Solid art & music tumblr from my bud Abby.

Website of Ian Huebert, artist & illustrator for The Rumpus.

Cactus's brother, a wild musician and artist. His blog has some really cool digital artwork.

Chinese sculptor working out of Beijing and Xiamen. He creates glossy, surreal, grotesque stuff and looks like he has quite a sense of humor!

"A journal focusing on creativity, risk, and what connects us as artists": a series of interviews with artists & designers in an elegantly designed format.

Home of Joshua Davis, early Flash pioneer (remember Praystation?) and procedural/generative artist.

A monthly & quarterly journal of quality art writing.

From the 1960s and 70s.

Writer artist, teacher, and game designer operating out of Copenhagen. Creator of the flash game adaptation of "The Artist is Present" and "Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment".

"Watercolour is impossible to control and that is why it is the best medium." Drawing by Andrew Schick.

A constant stream of "9 Beet Stretch", "a recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth symphony stretched to 24 hours, without pitch distortion", from Leif Inge.

A splendid gallery of film-inspired artwork & design.

From the site:

"The Silver Screen Society is a group of designers, illustrators, and friends that work toward creating art and design inspired by and honoring the many stories told through the world of cinema.

The project’s roots lie in the book clubs of yore, with each month bringing a new film and a cast of contributors that carry with them their own unique interpretations and ideas.

It is curated and organized by Brandon Schaefer, Trevor Basset and Adam Hanson."

Animated photo GIFs, resembling stereoscope GIFs but with more frames & incorporating apparent celestial bodies into pictures of people. Quite striking. From the site: "This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time."

A (painfully nerdy) blog of big pictures of giant robot concept art. Inspiring robot porn.

An artist is layering a fictional world on top of our own. From The Believer Magazine.

Adorable, bizarre drawing of a girl and a tree troll huggin it out

Bizarre bizarre manga

A broad selection of quite expensive video tutorials/process videos from visual FX artists, concept designers, sculptors and comics artists using various media and software, available as DVDs and digital downloads. Generally run between $50-$80 a pop.

QR Code design basics.

"Middlebrow is not the solution" - a blog about high and low culture, with a nicely designed site.

Awesome collection of pixelart resources!! "Here is a collection of various links that will probably come in handy from time to time."

Very nice pixel art & low-poly/high-poly 3D, very clean stuff.

"Comics, Illustration, Punk Rock"

Crazy comix artist

"A blog exploring the work of Jean Giraud, aka Gir, aka Moebius. Basically, there doesn't seem to be many places online that give a comprehensive collection of his work. So here is one."

A beautiful, painterly little game by David Shute (lackofbanjos.com).

From BLDGBLOG

Illustration, design, photography

Blog/site of Jonathan Lavigne, a Montreal QC game developer.

Hi-res scans of the famous 22 Panels.

"The largest source of screenshot maps on the Internet, with thousands of maps of your favourite video games!"

"The Original Illustrations of the Voyages Extraordinaires"

Awesome comics artist, creator of Old City Blues.

Amazing short game by David Shute. Excellent storytelling through level design, and great pixel art. Genuinely haunting.

by Steve Ogden

Amazing artist/illustrator/cartoonist

"angie wang has not gone to art school and has not won any awards for illustration and got no job and no cats no dogs and no birds so dont give her no shit"

"The #1 site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics. All files here available for download have carefully been research[ed] by our users and staff to make sure they are in the public domain." There are lots of old comics here, available for download behind a registration wall.

"'We Love Patterns' is a family company created in 2010 by Gastón Caba (illustrator & character designer), Silvana Marino (design & legal assistance) and Lara Caba (junior illustrator).

We are dedicated to create a growing collection of extra-cute, colorful & funny pattern artworks, hoping to help to add charm and whimsy to all different kind of products."

Good, cheap art!

"Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors.
We believe that...
• A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide.
• A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.
Here's the Kickstarter DNA:
1. REWARDS! Project creators inspire people to open their wallets by offering smart, fun, and tangible rewards (products, benefits, and experiences).
2. ALL-OR-NOTHING FUNDING! Every Kickstarter project must be fully funded before its time expires or no money changes hands."

Pro photo lab.

Norwegian freelance illustrator working in Oslo.

Nice cheap digital printing.

"digital giclee, Lightjet, mural, fine art printing and scanning company" with some very fancy printers

"David Petersen is the creator of Mouse Guard.
He enjoys fantasy, folklore, myth, and legend.
Even more than that he loves to draw and write about it."

By Miha. (Also featuring a boring, drawn-out typography flame war.)

"Stories illustrated on little yellow Post-It Notes in beautiful black Sharpie by Arthur Jones."

Michael Alan's Draw-a-thon: crazy drawing/theater hybrid!

The official website.

Ack! This guy draws like some weirdo French love child of Corey Lewis and Andy Helms

Incredible WIP comics blog by Nate Simpson. "Follow along as I learn how to make a comic by making a comic. I hope you're not in a hurry."

Creator of the Flixel flash game engine and games like FATHOM, mode, Gravity Hook, and one of the devs for Cave Story for Wii.

From Bruce Mau Design. "Written in 1998, the Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of statements exemplifying Bruce Mau’s beliefs, strategies and motivations. Collectively, they are how we approach every project."

Anders Nilsen's art & comics blog

Roi y Inés (inechi) art/shop/etc.

Great pixel art, interesting design.

Creators of flOw, Cloud, and Flower.

French comics creator, artist, and film director.

Incredible Italian comics creator with a penchant for the erotic

An interview with James Stokoe, creator of Wonton Soup

An interview with Brandon Graham, by Bart Croonenborghs

"Design*Sponge is a daily website dedicated to home and product design run by Brooklyn-based writer, Grace Bonney."

Free comics on ACT-I-VATE from Tim Hamilton:
"Tim Hamilton has been drawing comics since the 80's when he teamed with Gerard Jones on,"The Trouble with Girls." Since then he's produced comics such as Aliens, Comic's Greatest World, Justice league Europe and Green Lantern." Clients have included Marvel, DC Comics, BOOM, Darkhorse, Malibu and Defiant comics. He regularly writes and illustrates humorous comics for Nickelodeon Magazine, recently adapted "Treasure Island" into a graphic novel for Puffin and is now busy illustrating a Ray Bradbury GN for Hill & Wang."

"The 5Lights Project is a collection of artists creating stories.
Each week, five artists will all interpret the same story through their own medium.
At the end of the month, we'll have four stories expressed five different ways.
The next month, new team, new stories.
Art as free form jazz as free form art. "

A small painting by Zak Smith

An essay about the contemporary art world, by Zak Smith.

Time-lapse collage photos of evolving graffiti walls!