The association of science fiction and fantasy artists ASFA (Vote on the best art for the Chesley Awards!) http://www.asfa-art.org
Illustrators of the Future www.writersofthefuture.com Calling all new and amateur artists (Also writers) of fantasy and science fiction. L.Ron Hubbard's Writers and Illustrators of the Future is a competition to help artists break their way into the professional side. There is also a blog that can give you more tips from people that have already won and people in the field of art. You Do NOT Pay To Enter, and if you win, they pay prize money and help you get into the field!!!!! What better way to start.....
Diabolical Plots:David Steffen and Anthony Sullivan's quest for publication and world domination http://www.diabolicalplots.com/
Dragon Dronethttp://www.renegadeeffects.com Armour, weapons, props, fantasy, science fiction stage fighting, effects... check out the site it has all Dragon and his awesome team have to offer. Dragon is an awesome man and brother to my guide/teacher William Warren Jr.
My favorite online art store http://www.dickblick.com biggest selection of berol prisma color pencils than I have found anywhere else.... great return if you got damaged or missing product... OMG they just built a live location in Seattle... oh joy oh joy!
Gargoyles Statuary Seattle WA http://gargoylestatuary.com/index.html Great people, the owner Gayle is awesome, and its a fun dark place to buy gargoyles, masks art from local artists and jewelry. Rene' offers Astrological readings out of Gayle's shop.
FELLOW ARTISTS AND A FEW FILKERS............................................................
Juliana + Douglas McCorison http://pondsidemusic.com/ great people, filkers =) They have an awesome place in Canada where they have musicians put on concerts and people can rent a sleep spot for the night. They also have an art gallery. Juliana and Douglas have bought quite a few works of mine and inspired me to continue with my art in my earliest days when I was unsure of my path....
Alan M Clark http://www.alanmclark.com the site of his art and publishing company, IFD Publishing, a great artist with a really interesting attitude about life and art.... works of horror and the totally creative twisted bazaar... he even had a piece where I was actually shocked into saying "oh my god I can't believe he did that!" =) At Orycon 29 he explained the piece to me..... wow it was pretty crazy..... I would have never thought that that was what it was about....... maybe next time I'll talk with him about the happier horror pieces =) Oh and he gave me some great tips on working with color.
John R. Gray IIIhttp://www.asfa-art.org/admin/artist.php?id=54 Great and compassionate guy... fellow artist/illustrator. Awhile after meeting him at a convention, I ended up talking with a buyer and found out that he and I both have works bought for and displayed in the "PondSide Gallery" in Canada. He works mostly in Acrylic and is currently working as a luthier, building custom autoharps. You'll find him hanging in the artist and the filking crowd.... =) I will update when his new website is up and running.....
Mark Ferrariwww.markferrari.com Also a great and compassionate guy, fellow artist/illustrator and a Writer. Shaun and I have a signed book from Mark where Mark actually went out of his way to get Shaun the last copy of "The Book of Joby" at the con seeing all the other books had sold out while there. Gave me tips on using Bristol Board seeing he loves berol prisma color as much if not more so than I. There was one of his works where I told Shaun that it has to be computer.... then we noticed it said medium... berol prisma color.... that was in the earlier days before I met him.
Scott Alerichttp://www.hellhasfoundme.com/ Great and fun guy, Besides his webcomic he is also a fantasy and science fiction illustrator. Shaun and I met him and his girlfriend Kat (listed here below) at a con gone wrong and we all made the best of it with self entertainment... =) Puts great focus and energy into keeping his webcomics constantly updated... California Peeps...
"Kat"http://www.katgirl.net/ Children's book illustrator and has the cutest kitties... Very energetic and fun person to be around.... her site takes you to all of the areas she's active online...
Margaret Organ-Keanhttp://www.organ-kean.com/ One of my newest teachers in the art world... A great and loving artist with wonderful works of watercolor... Attends conventions in state and on the east coast were she is originally from... I'll come back later and add a bit more... active in FoolsCap
Keith Amarak Waters http://www.claymonsters.com/ "Clay Monster" The art of sculptor K Amarak Waters Awesome guy, Jessica Geiger (his girlfriend and fellow sculptor) and Keith saved our butts at SpoCon and gave us a jump when our battery died.
HERE ARE SOME HISTORY AND ALTERNATE HISTORY SITES I REALLY ENJOY...........
Parts from an awesome old book put online, on the subjects of Ancient Egypt the Chaldæans, and the Anunnaki.... Great read if you are into the subjects... 3 sections posted... I hope to find the actual book sometime.
