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Artists and Art Sites

A Delightful Tedium Derrick Wyatt, a Very talented and nice character designer. One of the best.
Alex Ross My friend, the legendary illustrator Alex Ross maintains this gorgeous online gallery and store
Alex Toth Fan Site about one of the most influential artists in animation and comic books, the late genius Alex Toth
Alex Toth 2 Another detailed Alex Toth fan site with up-to-the-date news
Aluir Amancio Aluir is a stunningly talented comic book and storyboard artist. One of my favorite people. Check out his site.
American Art Archives A Wonderful Collection of Vintage Commercial Illustration from the Golden Age of Illustration
Battlepug the Web Comic by Mike Norton Mike Norton’s fantastic web Comic. Battlepug! I Love this!
Bill Plympton Great Independent Animation Legend Bill Plympton maintains this sharp site
Bristolwhip A collective of cartoonists who challenge each other with a new theme every two weeks. (see ComicTwart for another)
Carrtoons – the Animation Art of Kathy Carr My Dear Friend Kathy has a delightful and appealing style in storyboard and design. Check it out.
Chiarello Mark Chiarello is an art director at DC Comics. A great and talented illustrator, as you see here.
Chris Battle My Pal Chris is a Fantastic Character Designer. Take a look.
Comic Art Community A huge database of art from hundreds of great comic book artists. A bottomless gallery
Comic Twart A wonderful, ongoing contest as a handful of great artists tackle a fresh subject every week. (See Bristolwhip for another)
Concept Art Org A wonderful collection of Concept Art by the best designers in the business
Concept Ships Great database of spaceship art of all sorts
Cooley! Pixar Artist Josh Cooley has a hilarious line of prints and personal art. Enjoy!
Coty Gonzales My friend in Hawaii, Coty is a very interesting guy with fascinating blog covering a spectrum of subjects
Dan Brereton Powerhouse Illustrator and good friend Dan Brereton does stunning work. Take a look
Darrell Bowen Darrell is a great colleague of mine. This site shows off his gorgeous work.
Darwyn Cooke Darwyn Cooke is Probably my favorite artist/writer working today.
David S Karoll Animation Artist Dave is a highly-skilled, multi-talented animation colorist and painter. See for yourself.
Deja View Master Disney Animator Andreas Deja has a Blog
Device Brilliant British Designer, Graphic Artist Rian Hughes shows his work here.
Devilpig Dave Johnson: Superstar Animation and Comic Book artist (and all-around cool dude) has this nifty Deviant Art site.
Don Bluth A link to the legendary animator’s Facebook page
Doug Chiang Former Lucasfilm designer Doug Chiang does gorgeous work. Take a look
Douglas Trumbull.com A Legend of Film Effects has this great site
Drew Struzan Best Movie Poster Artist on the Planet. See his incredible work
Dusty Abell My Friend and animation cohort Dusty is an amazing artist. Take a look
Ebenezer's Gallery Wonderful resource for early 20th Century Pulp art
Epilogue A wonderful gallery of the best in Fantasy Artists
Eric Clark My Best Friend in the World is an amazing painter and designer. Take a look.
Etched In Time An amazing Etch-a-Sketch gallery!
Eyvind Earle My favorite fine artist. The late Eyvind Earle. His stuff will blow you away.
Eyvind Earle 2 Another Gallery featuring genius painter Eyvind Earle
Fantasy Covers Doc Savage Cleverly illustrated Doc Savage Novel covers for books that should have been!
Feng Zhu Art site of an incredible production Illustrator
Frank Brunner Legendary Comic Book Artist Frank Brunner is an old pal of mine. Check out his amazing commissions
Frank R. Paul A Master Illustrator from the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Fred Hembeck Hembeck is a fantastic cartoonist, lampoonist working in the comic book field
Gagne International The site for multi-talented artist and publisher, my friend Michel Gagne
Gary Montalbano.com My good friend Gary is a genius painter, designer with a gorgeous art books, best selling prints and other items.
Geofftoons Wonderful Cartoonist Geoff Hassing’s really fun gallery and portfolio site
Got Cheeks? Fantastic designer-colorist Sean “Cheeks” Galloway shows off his works here.
Heidi Bosch My friend Heidi’s Sign and Fine Print Company. Great stuff. Take a look.
Hey Oscar Wilde, It's Clobbering Time An incredible gallery of privately commissioned works of art based on or of literary greats
Jennifer Gwynne Oliver My friend Jen Oliver is a Disney artist who does amazing personal Illustration work on this site.
Jerome K. Moore Jerome Moore is a good friend and incredible illustrator. Take a look.
John Byrne Superstar Comic Book Artist John Byrne maintains a beautiful site with lots of unpublished works
Julian Beever’s Fantastic 3D Pavement Drawings Must be seen to be believed
Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo Married genius Illustrators Boris and Julie strut their stuff here
Ken Steacy My friend Ken is a fantastic Illustrator and painter. Here’s his Publishing site.
Kevin Nowlan Site of peerless Illustrator Kevin Nowlan
Knuckle-Dragging 101 Fantastic Animation Director/Artist Sandra Frame’s Blog. Very interesting and fun stuff.
L. Lois Buhalis Dear Friend and famous letter artist Lois has this site of her beautiful work.
Lewisone Art and Advertising Peter Lewis’ showcase for his many artistic talents
Lightsource Studios Bay Area-Based cadre of artists with an amazing roster of talent in all fields of commercial and fine art
Llyn Hunter's Place Dear Friend llyn Hunter is a fantastic illustrator, animator and storyboard artist with a great site
Lost America Night Photography of the Abandoned West
Mario D'Anna My pal, Mario shows his beautiful animation and personal work here.
Mark Christiansen My buddy Mark is a fantastic animation illustrator. Check it out!
Mark Lewis My good friend Mark Lewis has a wide spectrum of skills and interests. Great work and an entertaining read.
Masked Mayhem My friend Will Meugniot’s art gallery and blog. Great stuff
Michael Whelan Probably the best SF/Fantasy Illustrator alive. See and purchase his work here
Mike Kaluta Legendary Illustrator Mike Kaluta shows off his stunning artwork here.
Mike Wieringo The late, great Mike Wieringo’s family preserves his popular web page. Mike was a great guy.
Millet Henson My Friend Millet is an Adobe Illustrator genius. Here’s her work.
Mitch O'Connell My pal, Brilliant designer Illustrator Mitch O’Connell has this site of his extraordinary work
Mondo: The Archive Stunning Archive of graphic Fan-made movie posters….most are much better than the real ones…..and this grows every month.
Neal Adams The Legendary Neal Adams can be found here.
Ordster's Random Thoughts Superstar Comic Book artist Jerry Ordway shares his thoughts and work on a personal Blog
Paper Tiger My friend Cynthia Martin is an amazing Illustrator. Enjoy
Partrick Owsley Cartoon Art and More! My pal, Patrick can draw any classic animated character PERFECTLY and he does great commissions.
Patrick Owsley 2 Patrick’s business and portfolio link with more of his gorgeous work on display
Paul Dini One of the best animation and comic book writers out there. Here’s his site
Paul Gulacy Superstar comic Illustrator (and friend) Paul Gulacy’s site
Peter McKinstry Site for really talented Production Designer, Peter McKinstry
Phil Noto Fantastic illustrator and nice guy Phil Noto shows off his vintage-inspired illustration
Ragnarama ‘Ragnar’ is a graphic designer of considerable skill with a snappy pop art look. See for yourself.
Ralph McQuarrie Ralph is THE designer of the original Star Wars films and a master illustrator. Incredible work
Rick Goldschmidt My pal Rick Goldschmidt is THE expert on Rankin Bass but his Blog goes into all sorts of interesting areas.
RixGraphics.com Ric Easton has created gorgeous custom covers for your DVD collection. Downloads are free. I use many of these myself.
Robert J. Kelly Graphic Designer Robert J. Kelly is a master of old school Poster design
Rocket Fist My friend Darrel Bowen’s Boutique Toy and Graphics Company. Great stuff.
Ronnie del Carmen Ronnie is a Pixar artist I knew at Warner Bros. Very nice and talented. Take a look!
Ruthie Hanson My Good Friend’s daughter has matured into a wonderful young woman and also a good friend. Here’s her creative and fun site.
Ryan Church Blog/art site for one of the best Concept Illustrators in the film Business. The brilliant and famous Ryan Church
Ryan Ottley Art site for Incredible comic book artist Ryan Ottley
Sam & Max Blogspot The Website of Pixar Artist, Comic Book Creator and all around nice guy, Steve Purcell. Fun work!
Saul Bass Historically important Film Graphic Designer. His influence is strong today.
Scaramanga My friend in Belgium, Hans is a fantastic graphic designer and digital artist. Here’s his work.
Sci Fi Art Now My pal, John Freeman’s book featuring many Brilliant SF artists the world over…many with links! Great resource.
Sergio Aragones One of our Greatest Living Cartoonists
Shane Glines Shane is a hugely talented animation designer (and cool dude). Here’s a bonanza of his gorgeous work.
Shane Glines' Cartoon Retro Shane Glines Deviant Art Page
Skyland Gallery Frank Cirocco and Lela Dowling’s gallery of nature art. Beautiful stuff
SR Bissette.com Superstar Comic Book Writer/Artist Steve Bissette’s Blog
Steve Burg.com One of the Best Production Designers out there
Steve Silver One of the best character artists and caricaturists in the business is also an educator
Strongstuff The striking graphic design work of Tom Whalen. Wow.
Swinton Scott drawings and other creativity Veteran animation designer and director (and cool guy) Swinton Scott has this blog page to show off his wonderful work
Syd Mead Probably greatest artist at portraying a future we want to live in. He has a sharp site
Tarrzan's Deviant Art My Teacher Photoshop Jedi Alex Ruiz’s personal and professional work. Incredible
The Look of Lizarraga My pal Bob Lizarraga is a super nice and talented character designer, caricaturist and fine artist. well-worth a look
The Retro Graphics Archive An incredible resource for Vintage 50′s/60′s Illustrations
The Robert Lesser Pulp Art Collection A wonderful Resource for Pulp Cover Illustrations
Thomas Perkins My good buddy, Thomas’ amazing illustration and animation design work.
Tim Sale Popular comic artist Tim Sale has a great site
Tom Nelson My pal, Tom Nelson is an amazing storyboard artist in live action. Lots of cool stuff here.
Ventura Toons My friend ‘wacky’ cartoonist Pat Ventura’s art blog. Great stuff!
Vibrational Frequencies Really nice and talented animation designer Tommy Tejeda has this interesting site.
W.R. Miller Online My pal, Author/Journalist/Artist Bob Miller has this really interesting site and art showcase.
Worth 1000 A Gorgeous and Vast Photo gallery of stunning images

Comedy

Geek Fun

15 Home Theaters to Wow You The Ultimate Man Caves. I can’t decide my favorite!
2719 Hyperion.com A detailed , multi-faceted Disney Site
Arario Gallery Realistic Skeletons of Cartoon Characters!
Babylon 5 3-D Model Index A list of links for you to get your own CGI B5 Models
Babylon 5 ISN News: The Zocalo Today My favorite B5 site. It also has breaking news for everything SF.
Babylon 5 Ship Reference Forensic reference on B5 Spaceships for you modelers and fans out there
Babylon 5 Technical Manual Fan Created Webpage with specs on everything B5
Batman Toys and Collectables Great database of Batcrap!
Batmobile History.com A guide to every version of The Batmobile on film and in print
Bend In The River Great Fan Site about Disneyland’s New Orleans Square
Bird of the Galaxy Photostream Huge archives of behind the scenes on the original Trek
Brave New World ‘My’ Comic Book Store here in Santa Clarita. Good Folks
Chonastock A Photographer with an eye for Geekly Beauty
Chop Shop My Favorite T-Shirt Designer. Love their sophisticated, yet geeky stuff.
Classic JQ.com A GREAT Classic Jonny Quest Fan Site. Very through.
Discordia Online Game for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
Disney Tunes Radio Network Great sight about all Disney Music
Disneyland Linkage Great Disneyland Tips and Links
Disneyland Resort Official Website for Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and Downtown Disney in Anaheim
Doombuggies.com The ultimate site about Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.
Fiberglass Freaks Want a REAL batmobile? Look no further
Hanna-Barbera Fashion Database The Title is pretty accurate. A great reference resource
I.M.P.S. – The Relentless An amazing Fan site about Star wars Imperials, ala ‘Troops’
Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research Renowned Animation Historian (and nice guy) Jerry Beck’s super site.
Jess Nevins Jess Nevis has done exhaustive notes on the Hidden Easter Eggs in Alan Moore-scripted Comic Books
jms News The latest news on writer J. Michael Straczinski
Laughing Place.com Huge Global site about the Disney Theme Park Experience…and beyond
Leonard Nimoy Focusing on the recording history of Spock himself!
Marvel Genesis A blog looking at the Marvel Comics of the early 1960s – one comic at a time.
Midichlorian Rhapsody Great Star Wars / Queen Mashup
Mousetalgia Podcast The Best Disneyland Podcast. Smart, funny, and informative. Lots of inside reports and celebrity interviews.
MouseVinyl.com A Vast Library of Streaming Audiofiles of Disney Albums…current and classic
P.O.V. Online Writer Mark Evanier’s fascinating blog about all things pop culture.
Postcards From the Zone Great Guide to the under-appreciated 80′s Twilight Zone series.
Roger Evans Jonny Quest Opening Titles In the works, Roger Evans is painstakingly re-creating the opening credits to Jonny Quest in Stop Motion.
Sci-Fi Airshow Amazing Photoshop work showing a realistic airshow of SF spacecraft
Science Fiction & Telefantasy Databanks! A British database of SF television. Episode guides. You name it.
Springfield Punx Simpsonized versions of Many cool characters from other media
Star Trek Prop, Costume, and Auction Authority Wonderful database of Trek artifacts
Star Wars Crawl Creator Make your own Opening Title Crawl in Star Wars Style. Fun!
Star Wars Ship Reference Good Reference for Star Wars Vehicles
Star Wars: Japanese Style Fantastic ‘re-imagining’ of the Star Wars universe ala vintage Japanese prints
Starship Dimensions Relative sizes for almost every spaceship you can imagine from human-size, up to Death Star and beyond.
Steampunk Star Wars Great Idea, done perfectly
Swat KATS Overview, Characters, Episodes, Memorabilia A SK Fan Site with a lot of organized data from the series.
Tell No Tales.com The Ultimate Site about Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean, the greatest amusement park ride in history.
The 1966 TV Batmobile The Ultimate site for this famous vehicle
The Animation Podcast This Podcast interviews some very important animation legends
The Annotated Watchmen Detailed Notes on the Comic Book Maxi-Series
The Astro City Rocket Creator-driven page for the brilliant comic series Astro City
The Babylon Podcast The longest Running Babylon 5 Podcast
The Disneyland Sign Generator Fun. You can create images with your message on the original Disneyland sign.
The Icon Factory: Star Trek Beautiful and free Trek Icons and other computer goodies
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 Massive database of episode notes and creator comments.
The Model Shop Lasse Henning is a master model maker. Take a look.
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Decent Guide to the version of JQ I worked on in the 90′s
The SWAT Kats Encyclopedia A Comprehensive guide to this cool show I worked on
TOS.5 Enterprise Great Reference Site on the Original TV Enterprise (My all-time favorite Space Ship)
Toy Story Characters Wonderful, Interactive guide to all the Toy Story Characters
Vintage Disneyland Tickets Great Blog centered around the History of Disneyland
What To Name Your Baby Nerd Database of Geek Names
Winscape A Video Product that will make your head spin. When they perfect this technology, it will be universal.
Yamagato Fellowship Very clever site related to the show Heroes.
Yesterland A sweet and nostalgic site, focusing on bygone attractions in the Disney parks. Great pictures.
Yowp Great Blog site about early Hanna-Barbera Cartoons

Miscellaneous Links

Reference

2 Minute Photoshop Tricks Some amazing tips and tricks for Photoshop users
266 Epic and Awesome CG Wallpapers Fantastic repository of free illustrated computer wallpaper
All About You Bootcamp Wonderful Fitness Bootcamp I went to when I was living in the Glendale area
Animation Artist Great, serious site about Animation. Dig around for an Interview with Yours Truly
Animation Insider Friend and co-worker Mike Milo has this growing site of animation artist interviews (including Yours truly)
Audible.com Downloadable Audiobook company with a huge library
Balloon Tales How-to site about comic book effects
Blohm und Voss Experimental German War Planes. Very Cool
CG Textures Huge resource of free textures for CG Models and Illustration
Comic Crazys A fun art site with the entirety of the Famous Artists School Texts available.
Comic List What Comic Books are coming out this week? Click here.
DaFont.com A vast library of free fonts for your computer.
Dark Roasted Blend: Cool retro devices Database of retro technology images. Very useful and interesting
Disneyland Shopping Guide Good list of shopping in the Magic Kingdom
Good Reads A Networking site for the avid reader. Share your reviews, discussions, etc. with like-minded readers.
Google Image Search I couldn’t do my job if it weren’t for this bottomless reference resource.
Hidden DVD Easter Eggs Many DVDs have hidden features. Here’s a good list to check your collection against.
IMCDB (Internet Movie Car Database) A comprehensive list of ‘show cars’. Detailed and thorough
Internet Movie Database The IMDB. You should know this. Complete credits and episode lists on everything, searchable in many ways
iTunes Visualizers Free Animated Visualizers for your iTunes. These look great on large hi-def monitors
Los Angeles Sigalert LA Traffic, up to the Minute
Lynda.com A subscription service for computer program training videos with more than you could ever use!
Mark's Very Large National Lampoon Site A Definitive National Lampoon database
Movie-Page.com Large database of free downoadable scripts
Names.com Vast Gallery of names separated by country. Very useful for writers
Photoshop User TV Very helpful Photoshop videos
Playland at the Beach Web site for a historical San Francisco Amusement Park torn down when I was a little kid
Pug Nation Los Angeles L.A.’s Pug Rescue Organization. Best thing I ever did was adopting my two Pugs from these folks.
R1DB.com Huge Database of Downloadable Custom and Original DVD covers. Usually much better than the real ones.
RhymeZone Free Rhyme Dictionary and Thesaurus. Great Writer’s resource.
Rotten Tomatoes Fantastic Movie review and rating site, Very accurate
Starship Modeler A rich resource for the SF modeler. Links to custom kits, garage kits and builders.
Studio Arts A FANTASTIC Computer Graphics Educational Academy. I have taken many wonderful classes here.
The Canyon Club One hell of a concert venue to the West of the San Fernando Valley. Small, but they book amazing A-List entertainers.
The Digital Bits Daily News site about upcoming DVD and Blu Ray releases. These folks are dialed in
The National Speed Trap Exchange Find the speed traps in your area anywhere in the USA
Trailers From Hell Large database of film Trailers…some with Commentary
TV Shows on DVD Up to the minute news for DVD releases of TV shows
Vegan Tickles For my Vegan friends (I’m not). Great food Blog from my friends Vaughn and Goretti
You Suck at Photoshop Hilarious Tutorials by Donnie Hoyle