Welcome my friends.It's time for the annual Free Stuff for the New Year. Let's check out the cool stuff to get you going!
Art/Drawing
Love Life Drawing on YouTube details the 11 Steps to Great Gesture Drawing. Great for locking down those poses
Anime Charles shows you a zen-like approach and has a unique take in How I Study Anatomy.
Popular YouTube artist Bobbo Andonova explains her process of Drawing the Stylized Face.
Want to draw Faces a la Disney style?
Leo Drawing SOS describes the Aaron Blaise technique.
Character Design
Here is a blast from the past. Comic Book Greats with Stan Lee. This is the full playlist of the episodes which feature interviews with Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Chris Claremont, Will Eisner, John Romita Jr. and more. Check it out.
If you’ve got your drawing groove going, what about inking? Check out 10 Tips to Level up Your Digital Inking.
Speaking of Todd McFarlane, check out his interesting take on the business of comics from Wired Magazine's interview as Todd McFarlane answers questions from Twitter.
Jorge Bompart is an expert animator and rigger who works for Sega/Rovio. He has perfected making 2d animation look like 3D (sometimes called 2.5D).
If you enjoy links like these, then check out our Cartoon Production Resource Guide which has even more good art resources.
99 Sounds has music loops, cinematic textures, nature, sci-fi, foley sounds and more for free. Check it out.
If you like VST’s, check out free sounds, plugins and players at the Native Instruments site. Software like the Reaktor Player, Micro Prism, Komplete Start and Kontakt Player are available. Each comes with a library of awesome sounds.
Bedroom Producers Blog released the “Readers Choice Awards” for 2024.
This site has links to the top 30 free music production software of the year including effects, instruments, host and utilities.
MusicTech has thousands of free loops, one shots, breaks and synth sounds available by Bandlab for any DAW just by signing up.
If you enjoy links like these, then check out our Audio Production Resource Guide which has even more good audio resources.
Graphic by Vecteezy.com
Kesh is an artist, illustrator and YouTuber with a big following and keen insight. Here he discusses his Character Design Process for Comics.
Need inspiration for your character designs? Take a look at the variety of 100 Modern Character Design Sheets You Need to See.
Pro artist/illustrator Kenneth Anderson from 21 Draw shows you his meticulous method of Character Driven Illustrations:Research.
The guys from Bam Animation are back and they will show you exercises to Improve Your Character Design.
Comics
Speaking of Todd McFarlane, check out his interesting take on the business of comics from Wired Magazine's interview as Todd McFarlane answers questions from Twitter.
Animation
Esoteric Software's official Spine rigging tutorial is here.
If you enjoy links like these, then check out our Cartoon Production Resource Guide which has even more good art resources.
Audio
99 Sounds has music loops, cinematic textures, nature, sci-fi, foley sounds and more for free. Check it out.
Bedroom Producers Blog released the “Readers Choice Awards” for 2024.
This site has links to the top 30 free music production software of the year including effects, instruments, host and utilities.
MusicTech has thousands of free loops, one shots, breaks and synth sounds available by Bandlab for any DAW just by signing up.
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My commitment to you is to provide you with more art, animation, and audio content creation tips and resources for 2025.
Enjoy and stay tuned!
