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This wikihow article helped me write my first artist statement, I wasn't quite sure what to include at first and this article helped point me in the right direction.

This is a sight for artists to post their work on. It creates a community where people can share and also get inspired by looking at other peoples art. A piece that caught my eye is a linoleum block print of an iris.

Etsy is similar to Ebay. It's different because it's entirely focused on hand made products. It's a sight for artists to post pictures and descriptions of their work on along with a price. There is a monthly cost of a few cents so it is very affordable for an artist to keep their sight maintained, and also highly profitable if people notice and buy their work.

Check out this waffle paper sculpture! This artist can make classic busts with a twist.. literally, you can twist and stretch these busts like a bellow.

This website is great for finding song lyrics. It is straight forward and easy to use just find the artist and look for the song in the list they give you.

Noelle Stevenson is a very talented artist who is currently working on publishing a comic book called Nimona. She shares very interesting information not only about her journey through art school and the process of getting her comic published, but also about basic drawing techniques.

What is her style? What aspects of her style appeal to you that you may find yourself incorporating into your developing style?

Analyzing an artist's work means studying the elements that make up an artwork. I like this site because it gave me good information and questions that I can ask about a artist work to analyze it in depth.

Koizu is a professional artist currently working on his own comic book. His video series includes information about Manga and tools that are needed to start drawing.

Sweet Tea Pottery is a blog written by a ceramic teacher and artist who shows her work, and does a few tutorials too. This particular tutorial is of how to make a ceramic bowl on the wheel, a more advanced skill then just making a mug or pot. The tutorial uses pictures and text to help users with their craft.

Manga University is site filled with tutorials on how to draw manga and anime. (Japanese comic book art and animation) It includes free tutorials for beginners and also premium tutorials for more advanced artists. Each tutorial is two to three short pages long and covers topics like how to draw eyes, mouths and faces.

Newgrounds is a site for artists and game makers who want to display their work to the world. With a motto like "Everything by everyone" and a community full of friendly people to match, It's a great place to get feedback on your work.

Selvedge magazine is based in the UK and it's issues are about interior design, fashion, art, craft, travel and shopping. This June they are offering a week long course on block printing. It's a workshop with two well known textile artists.

Sai is an extended version of microsoft paint designed to include a large number of custom brushes. With a large brush editor, it allows digital artists to easily create their own person workspace.

Josiah Brooks is an Australian freelance artist. On his website he provides hundreds of video tutorials for a variety of subjects including subjects that aren't normally covered such as how to use a Wacom tablet.

Manga Studio is a drawing software designed to be used with a drawing tablet. Unlike Photoshop, Manga Studio allows artists to focus more on drawing. It comes with a variety of tools to help even beginners make their drawings more realistic.

when you think of the Gif visual format you might not think art, but This artist uses Gif to animate relics of our technological past. Check out these blasts from the past!!!

This website is a great source that has taught me a lot about different shading techniques. The purpose of this website is to simple give you shading techniques. This website was really useful for me when I had to bring home artwork to finish and couldn't have the help of an "actual" art teacher. This source is very reliable because the website was created by a former art teacher and student in Scotland. I also found this site helpful from all the descriptions and visuals that helped walk me through the process of shading. I feel like by focusing on little tricks and techniques that were given on this website has made me a better artist and my art pieces more appealing.

Scott McCloud is a comic artist who is famous for a number of different things. He has written three different books about comics and the science behind them. The Montpelier 24 Hour Comic Challenge was originally started because of a dare made by him and he created a card game made out of comic books from the 1930s.

Louis Nop and renowned local artist Jaclyn Davidson have joined 45 years of metal fabrication experience and artistry to offer builders, architects and individuals a firm that is able to produce and install architectural metal work of original design.