Forums / Communities

  Reference Material

  3D Resource

  Online Mags

  Comic & Manga

  Online Books

  Film, Editing, Cinematography, classic Animation

  Game Development related

  Classic Gaming

  Misc Useful Links

  Ha! Cool :D

  Local Info

  Friends

Forums / Communities

conceptual design forum - focused on concept art
sijun - a great gfx forum with loads of great artists
ebonykeep - Linda Bergkvist's art forum with a feminine touch
comicforum - german forum on comic creation
digitaldecoy - the german approach to the sijun idea
GFXartist - tutorials, gallery
epilogue - online gallery for fantasy- and scifi-illustration
raph - quality 3D online gallery
CgTalk - huge forum by CgChannel
eatpoo - forum by roundeye
spiraloid - digital sculpting forum

Reference Material

fineart - Anatomy Reference
onnovanbraam - lots of blueprints
suurland - even more blueprints
planetquake - large FPS-oriented reference archive
artrenewal - old masters online gallery
web gallery of art - more old masters
corbis - stock photography
gettyimages - stock photography
zefa - stock photography
photonica - stock photography
indexstock - stock photography
freestockphotos - as it says

3D Resource

3D cafe - tuts, models, stuff
3D ark - more of that
3D render - Jeremy Birn's site, 3D resource
3D wizards - 3D forums for most 3D progs
3D links - as it says
highend3D mainly Softimage, Maya
spiraloid - Bay Raitt's site
scriptspot - tons of scripts for 3DS MAX

Online Mags

CG channel - online-mag on CG
CG channel - online-mag on CG
CGnetworks - online-mag on CG
InsideCG - online-mag on CG
visualmagic - another FX online mag

Comic & Manga

polykarbon - dedicated to the creation of manga
howtodrawmanga - as it says
comiccolors - comic coloring, pencilling, inking, lettering...
figma - comic creation, various
blambot - free comic fonts and bubbles

Online Books

freetoon - the Preston Blair books on cel-animation online
saveloomis - out-of-print anatomy books by Andrew Loomis

Film, Editing, Cinematography, classic Animation

creativeplanetcommunities - Resources for film & video pros
filmmaking - as it says
dvgarage - 3D and compositing
awn - Animation World Network
animationmeat - animation theory an model sheets

Game Development related

gamasutra - great gamedev online magazine
usf - german game developers forum
game-developers - gamedev resource
games-net - gamedev resource
cos-mig - survey on german gamedevelopers
pixeltutorial - pixelstyle graphics tutorials

Classic Gaming

classicgaming - indeed
Mame32 - the arcade emulator
HVSC - high voltage SID-collection
Game Music Database - as it says

Misc Useful Links

amazon - the place to buy books online
www.ebay.com - the place to buy rare or used stuff
www.google.com - still one of the best search engines out there
leo.dict.org - very neat english/german online dictionary
acronymfinder - as it says
abkuerzungen - same shit for krauts
disclaimer - for all your disclaiming needs
hotscripts - scripts for web like counters, guestbooks, etc.

Ha! Cool :D

penny-arcade - cartoons for gamegeeks
joecartoon - flashmadness classic
happytreefriends - the cuddly side of carnage
preschoolprotocops - nice flashtoon
pin-up - awwwwwwww! ^ ^
requiemforadream - this is one weird site
fantasyinterfaces - killer webdesign
Mladen's LEGO® Creations - beautiful lego
wecomeinpeace - weird!
orisinal - the peaceful side of flashgames
fiftyeight - kickass german cg animation powerhouse
siesing - RnR
synj - orangeyfats galore!
director-file.com - unbelievable chris cunningham

Local Info

zelluloid - moviereviews and local movie programme
burn-in-hellmut - pub "Hellmut"
hellmut.info - strangely, there are 2 sites...
splitter-infos - splitter-party-community

Friends

alex-dahlem - my inmate, bet he didn't update for years
digitaldecoy - digital art by Daniel Lieske
pixel-storm - digital art by Bleick "McFly" Bleicken
irrlichtartwork - digital art by Oliver "Big O" Schlemmer
container-nm - digital art by Nils Meyer
fantasiewelten - live action roleplaying
raum3 - webdesign by Markus Hensgen
pixelizer - webdesign by Pierre Brost
masc5 - webdesign by Marcus Schemer
die artillerie - comic and illustration powerhouse