Choose Love, Be Creative.
A journal of international creativity. Taking the time to look into the world of art and spread the word, Choose Love aims to provide fun and interesting articles which also have the potential to inspire and encourage others. The journal is written to introduce readers to other media and places of online interest via links within the articles. Enjoy the world of art!
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Here's a list of free online art tutorial sites.
- Skillshare - Choose from many of their online tutorials
- Arty Factory - Design and art lessons suitable for everyone
- Artist's Network - Free lessons available among other things
- Virtual Instructor - Have a professional teacher at your fingertips online
- Art Lessons Online - Check out this site made by our friends in Australia
- Artvilla - A generous helping of free art lessons
- Free Online Art Classes - Exactly what it says, from a professonal art teacher
- Ctrl+Paint - Digital painting lessons for the more modern artist
Got one to recommend? Let us know
Here is a list of Youtube Greats who give out free art videos
List created by DamaiMikaz:
Art fundamentals
People that teach you the fundamentals of art. Anatomy, color, perspective, etc
Ahmed Aldoori
CG Cookie Concept
DRAW with Chris
Draw with Jazza
FZDSCHOOL
Istebrak
Javi can draw!
Lapuka
Proko
Shaddy Safadi
Sycra
Tutorial & How to
How to's and tutorials on various subjects
Ahmed Aldoori
Art of Wei
Art Prof
Atey Ghailan
BORODANTEBrushboost
CG Cookie Concept
DRAW with Chris
Draw with Jazza
Drawing Tutorials Online
FZDSCHOOL
Happy D. Artist
Imagine FX
Istebrak
Javi can draw!
Jesus Conde
Kienan Lafferty
LevelUp
My Drawing Tutorials
Proko
Sinix Design
Sycra
The Art of Aaron Blaise
The Drawfee Channel
Tyler Edlin
Will Terrell
Xia Taptara
Digital art software
Channels geared towards creating effects in digital art software
digitalfxcube
PHLEARN
Photoshop Training Channel
Traditional art
Channels doing traditional art
agnescecile
Baylee Jae
Happy D. Artist
James Gurney
Lachri Fine Art
Michael James Smith
Robin Clonts
Sara Tepes
Stanley Artgerm Lau
Super Ani
Zimou Tan
Manga / Anime
Channels geared towards drawing manga/anime style
markcrilley
Nuei Neko
Sycra
Whyt Manga
Timelapse paintingsJust stare in awe
agnescecile
Alice X. Zhang
Apterus Graphics
Asuka111 Art
Atey Ghailan
axel torvenius
BrotherBaston
Brushboost
Chris Cold
Concept Art Sessions
Daniel Wachter
Draw With Rydi
FZDSCHOOL
Ilya Kuvshinov
Ilya Tyljakov
James Gurney
Jesus Conde
Jordan Grimmer
Kienan Lafferty
Kim-Seang Hong
Kiwa
LevelUp
Lina Sidorova
Nuei Neko
Peixel
saejinoh
Sara Tepes
Scott Robertson
SpoonfishLee
Stanley Artgerm Lau
Super Ani
Xia Taptara
zephyo
Zimou Tan
Critique's & Overpaints
People painting over other people's painting. Great to get insight
Ahmed Aldoori
Art Prof
BORODANTE
CG Cookie Concept
FZDSCHOOL
Istebrak
Via Open Culture
Got a cool list about arts, creativity, and culture? Let us know!
List created by DamaiMikaz:
Art fundamentals
People that teach you the fundamentals of art. Anatomy, color, perspective, etc
Ahmed Aldoori
CG Cookie Concept
DRAW with Chris
Draw with Jazza
FZDSCHOOL
Istebrak
Javi can draw!
Lapuka
Proko
Shaddy Safadi
Sycra
Tutorial & How to
How to's and tutorials on various subjects
Ahmed Aldoori
Art of Wei
Art Prof
Atey Ghailan
BORODANTEBrushboost
CG Cookie Concept
DRAW with Chris
Draw with Jazza
Drawing Tutorials Online
FZDSCHOOL
Happy D. Artist
Imagine FX
Istebrak
Javi can draw!
Jesus Conde
Kienan Lafferty
LevelUp
My Drawing Tutorials
Proko
Sinix Design
Sycra
The Art of Aaron Blaise
The Drawfee Channel
Tyler Edlin
Will Terrell
Xia Taptara
Digital art software
Channels geared towards creating effects in digital art software
digitalfxcube
PHLEARN
Photoshop Training Channel
Traditional art
Channels doing traditional art
agnescecile
Baylee Jae
Happy D. Artist
James Gurney
Lachri Fine Art
Michael James Smith
Robin Clonts
Sara Tepes
Stanley Artgerm Lau
Super Ani
Zimou Tan
Manga / Anime
Channels geared towards drawing manga/anime style
markcrilley
Nuei Neko
Sycra
Whyt Manga
Timelapse paintingsJust stare in awe
agnescecile
Alice X. Zhang
Apterus Graphics
Asuka111 Art
Atey Ghailan
axel torvenius
BrotherBaston
Brushboost
Chris Cold
Concept Art Sessions
Daniel Wachter
Draw With Rydi
FZDSCHOOL
Ilya Kuvshinov
Ilya Tyljakov
James Gurney
Jesus Conde
Jordan Grimmer
Kienan Lafferty
Kim-Seang Hong
Kiwa
LevelUp
Lina Sidorova
Nuei Neko
Peixel
saejinoh
Sara Tepes
Scott Robertson
SpoonfishLee
Stanley Artgerm Lau
Super Ani
Xia Taptara
zephyo
Zimou Tan
Critique's & Overpaints
People painting over other people's painting. Great to get insight
Ahmed Aldoori
Art Prof
BORODANTE
CG Cookie Concept
FZDSCHOOL
Istebrak
Via Open Culture
Got a cool list about arts, creativity, and culture? Let us know!
Here's a list of top free arts resource websites:
Compiled by My Modern Met
Images from Museum Collections:
Public domain images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dutch masterpieces from the Rijks Museum
Modern paintings from the Barnes Collection
Ancient to contemporary art from LACMA
Modern art from the Guggenheim
Artists’ materials from the Tate
Coloring Sheets from the Color Our Collections project
Open access images from the National Gallery of Art
Library Highlights:
M.C. Escher prints from the Boston Public Library
Botanical Illustrations from the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Library of Congress
Belle Epoque Posters from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Library
Illuminated Manuscripts from the British Library
E-book Repositories
Art history books and catalogs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
Modern art books from The Guggenheim
Art history publications from the Getty Research Portal
Art books from the Getty Museum
Full-text art books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Left: Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy: Images from a Scientific Revolution
Center: The Art of Ancient Egypt: A Resource for Educators
Right: Monet’s Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism
Virtual Tours and Exhibitions:
Virtual Tour of the the Uffizi Gallery
Interactive exhibits from MoMA
Online exhibits from the British Museum
Faces of Frida from Google Arts and Culture
Compiled by My Modern Met
Images from Museum Collections:
Public domain images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dutch masterpieces from the Rijks Museum
Modern paintings from the Barnes Collection
Ancient to contemporary art from LACMA
Modern art from the Guggenheim
Artists’ materials from the Tate
Coloring Sheets from the Color Our Collections project
Open access images from the National Gallery of Art
Library Highlights:
M.C. Escher prints from the Boston Public Library
Botanical Illustrations from the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Library of Congress
Belle Epoque Posters from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Library
Illuminated Manuscripts from the British Library
E-book Repositories
Art history books and catalogs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
Modern art books from The Guggenheim
Art history publications from the Getty Research Portal
Art books from the Getty Museum
Full-text art books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Left: Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy: Images from a Scientific Revolution
Center: The Art of Ancient Egypt: A Resource for Educators
Right: Monet’s Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism
Virtual Tours and Exhibitions:
Virtual Tour of the the Uffizi Gallery
Interactive exhibits from MoMA
Online exhibits from the British Museum
Faces of Frida from Google Arts and Culture
Unleash Your Style With Free Open Source Creativity Software
List compiled by Artlistr
1. Inkscape – Scalable vector graphics editing
Inkscape is best to use if you need to create logos, character illustrations, or even complex graphic patterns or textures in scalable vector graphics or SGV.
2. Krita – Digital painting tool
Krita is a good alternative to the paid software, Paint Tool Sai. It has a lot of digital painting tools, brushes, and settings to help you achieve that “painterly” look.
3. GIMP – Photo and raster graphics editing
GIMP has been around for ages and is the go to alternative for Adobe Photoshop. From photo enhancement, manipulation, to layout and typography, the tools you need are all there.
4. Alchemy – Experimental drawing and design prototyping
Alchemy is a maverick in this list because it’s something that you could rely on in the conceptualization phases of design. It uses symmetry, mirroring, and randomization to create amazing pieces of work.
5. MonkeyJam – Stop motion image-capture and editing
To start off with animation, MonkeyJam is a reliable stop motion software that allows capturing images from an external camera such as a webcam or DSLR, to grab individual frames. It can then stitch those animation frames and render them into video files.
6. Pencil2D – Traditional and digital 2D animation
Pencil2D would be a great alternative to Toon Boom Harmony, an industry standard “tradigital” animation software. While Pencil2D may lack some of the more advanced features, it makes up for it with simplicity and ease of use.
7. Sculptris – 3D digital sculpting
Sculptris is a new free software offered by the developers of ZBrush, a digital sculpting tool that allows the free-flowing sculpting of 3D models, great for character designs. Unlike ZBrush, it may be lacking in a few tools here and there, but it’s a great way to start getting into 3D sculpting using a mouse or tablet.
8. Blender – 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and game development suite
Hands down, Blender is one of the most advanced and well-supported free and open source software out there, and is the technology behind some really amazing short animated films like Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny, and Sintel. The interface might be a bit daunting for some, but it has an ever increasing list of capabilities with game development as one of the new tools under its belt.
9. FreeMind – Brainstorming and mind mapping
If you’re the type that needs to jot ideas down and create thought bubbles or “clouds” to clarify thinking, FreeMind would be a great tool to organize and clump words together. It has all the necessary tools you need to do digital Mind Mapping, an awesome way to brainstorm developed by Tony Buzan.
10. CamStudio – Video screencasting
If you’re the type that likes to share your works in progress or even the actual process of your work on the computer, then CamStudio is a must in your arsenal. It allows you to capture continuous streams of video of your screen while you work or if you want to develop tutorials to help others out.
11. Audacity – Sound and music editing
Audacity is a little offbeat (get it?) in this list of visual tools, but hard to pass by simply because if you’re into creating animations or videos, then sound or music would be the next step to complete the package. Audacity provides a myriad of standard audio production tools and settings to help you create sound effects or background music.
Snuggle up indoors with one or more of these great films,
playlist compiled by Alternative Fruit.