www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/index.asp (airplane blueprinst and references)
http://aviationshoppe.com/ (airplane blueprints)
http://www.boeing.com/commerci al/airports/plan_manuals.html (boeing tech-papers)
http://www.military-heat.com/ (military misc)
http://graphics.pixar.com/rese arch/ (pixar's technical papers)
http://kesen.realtimerendering .com/ (siggraph papers)
http://trowley.org/ (siggraph papers)
http://encore.siggraph.org/ (siggraph shop)
http://www.khanacademy.org/ (math learning material)
http://labs.ideeinc.com/ (very interesting color site)
http://aescripts.com/ (after effects scripts)
http://www.chrisevans3d.com/re ference.htm (cg papers on muscles and skin deformation)
Free SFX Library that needs to be explored and confirmed good
Victor Navone's Online Gallery. Some great tutorials here.
Creator of Ren and Stimpy share his vast knowledge of the history of cartoons
The Guerrilla CG Project, Blogspot.
The Guerrilla CG Project, Vimeo.
The Animation Podcast
Cool cartoon stuff
Aaron Sims Company visual effect
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/ (...unsure what this is, but the side bar has a lot of links)

Schools:
French animation school

Tutorial/Making Of videos:
e.d.Films Production Tutorial 01 : animation, Photoshop, Maya, 2D, 2.5D, illustration, process, depth, life

Environment Artist Portfoliios:
Jessica Dinh
Amin Faramarzian
Paul Clayton
Steven Skidmore