Education & Tutorials
AI & Art Theft
This is a video I specifically made on protecting your art on your Carrd… from crawlers and AI training, but there are some useful stuff at 2:46 about protecting your art in general
...I might make an updated version for Fourth Wall, but you kind of would do the same thing but with HTML code
Digital Art & Drawings
Fav Traditional Drawing Supplies
- Kraft paper sketchbook
- Fine tip Sharpies
- Metallic Sharpies
- Sharpies
- Sketch pencils
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Colored pencils
- Colored pencils (but more)
- Charcoal
- Mechanical pencils
- Erasers (I love these pink ones despite always loosing them, but the pencil top ones work too... idk why but I just don't like the clay artist erasers)
Art Softwares & Apps
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Free
- Krita (installation can be confusing so click here for help)
- Flip-A-Clip
- Autodesk Sketchbook
- ibisPaint
- MediBang
- Sketch.IO
- SuchArt: Creative Space (this is a game demo but painting on there is soooo fun!)
- Purchase
Web Tools
Drawing Tablets (only if you need one)
....Uhhh idk I draw on an iPad with my finger and I've only liked using XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro (my fav honestly), but for better advice watch the video!
Online Art Community (OAC)
🛑CAUTION!⚠️
Most sites allow NSFW/suggestive content, especially with art sites you’re likely to get whiplash on the front page. I would not recommend this section to minors (look below in "In-Person Art Community"), but to be honest in-person is just more fun in general!
Online Safety & Critical Thinking
- There is a LOT of bad thinking, especially online, so I recommend Filter It Through A Brain Cell Podcast.
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There are a LOT of cybersecurity tips, but the best advice is to think before posting & clicking on links... or at least try.
- NetSmartz is a great resource for specifically for teaching kids & teens to learn internet safety.
Online Lingo
A lot of online communities and fandoms (are a big part of a lot of OAC) in general have slang and acronyms. Emojis are common too and in some communities people will even use text emojis.
Art-based Website
- Art Fight
- Cara
- Artfol
- Sheezy.Art
- Comic Fury
- Toyhou.se
- Unvale
- Sketchers United
- Artgram
- Newgrounds
- Magma
- Some drawing softwares may have their on forum site or even art sharing platforms as well
Other Websites with Art Communities
In-Person Art Community
For Adults
Local meet-ups (whether at libraries, local art shops, with friends, church, etc) and conventions are great places to meet other artists. I've not been to many conventions, but some cons (especially furry cons) have their own art trade event, freebies tables, easy sign up artist alley, competitions, galleries, panels where you can learn about art or even draw with others, workshops, etc. However, most cons tend to be catered to adults even if parental supervision is required or it's marketed as family friends. A lot of times it's not the cons fault, but certain types of attendees that show up there.
For Kids & Teens
I would recommend joining a school club or doing extracurriculars like:
- theater backstage/set design
- robotics team as a graphic designer/marketing
- volunteering to make craft handmade items for animal shelter or for humans in need
- arts & crafts library events
- doing arts with irl friends like chalking or something
Fiber Arts & Crafting Community
- Fiber fests and guilds are a great place to get supplies and meet up with other crafters in-person. These events tend to be a little bit more family friendly then most conventions.
- Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Initiative helps keep heritage breeds (at risk of being non-existent currently) in business by connecting shepherds of heritage breeds with customers/artists.
- For supplies, local small business crafting shops are usually very high quality & expensive, Hobby Lobby tends to have lower quality tho very affordable/beginner friendly, and Michaels is somewhere in the middle.
- Specific crafting tools I have: big weaving loom, mini weaving loom, crochet hooks, sewing machine (very similar to what I have), sewing scissors, pizza slicer looking thing, cutting board (pink & blue, green & black), metal ruler, hot glue gun (not the exact one).
- Supplies I have like yarn, ribbon, stickers, etc can vary, but here are some that I like: flower lace, tassel trim, leaf ribbon, pom pom trim, warp yarn (off white, brown), pack of yarn.
- A couple of tools I've gotten from other artisans like Wavellite Creative and Weald & Wool.
