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The internet has become the gold at the end of the rainbow for artists. These are just some of the top online resources for students of all majors to get started.
21Draw
A Swedish-born website, 21Draw hopes to make the world a better artist. From books to thousands of online courses, 21 Draw is a membership-based website with annual memberships running as low as $59 per year or $11 per month.
Popular starter courses include “Fundamentals of Drawing,” “Digital Illustration for Beginners” and “Introduction to Landscapes.”
21Draw offers more specialized classes, such as “Designing the Male Superhero,” “Social Media for Artists” and “Stylized Characters for Freelance Projects.” Sort these courses from beginner to advanced in English, Spanish, French, Italian and German.
Line of Action
Line of Action is the dragon’s hoard of reference images for artists. The website provides thousands of high-quality and diverse imagery of figures, animals, hands, feet, faces, expressions, scenes and environments.
After selecting one of the above categories, Line of Action presents students with even more filters to narrow it down.
Select a timer of 30 seconds to 10 minutes. jArtists can choose from animals, insects, figures among other categories.
Learn to draw in 30 days
Marc Brunet’s Youtube page describes Brunet as Senior Artist at Blizzard as a 3D character artist. Brunet has worked on notable titles, including Overwatch, SC2 and Heroes of the Storm. Founder of Cubebrush.co and ART School for Digital Artists, Brunet has endless experience teaching artists of all levels.
Brunet’s “Learn to Draw in 30 Days” is just that: a teaching of the fundamentals of art with exercises and a schedule in just 30 days. Exercises include floating cubes, a cup of coffee, a maze and more. Despite the simplicity of the instructions, it provides a solid foundation for any artist.
Art Biz Success
For the more experienced artists looking to monetize the creative spirit, Art Biz Success provides the plan to do so. The Art Biz Success creates opportunities for selling and teaching art, building relationships and creating a content calendar. Not only that, but Art Biz Success also offers private consulting.
Choose one of three ways to get started with or grow an art business: private consulting, learning program, and/or membership program.
Those interested in private consulting can directly inquire with the Art Biz Success website. The learning program offers three success workshops, responsive training and an interactive salon.
Creative Bug
Scratch that creative itch with CreativeBug, an online platform for artists that is not just limited to drawing and illustration. A CreativeBug membership provides subscribers with thousands of art and craft classes, first access to classes every day, downloadable templates, patterns, recipes and access to community galleries and forums.
However, many of the overviews of classes and materials are free on the CreativeBug platform. Creative Bug offers a generous 60-day free trial for interested students with select local libraries giving out free memberships. Monthly membership runs from $7.95 to $9.95 per month.
