Resources
Forums and Tutorials for Digital Artists and Visual Fx
CG Talk - A huge site for the community of digital artists.
Digital Tutors - A great collection of free tutorials for digital artists. Maya, Renderman, Xsi, Zbrush, Photoshop, after effects, loads.
Andrew Whitehurst - A CG artists page with some tutorial and articles on the subject of lighting.
Open Source Software useful for media production
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php
Not really software. A site with open source sample sounds for animations.
Blender 3D Software Suite (homesite, community, forums and tutorials)
Blender Art Magazine - Blender can do some amazing things, see for yourself here. It is in a downloadable Pdf format.
Blender Tutorials and Tips - Here are a collection of some useful sites for getting up to speed with this great program.
Creating a basic planet Tutorial
LineDStudio – A resource for architecture and interior decorating models in Blender.
Production design and concept art
Animation Meat: Walt Stanchfield - Disney Trainer shows how to quickly bash out the ‘essence’ of an idea or concept. The best sketching tutorials and tips I’ve seen. This is his whole collection of handouts he used to teach the Disney animators.
Car Design Studio – This site has some excellent tutorials on how to render vehicle concepts, get that old concept car look, using natural media, or digital.
http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com - A cool site that walks through the basics of color design with interactive media.
Animation
Animation World Magazine – Glen Vilppu on Gesture
Screenwriting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenwritinghttp://www.screenwriting.info/
