Illustration
podcasts:
Ninja Mountain
Scrolls: Geared toward fantasy, RPG and SF artists :
http://ninjamountain.blogspot.com/
Big Illustration Party
time:
http://illustrationparty.blogspot.com/
Chris Oatly's art
cast:
http://www.chrisoatley.com/CHRISOATLEY.COM/podcast/podcast.html
Creative Advice and
Inspiration Sites
The Painter's
Keys Newsletter ( A free
newsletter by renowned painter Robert Genn of British
Columbia. The inspiration and advice he offers is
exceptional, as are his paintings. I recommend ordering
his book as it is an excellent read.) subscribing to the
"Robert Genn Twice-Weekly Letter."
http://www.painterskeys.com/welcomeletter.asp
The Secret
(The Positive Thinking movie and the associated site.
Many people who have seen this have been very inspired
and motivated)
http://thesecret.tv/home.html
KeeperKard (
Vancouver based print shop specializing in card stock
products such as business cards, postcards, info sheets,
bookmarks, greeting cards, etc. Great to work with,
fast, affordable and very experienced. I have been using
them for well over a decade and have never been
disappointed in the quality and service.)
http://www.keeperkard.com
Misc. Resources for the
Creative
Dexigner Desgin Directory::
From their about us page: "Delivering
design related news, events, competitions, and
resources, Dexigner is the leading online portal for
designers. Dexigner also provides a design directory,
database, agenda and weekly newsletter."
http://www.dexigner.com/directory/new.html
Red Bubble, community
and art sales
http://www.redbubble.com/art/featured
Art Limited community
http://www.artlimited.net/
Illustration Mundo
http://illustrationmundo.com
The Drawing Board for
Illustrators
http://thedrawingboardforillustrators.blogspot.com/
Community f professional illustrators
http://www.illustratorsink.com
Excellent place to
set up your own shop an sell POD items:
zazzle.com
Currency
Calculator (An excellent, easy to use site when
needing to get an idea of the days exchange rates in
almost any currency)
http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html
Kamloops & Area
The Community
Arts Council of Kamloops
http://www.cackamloops.ca/
Arnica Gallery
http://www.tru.ca/news/06websitesdec/arnica/mandate.html
Kamloops Dance
Academy
http://www.kamloopsdance.com/home/
Western Canada
Theatre
http://www.westerncanadatheatre.bc.ca/
High Octane
Comics and Collectibles
http://www.highoctanecomics.com/
Kamloops Art
Gallery
http://www.kag.bc.ca/
Provincial and National
The British Columbia Arts Council
http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/
Canada Council for the
Arts
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/home-e.htm
Opus framing &
Art Supplies
http://www.opusframing.com/
BookWorld
http://bcbookworld.com/index.htm
Erin McSavaney
An excellent
painter of fine art who I went to Design and
Illustration College with.
Kamloops & Area Resources
Universal Reproductions (excellent short run printer for signs, posters, postcards) http://www.unirepro.com/
Funk Signs (Great place for large scale signage) http://www.funksigns.com/
High Octane
Comics and Collectibles (A great place to get
speculative art books, as well as your quota of graphic
novels, RPGs, figurines, and comics. Very helpful and
friendly staff, tell 'em Will sent you).
http://www.highoctanecomics.com/
Art, Photography and
misc. Materials
Opus
framing & Art Supplies ( Vancouver, Kalona and
Victoria B.C. Canada)
http://www.opusframing.com/
The Camera Store
( An excellent place to buy camera equipment online in
Canada, Calgary, Alberta based.)
http://www.thecamerastore.com/Default.aspx
Computer, Web and
software related
Add your URL to
Google (submit your web site's address to the goggle
search engine here)
http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
Podcast Alley
( Find hundreds of free Podcasts to listen to from
iTunes on your computer while you work. Probably the
best place to find what your looking for, but also see
www.podcastpickle.com
)
http://podcastalley.com/index.php
Blogger.com
(set up your Blog -stands for web log- for free. A
great service!)
http://www.blogger.com
Places to set up free
websites of your art
Art Wanted
(A vast site which allows you to start a free account.
Prepare to get a lot of hits and feedback here) They
seem to also have a n online store whereby one can apply
images to various merchandise to sell.)
http://www.artwanted.com
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