Just as an author can suffer from writer’s block, artists sometimes run into brick walls that block the light from their creative vision. To break down those walls you need a metaphorical pickaxe or, perhaps, bulldozer. That’s why we’ve compiled the top 100 best artist resources on the web.
Often, knowing what other creative minds are currently working on or have created in the past can help an artist get a little inspiration to know what they can create. Here are some of the coolest art galleries the internet has to offer.
Google’s Art Project is a unique online art experience, a collaboration between Google and 151 acclaimed art partners from across 40 countries. Users can explore the over 30,000 artworks from over 150 collections in 40 countries at brushstroke level detail, take virtual tours of museums and build their own collections to share.
DeviantART was created to entertain, inspire, and empower artists and is the largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts. The site’s vibrant social network environment receives over 100,000 daily uploads of original artworks ranging from traditional media, such as painting and sculpture, to digital art, pixel art, films and anime.
This online database of artworks from every era in history can get your creative juices flowing. You can also view ten images selected at random from their online collection, if you’re really stumped for inspiration.
An online video gallery of animation, motion special effects, and video art. This website is an extension of the Behance network of artists.
Not every artist’s tool has to be a brush or a pen. Check out these awesome online instruments for crafting your next sensational masterwork.
This interactive color wheel is particularly helpful in graphic or web design but can be all-around useful if you’re struggling to know what color of rug best matches your couch or which eyeshadow contrasts just perfectly with your hazel-brown eyes.
Pixlr offers a free basic Photoshop-like image editor that conveniently runs right in your browser. It’s not quite as advanced as the real deal but can achieve a fair photo-edit in a pinch.
If you need a program with capabilities similar to Illustrator or CorelDraw but have a zero-dollar budget, try this popular Open Source vector graphics editor.
Dafont.com holds an extensive collection of almost 15,000 free, downloadable fonts. You can choose any style from calligraphy to graffiti or even search through their collection of dingbats.
Check out some of these creativity-boosting extensions available for your Google Chrome browser. You can locate them by searching their names at the Chrome Web Store.
This extension works to figure out where bottlenecks in your web app speed and performance are so you can fix them and speed up user performance.
Very useful if you want to create a professional art or photography portfolio site from your images on Flickr.
A powerful and easy application for Web-based drawing. Has layering capabilities, over 20 unique brushes, and brush pressure sensitivity if you’re using a Wacom or other drawing tablet.
Displays quotes on design from the Quotes on Design website, a collection of interesting, funny, and thought-provoking quotes.
Sometimes, all that built-up creative angst makes you want to sit back and relax with a nice big bowl of popcorn but, what to watch? An art documentary, naturally.
A collection of documentaries and instructional videos. Some cost a small fee but there are many free clips.
Get to know why you need to get connected with your potential patrons and other artists through the various social media outlets online.
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“The Drawn Blog is your daily source of inspiration for illustration, animation, cartooning, and comic art.“
“This is a permanent home for spontaneous art. There’s a blog, interviews, themed-submissions and a lot of amusing thoughts on paper.”
“Daily commentary on all things art and design by Orlando artist, designer and blogger, Jason Dean.”
“Art Fag City is New York-based art blog dedicated to providing exposure to emerging contemporary art and under-known artists. We believe that engaging in smart, critical debate helps us better define and shape the world we want, and that creative production of all forms is essential.”
“FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user’s tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!”
“Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof founded the Zero .1% for Art Commission to bridge the gap between ordinary people and art. THEartblog, established in 2003, is an outgrowth of that mission.”
“Art News Blog is a selection of visual art news, art reviews and art related stories online. We search the web for some of the more interesting art news stories published each day.”
“Ruminations on art, life, politics, world events and anything else that comes to mind. May also contain traces of the following: animation, comics, industrial design, weird foreign films, punk/postpunk/industrial and experimental music, popular culture and economic/social critique.”
No matter kind of artist you are, you can generate a digital collection of your creations and post it on the world wide web for all to see.
Basically, LinkedIn for artists. Post your artwork and share it with the Behance community for an opportunity to be seen by thousands of people.
A London-based website that offers free art directory listings, free webspace, free email accounts and online portfolio creation as well as a fine art e-card site.
artnet Magazine is the preeminent art magazine on the web and the only daily source of news in the art world.
Previously published under the name Art Calendar, Professional Artist provides artists with business strategies to make a living with advice on marketing, art law, portfolio development, exhibition presentation, communication skills and sales techniques.
A web magazine for design and inspiration with a new thought posted every day, a new web issue published every week, and every other month a free PDF featuring interviews and artwork is published.
This publication is a resource for current information on the art world and features up-to-date stories covering a variety of art-related news and events across the world.
Updated daily and has archives of past daily newsletters that include 2,000 galleries, 10,800 shows, 40,000 artists, and 35,000 images.
This publication shows the best of graphic arts and videos, and comes in pdf format. The objective of Revolutionart is to “serve as an inspirational source to artists.”
“Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece home to a world-renowned collection of modern & contemporary art. Tweets by JiaJia Fei.”
“Top Art Tweets algorithmically selects and retweets some of the most interesting tweets around art and design.”
“Behance empowers creative people and teams to make ideas happen, via the Behance Network, The 99%, and Action Method.”
“Love art? Want art? Need art? I Tweet about it and hope to inspire creativity in you! LOA, Law of Attraction and Gratitude shared here.”
“Artists Space is a lively place for discussion and critical examination, lending support to emerging ideas and emerging artists alike.”
Provides tips, tricks, and information on every facet of video editing software, equipment, and accessories.
Unravel the mysteries of pigment. You know, that little thing that makes up the entirety of our visual perception.
Advertise with Google’s advertising program if you already have a website where you sell your work, and need a way of targeting people looking to buy art.
Sell your art on the world’s largest online auction site. To get an idea of what kind of art does well on ebay, follow @ebayart on Twitter.
Craigslist is essentially the world’s largest source for classified ads online and can be used to sell practically anything. Art is no exception.