ionoi

i definitely want this dvd box. showing sid mead explaining his process of illustration:

http://www.sydmead.com/features/dvds/

http://the-structure-of-man.blogspot.com/

a magazine for everything adobe, nice video tutorials

http://www.layersmagazine.com/

edit: there is also a huge video tutorial section from adobe online here:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/ 

worth a little investment:

http://www.lynda.com/

quite simple, but very fundamental ideas and concepts for creating textures

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060622/ahearn_01.shtml

the wohle category “visual art” is interesting on this site, so see the artist´s portfolios too

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/article_display.php?category=8

ok, it´s an ad, but anyway:

http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/
home_films_evolution_v2.swf

this is a spoof of the ad, which presents us with backstep in beauty terms:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I0u0wWOMIsE 

*thanks slob*

http://www.video2brain.com/

many free video tutorials

*thanks michael*

http://www.wacom.com/tips/index.cfm?category=photoshop

http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials 

http://workshops.cgsociety.org/ 

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

also check camtasia:

http://de.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

http://forums.cgsociety.org

http://forums.sijun.com/

http://www.eatpoo.com/phpBB2/index.php

http://www.gfx-scene.de/

http://www.3dcafe.com/

http://www.3dtotal.com/

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials

with the “assoziations-blaster” you can find connotations for specific words, which might help in various design processes:

http://www.assoziations-blaster.de/

this site is also helpful in connection with color, it allows to connect colors with moods and words:

http://www.metacolor.de/farben/gruen.htm

the whole site is a good base on color theory

http://www.metacolor.de/

an applet for the calculation of forms, with a simple introduction:

http://www.activeart.de/dim-shops/training/
SuperShape/2DApplet.html

This site requires a registration (free) but you really get tons of video tutorials. Many for gaming, but also for video editing, photoshop and much more.

http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_dl_index.php

a small collection of illustrator tutorials you can find there, too 

http://ndesign-studio.com/resources/pixel_icons.htm

http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/
12/50-best-firefox-extensions-for-power-surfing/

http://www.quickonlinetips.com

http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/

http://diybookbinding.pbwiki.com/

http://www.designinflight.com/04July/
diy_photography_on_the_cheap.html

and

http://www.shuttertalk.com/
articles/diylighting/index.php

and

http://www.diyphotography.net/

http://www.stencilrevolution.com/tutorials/tutorialsview.php?id=2

and

http://www.stencilrevolution.com/tutorials/tutorialsview.php?id=7

http://www.drweb.de/weblog/weblog/?p=527

http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/popup1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-y3ZNaCqs

http://media.k10k.net/issues/issue074/design.html

a working photo camera which can be made out of paper!

http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/dirkon_01.html

via paperforest

light throwies; and many other interesting stuff

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_make_led_throwies.html

and it´s free!

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/

tooling and tips from the experts

http://www.photoshoptv.com/

http://www.derekyu.com/extras/pixel01.html

a short collection on stencil art archives and sites on the net

http://www.stencilarchive.org

http://www.stencilgraffiti.com

http://www.obeygiant.com (very political!)

http://www.stencilrevolution.com (nice tutorials for multicolor stencils!)

http://www.banksy.co.uk

http://www.reclaimyourcity.net

two more online - tutorials:

very clean, a zipfile for download:

http://www.deviantart.com/download/18914400/

also very good:

http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/htmltuts/digital_colorpart1.html
http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/htmltuts/digital_colorpart2.html

http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/htmltuts/painting_steps.html

short and simple 

http://www.stefanbucher.net/weblogfaq/

wordclone, online:

http://www.writely.com

your calendar, online:

http://www.kiko.com/

exel-clone, online:

http://www.numsum.com/

a simple slideshow-tool, online:

http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/

make your own video-blog (vblog) now!

• “blip.tv is a video blogging, podcasting and sharing service. If you don’t have a blog, we’ll give you one. If you have a blog already, we’ll make it a video blog.”

www.blip.tv

many things changed since actionscript 2.0, learn more here:

http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:Learning_Tips

in german, clean and well-structured

http://www.distinctstyles.com/

picture taken from:

http://www.formereignis.com

interesting article on the history of keying

http://www.fxguide.com/article314.html&mode=nested

many books, quite useful

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/
-/2UYW8XQWDQQMW/ref=cm_bg_guides/104-6945748-2325562

the online-learning platform of the johanneum university

topics:

2D Pixel2D Vector 3D Colors Illusions Imaging Interfaces Typography

http://trainit.fh-joanneum.at/

 international:

 www.totaltraining.com

covering various topics, this site is quite complete:

http://www.typography-1st.com/

• 1 Alignment
• 2 Balance/Harmony
• 3 Contrast
• 4 Emphasis
• 5 Gestalt
• 6 Movement
• 7 Proportion
• 8 Proximity
• 9 Repetition
• 10 Rhythm
• 11 Unity
• 12 White Space

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Principles_of_Design_(Graphic_design)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_literacy

also interesting:

http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/benedict/index.html 

this platform makes it possible to make several courses on art and the basics of perception online without being registered on an university

http://www.schule-des-sehens.de/

the topics are continously updated, for now, these topics are to choose:

this weblog contains the following categories:

# Video
# Games
# Roboting
# Literature
# Soundart
# Internet
# Artists+designers
# Exhibitions

sounds interesting, visit regularly!

http://www1.khib.no/weblogs/digit/

DMA is a online-learnin-platform of the art-university linz. it covers many topics such as 2D and 3D design and has very broad and deep tutorials online. highly recommendable!

• “Inhaltlich sind die Module in die Hauptbereiche 2D-Grafik, DTP, Video/Postproduction, Audio, 3D-Grafik und Animation, Internet/Web/Multimedia gegliedert und je nach Fragestellung über Zugänge wie Workshops, Übungen, Produktionsprozesse, Grundlagen, Soft- und Hardware abrufbar.”

http://www.dma.ufg.ac.at/

10 rules for making eeeazy navigable content 

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html

amazingly detailed!

http://www.shortcourses.com

http://planetdoom.gamespy.com/brain/index.php

ok, this list is really huge, covering many many thing around the doom3 engine

http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017

generally focused on CTF (capture the flag, which is a gameplay-mode) but very interesting basics

Tim Willits’ CTF Tips
Level Design Process
CTF Level Design Tips
Geezer’s CTF Map Making Guide
Elements of CTF Style
CTF Gameplay Tutorial
Mapping for CTF
CTF Theory