If you’re just starting out with drawing and digital painting and want to pursue a career in concept art or illustration, have a look at the following compact list of must-have books and must-visit websites. A more extended list can be viewed further down.
Books:
- Art Fundamentals: Color, Light, Composition, Anatomy, Perspective and Depth – 3dTotal Publishing
- Colour and Light – James Gurney
- Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist- James Gurney
- How to Draw: Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination – Scott Robertson
- Perspective Made Easy – Ernest R. Norling
- Figure drawing for all it’s worth – Andrew Loomis
- VISION: Colour and Composition for film – Hans P Bacher
Websites:
Articles I posted on my blog:
- Design Principles in Concept Art and Design
- Visual Library: Why you can’t live without it
- Composition 101: What is composition?
Books
Art Fundamentals
- Art Fundamentals: Color, Light, Composition, Anatomy, Perspective and Depth – 3dTotal Publishing
- Colour and Light – James Gurney
- Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist- James Gurney
- How to Draw: Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination – Scott Robertson
- Perspective Made Easy – Ernest R. Norling
- Framed Perspective vol.1 – by Marcos Mateu-Mestre
- Framed Perspective vol.2 – by Marcos Mateu-Mestre
Environments
Figure Drawing
Publishers
Composition
Magazines
Reference sites
Environments
- Royality Free Reference Photos
- Terra Galleria
- Matte Paint Reference – Flickr
- Environment Reference – Flickr
Vehicles
Figure Drawing
Brushes
Learning and Inspirational
- Bobby Chiu motivational video
- Feng Zhu YouTube Channel
- Learn Squared
- Digital Arts and Entertainment
- Level Up!
Blogs
Plugins Photoshop
Drawing / Painting Software
This section is updated regularly. The last update was on 19 July 2018.
Do you have any resources that you would like to share and add to this list? Please let me know and I’ll add them to the list.