Originally posted by Zoronii:

So I’ve been wanting to do some vectoring/line art/art in general. I have a drawing tablet, and I’d like to know if any program can do vectoring, as well as regular art. I’m willing to spend up to maybe $250 dollars.

If you have the money to spend, you might want to look at Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, but they are relatively pricy options.

By its very nature, vector art work and “drawing” (raster; ie: pixel based) art work use different structures. You are unlikely to find a program that can do both pure vector and pure raster together. However, if you are looking for software to do each of these things, you may try Inkscape for Vector art work and GIMP for drawing.

If you want a dedicated drawing application, get MyPaint, which is an open source drawing software. GIMP, IIRC, can import MyPaint files for further fine-tuning and touch up.

Uhmm…What kind of artwork can we upload?Does it have to be Kongregate-related?And Can we copyright if WE are the REAL artists of that piece of artwork?Please reply.

Originally posted by Laxaria:

Art Resources: Links

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In this section, I will compile and collate links to various helpful resources that should assist you in improving your own skills and abilities in whatever digital art based medium you choose.

In addition, I shall compile a set of resources, tutorials and other places that should assist you as much as possible.

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Art community websites

DeviantArt
GimpTalk [GIMP]
Get Paint.Net Forums [PDN]
National Sig League forums [PDN, GIMP, InkScape, PS]
FringeFX
Pixel Joint [Pixel]

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Image Hosting websites

Imageshack
TinyPic
Photobucket
Kongregate Collabs
DeviantArt

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Renders

PlanetRenders
GameRenders
DeviantArt C4D Renders (Restrictions apply)

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Stock Images

stock.xchng
DeviantArt
FringeFX Gallery

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Fonts

DaFont
Fonts.com
1001 Free Fonts
Abstract Fonts
Urban Fonts

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GIMP - Tutorials

Gimpology
GimpTalk
GimpUsers Tutorials
Gimp Guru Tutorials
Gimp.org Tutorials

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Paint.Net - Tutorials

Paint.Net Forums

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Photoshop - Tutorials

http://www.sketchpad.net/photoshp.htm
DeviantArt's Photoshop Tutorials group
PSD TutsPlus
PhotoshopTutorials.ws

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InkScape - Tutorials

InkScape Tutorials WebBlog

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Blender - Tutorials

Blender.org Tutorials
CG Tutorials (Blender)
BlenderGuru

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Pixel Art - Tutorials

Derek Yu's Pixel Tutorial
PixelJoint Tutorials
Mark's Pixel Art Tutorial
Drububu Pixel Art Run-down

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GIMP - Application Resources

DeviantArt GIMP Brushes
DeviantArt GIMP Plug-Ins/Scripts
GIMP Plug-In Registry

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Paint.Net - Application Resources

Paint.Net Plugins

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Photoshop - Application Resources

DeviantArt PhotoShop Brushes
DDeviantArt PhotoShop Patterns

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Blender - Application Resources

Blender.org Resources

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Miscelanous resources

Color Theory

Hi, I just visited this thread because I’m interested in making computer art casually. However my on-line expirence mostly consists of just playing flash games and some basic HTML. Is it possible there could be a dumbed down version for people completely new to this? Although I could possibly pick out all the parts of the guide one-by-one it just feels that the guide is for less of reading as a whole and more of filling in what you don’t know. For instance I know the definition of “brush” but I have no idea how you explained it. Perhaps highlighting or bolding what is essential for making art such as basic terms or links and adding some FAQs for people who want to just make something simple like a GIF?

Would add http://www.Elfwood.com and http://Newgrounds.com as Art community websites

thanks guys! it really help when you get other ideas, on how to make it work out. And with good support to the admin.