I see a lot of folks here that want to improve their skill level, so I wanted to share a few of my favorite resources and art channels for anyone that's interested, as well as create a designated space for people to post resources that they've found useful. (Maybe this kind of thread existed before; I looked for one but I didn't see it.)

A personal word of advice regarding these links and any material that is designed to help you understand how to improve your art: it only works if you work. You have to do the exercises, follow instructions and stay consistent if you really want to improve.

Drawabox - This is always my first recommendation, because it is the holy bible of design drawing fundamentals.

This site gives you a lesson plan that breaks everything down into manageable tasks that you can take one at a time. You might think the starting bits are too slow for you, and you might want to skip ahead, but resist the urge. Drawabox is all about drilling the fundamentals that you don't even realize you're missing. You won't realize just how little control you have over your own body until you're told to do very simple tasks with high and consistent accuracy. Don't believe me? I dare you to try it. Take it in order from the beginning, and if you complete one of these assignments per week, you WILL improve.

Proko - One of the most consistently good tutorial channels on youtube.

In addition to having possibly the most in-depth breakdown of anatomy drawing that you can get for free on the internet, there's also a ton of tutorials, interviews and exercises spanning a broad range of subjects. There's no intended view order, so if you want to get the most out of these, I'd recommend watching these after you've at least finished all the drills in lesson 2 of Drawabox

BaM Animation - best for folks looking to improve their design philosophy and other fundamentals for good cartooning. These are less tutorials and more active redraws of user-submitted character designs. It's also probably the most entertaining entry on my list.

Sinix - Chill guy that does digital painting tutorials and paintovers. His stuff is not super in-depth, so you probably can't get to his level just by following his advice, but it's a good supplemental channel to follow.

The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross - I am morally and ethically obligated to add Bob Ross to any list about expanding your horizons though art. Paint with the man, let the good vibes flow through you and onto the canvas. Let these meditations bring you closer to enlightenment.

Looking forward to seeing what y'all recommend. Cheers.

I think I'll update with some occasional things I find in my youtube recommendations and the internet at large that seem useful

Marco Bucci comes and goes from my radar, but he made a pretty good process breakdown of character design that I'd recommend.

This is a great concept for a thread!

I hope a lot of people can gain some precious knowledge from here and maybe share some videos and whatnots of their own!

Speaking of which, here's my education recommendation:

Jim Lee is a great artist to take a few lessons from when it comes to drawing realistically (which everyone should learn even if you're drawing cartoons), the first time I saw him explain his process with anatomy felt like I was blown right back to square one and had to learn it all over again, but he explains it in a way that's easy to pick up and do and I feel like I learned more from him in five minutes than I did in my first three years of drawing.

I'm enjoying Alphonso's stuff so far. I need people to remind me to back off and stop focusing so much on the granular detail, especially when I'm out sketching. Hierarchy of detail is still something I struggle with since I think I subconsciously tell myself "if I don't render-out every single leaf of that tree, they're all gonna think I don't know how to."

that's fun, and confirms some of my fears; I'm good at angles and lines but bad at volumes.

Love this idea! Will definitely add this to the archive in time!

Can't forget about the Newgrounds Wiki.

Would love to share MalMakes. She does video game artwork in a similar setting as Bob Ross.

Seconded Marco Bucci, he makes excellent and fun tutorials.

Also I recommend

Croquis Cafe - A large library for figure drawing session. The channel update frequently and it's great for warm-up session.

I'm thinking of trying out the Drawabox regimen eventually, currently I'm kind of unsure where I should focus my art studies on, and improving on drawing fundamentals is always a good choice.

Marc Leone's Drawing Database is a great video database that covers important topics like the fundamental basics, figure drawing, anatomy, etc. Some of the videos can be pretty lengthy, potentially going on for at least 5 hours, but the amount of knowledge and drawing diagrams Marc shows in these videos is pretty good info that's worth watching at least a portion of them, as well as videos to run back for reference.

That's the beauty of it, it's exactly the type of thing you should do when you're not sure where to focus. It's like lifting weights until you decide which martial art to study; you're gonna need those muscles no matter what you choose.

Proko has multiple videos for each, and I appreciate his construction-based approach. Generally for anything anatomy-based, you're going to want to prioritize tutorials that take the time to explain everything going on beneath the skin first. Tutorials that skip straight to cylinders and cubes for the surface of the hand are either skipping important information, or are for when you already have a mastery of drawing realistic-looking hands and then want to simplify the knowledge you've trained.

He also does a lot of good crit videos for student drawing, so you can see the common mistakes of other learners and how to fix them:

(I can only embed two vids, so here's an example of a good crit vid)

I'm probably late to this thread but I recommend Sycra. He has super in-depth tutorial videos on practically everything and makes some of the best art tutorial videos on YouTube. I owe most of my anatomy knowledge to him.

Here's an example of one of his videos:

He also has his own website full of resources.

More good tips on feet that got recently uploaded. Good to watch the video about bones first

I'm feeling good about the amount of resources we have for drawing and linework, but let me make an open call for resources regarding color process, since that's something that I still consider a personal point of weakness. I've seen a lot of processes that yield some really good results, so it's not like any one method is the gold standard. All the more reason I'd like to see as many different kinds of process breakdowns as possible.

Been following Marc for a while now, and though I've shown some of his stuff where step one is "be pretty good already," this new one seems like a good intro to drawing basics.

I've been sharing these in the forums and elsewhere quite a lot lately. Seems like everyone wants to try their hand at rendering, and could use some help. Well, these help a LOT.

This guy made his way into my recommendations, and he's quickly becoming a favorite. I'm a pretty technically-minded person, but Ethan keeps it simple and to the point, forcing people like me to stop hyperfocusing or being indecisive. Doesn't hurt that he makes it pretty entertaining while he's at it.

Matthias Wandel never ceases to entertain me

Sharing Gammatrap for his great VFX tutorials.

I found this 5-part tutorial about rendering fire to be particularly useful:

Been sharing these a lot lately, so here they are again:

For folks that need funky poses for reference, here's a model that I follow. Just the right combination of goofy and useful, lots of costumes and other useful elements for referencing:

https://www.deviantart.com/null-entity

https://www.facebook.com/NullEntityStuff/

For anyone interested in making comics, Elsa Charretier has a great channel on the subject. There's a bunch of videos on effective page layouts, interviews with artists, and other insights that go deeper into the whole process than what I've seen other comic channels do.

(also, you should check out her free comic Love Everlasting. It's really good.)

A lot of youse guys are probably familiar with Propic x Taco, but I came across a Pinterest album with possibly all of his yellow series and a good portion of his red and blue series in one place with English translation in the captions. It's always been a good resource for learning anatomy with a manga tilt, but This is a game changer.

i wanna also jump in with my personal recommendation: light ponderings. he worked on a bunch of popular animated movies, games, and similar (his about page says he worked on the incredibles, cars, ratatouille, wall-e, brave, inside out, uncharted, assassin’s creed, + more), and he mainly does videos about color and light. this guy’s tips literally BLOW MY MIND, i especially recommend his videos about using gray in your paintings and color relativity

My boy Bucci's back with a real banger. I feel like this is a perfect Part 3 to his 2-part Ambient Occlusion and Color Light tutorial.

i really love this thread!

it's very useful to know about these channels, but first,,,

let me say some my favourites channels!

Dan Beardshaw

Doki Doki Drawing : drawing manga channel! :D

Jazza : for me, this artist posts some great videos!

DrawlikeaSir : a another drawing manga channel!

Scott Robertson : for mech things

And thats it!

i hope that's helpful, for me and you!

I share these ones everywhere, all the time, so I should add them here. (edit: no idea why some showed up twice, and no idea why I can't take them out. Whoops. Let's say I added them for emphasis)

This thread has been going for about 3 years, and I think maybe the disorganized stream of consciousness approach was good for a while, but I might want to take all the stuff I think really works, and organize them better into a directory of sorts. I'd like to put together a public Google Sheet organized by subject (perspective, light, form, composition, anatomy, design, etc.) so it's easier for people to find what they're looking for without having to read through a thread. Been a busy boy lately though, so who knows when I'll get around to it. Just a thought.

@FacemanArt recently added another thread with a bunch of free resources, so I'll add it to the list.

Finally found this thread again, all my links have been piling up in the meantime..

WikiArt: Online collection of like, every single piece of art ever made all categorized into their styles and eras.

Human Anatomy for Artist: Collection of high quality reference model photos in a ton of different poses, great for anatomy study or if you're a painter in need of reference. You need to pay for an HD download but the standard definition and previews have served me fine so far.

Nickelodeon- Animation 101: A playlist full of videos covering the animation industry- pitching a show, storyboarding, getting hired as an animator, production pipelines, stuff like that.

PureRef: if you are not using pureref already you are crazy. Basically a giant pinboard for all your reference images with infinite canvas space and infinite zoom. Remember kids your visual library is everything and you can't draw something if you don't know what it looks like

And for some comic specific ones, HelioscopePDX runs a really great youtube channel with a ton of advice:

This should be on the creators resources!