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Want to become a successful artist? You need all the full resources you can get!

Some of the best in artist resources exist online now, facilitating technical, general, creative, and other needs and practices. While I am not an artist (I leave that to my mother, a painter, and my sister, a botanical sculptress), per se, I am a writer; and many writer and artist resources are offered together…so I will turn my findings over to you.

ARTIST RESOURCES for INSPIRATION

Worth1000 (www.worth1000.com) – Fantastic, wonderful, brilliant Photoshopped photography…by category, by creative rank, by contest, etc.. Must see.

Deviant Art (deviantart.com) – Freaks. Love em. Love it all.

WebMuseum, Paris (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/) -

Deborah Dague-Barr (http://www.lafterhall.com/ddague.html) – a solo artist’s brilliant gallery online. Always good to watch the masters…or mistresses.

Design Museum, London (http://www.designmuseum.org/)

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) (http://www.sfmoma.org/) –

The Guggenheim (http://www.guggenheim.org/) -

The Online Diary History Project (http://www.diaryhistoryproject.com/) –

Diego Goldberg: Time (http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/ essays/diegotime/time.html ) – I suspect Goldberg started the uncommon trend to photograph the self chronologically, repetitively, artistically… for what is also known as the photo essay. Fascinating.

F. Rubinstein Photo History Project (http://fotos.fliarubinstein.com.ar/)

Inspired (http://rajnair.com/time/) – another lovely photo essay.

Fractovia (http://www.fractovia.org/) – Stunning fractal art.

ARTIST RESOURCES for EDUCATION

RCW: Real Color Wheel (http://www.realcolorwheel.com/tubecolors. htm) - What it is.

FireLily Designs (http://www.firelily.com/opinions/color.html) – Discussions of web usability, color-sight-deficiencies, and more.

A Spotty History of Who’s Who of Computer Graphics (http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~matt/courses/cs563/talks/history.html) -

The Media History Project (http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/) –

What is Copyright Protection? (http://whatiscopyright.org/) –

Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained, by Brad Templeton (http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html)

Art History Resources (http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html) – Links to links to links….designed and maintained by Art History Dr. C. Whitcombe.

Art History (http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/ ) – Also comprehensive…and searchable.

THE QUINTESSENTIAL ARTIST RESOURCE

RefDesk.com – Built and maintained by a man who has devoted decades to gathering all reference materials/sources available on the web—from encyclopedias to almanacs to well-known databases or best-kept secrets. Must use.

ARTIST RESOURCES for INFORMATION/PROTECTION

R.I.G.H.T.S. for Artists (http://www.rightsforartists.com/)

GENERAL ARTIST RESOURCES—PORTALS, AGENTS, JOB BOARDS, ETC

National Arts & Disability Center (NADC) (http://nadc.ucla.edu/CaliforniaOrganizations.htm) – A directory of programs, organizations, and centers for the disabled artist…organized by discipline.

Artists & Artisans, Inc. (http://www.artistsandartisans.com/) – a literary agency, really.

PSPZ Links for Artists with Disabilities (http://www.pspiz.net/pspplus /index.php?action=displaycat&catid=91) - Just what its header says it is: links. Many links.

Guru (www.guru.com) – Freelance networkers.

ELance (www.elance.com) – Freelance networkers.

Telecommuting Jobs (http://www.tjobs.com/jobopps.shtml) –

Artist Resource Job Listings (http://www.artistresource.org/jobs.htm) – I think just for the San Francisco Bay Area, but always worth trying to connect…or make connections from there to elsewhere.

ARTIST RESOURCES/TOOLS

While I have no affiliation with any art supply shops, I do love, love, love the following:

FLAX Art Design (http://www.flaxart.com/) –

Michael’s: The Arts & Crafts Store (http://www.michaels.com/ art/online/home) -