Contemporary Illustrators
Stefan Sagmeister www.sagmeister.com
Dave Mckean www.mckean-art.co.uk/
www.andrewrae.org.uk
www.shauntan.net
www.albertocerriteno.com/
www.michaelpaigeglover.com
www.ianameling.com/
www.vladimirzimakov.com
www.mensch-works.com
www.pjloughran.com
www.jamesjean.com/
www.christiannortheast.com
www.juliemorstad.com
www.nicolettaceccoli.com
www.rachelsalomon.com

Artists
John Currin, Marcel Dzama, Amy Cutler, Edward del Rosario, Jason McLean, Mel Kadel,Travis Millard, Jeff Ladouceur. James Jean, Jeff Eisenberg,
Jon Rappleye, Mark Ryden, Zak Smith, Elizabeth Peyton

Contemporary young artists you might want to look up on the web: Amy Cutler, Mel Cadel, Marcel Dzama, Edward del Rosario, Jason McLean, Travis Millard, JeffLadouceur

Illustration Magazines and Portals
3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration 3x3mag.com/
www.juxtapoz.com
Popshot Magazine www.ai-ap.com
www.illustrationmundo.com/
Illustration Magazine-The History of American Illustration Art
www.illustration-magazine.com/
http://rottedpeach.seesaa.net/category/2708215-4.html

Online Museums and Galleries
The National museum of American Illustration: www.americanillustration.org
Association of Illustrators: www.theaoi.com
Society of illustrators of Los Angeles: www.si-la.org
Storyopolis: www.storyopolis.com
Every picture tells a story: www.everypicture.com

Usefull Drawing Tutorials:
human anatomy pictures for artists from Andrew Loomis anatomy books: http://fineart.sk/index.php?s=48&cat=14
Loomis: Creative Illustration http://fineart.sk/index.php?cat=13
Loomis: Drawing the Heads and Hands http://fineart.sk/index.php?cat=14
photographic poses references http://posemaniacs.com/blog/pose/

Free environmental textures http://www.environment-textures.com

Facebook pages to "like" with great image resources:
http://www.facebook.com/grotesqMB
http://www.facebook.com/HiFructose
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-of-the-BeautifulGrotesque/122823567797212?ref=stream

Internet Resources
History of graphic narration: http://www.coconinoworld.com/s_classics_v3/mng_classics.php
J-J. Grandville: http://www.antiqueart.net/a-fleurs1.html, http://www.art.com/asp/display_artist- asp/_/crid--63328/JJ_Grandville.htm
Gustav Dore. http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/illustrators/dore.html
Circus Posters. http://www.rainfall.com/posters/Circus/catalog1.htm
Theater and Magic Posters: http://www.rainfall.com/posters/Theatrical/catalog1.htm
Alphonse Mucha (theater posters): http://mucha.lit19.com/
Aubrey Beardsley. http://beardsley.artpassions.net/, http://www.wormfood.com/savoy
Stenberg Brothers. http://eng.plakaty.ru/posters?id=903
Polish Poster Art. http://www.polishposter.com, http://www.contemporaryposters.com
Ivan Bilibin. http://www.cjwspax.com/bilibin.htm
Leon Bakst. Russian artist who revolutionized theatrical design both in stage and in costume. http://bertc.com/subfour/gallery_49.htm#x
Edward Gorey. http://www.goreyography.com/west/west.htm
Tom Phillips: http://www.humument.com/index2.html
Bob Peak movie posters. http://www.americanartarchives.com/peak,b.htm
Ralph Steadman. http://www.ralphsteadman.com/
Justin Bua. http://www.justinbua.com
Banksy. http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html
H.R. Giger. http://giger.com/

Design basics
http://gdbasics.com
http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/

Visual hierarchy
http://gdbasics.com/index.php?s=hierarchy
http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/text/hierarchy.htm
http:/www.viget.com/inspire/typography-tuesday-hierarchy
http:/www.uie.com/articles/visible_narratives/

Design
http:/www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/view/artist_series/
http:/www.thedesignencyclopedia.org/

Typography
http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype

Illustrator Tutorials
http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/archive-summary/category/Tutorials
http://online.caup.washington.edu/courses/LarcWI01/
LARC440/illustrator_home.htm

Color
http://worqx.com/color

Photoshop online tutorial / tips
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer.html
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html

Posters
Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
Rene Wanner's Poster Page
Hong Kong Poster Triennial

Interesting Projects
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/courses/ad/studio/motionary
http://www.bemboszoo.com
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/kt/video/sky2.mov

Stock Photos
http://www.sxc.hu/

Online design magazines
http://www.designobserver.com