Useful websites for students - from class

Harvard Referencing - should you lose your Harvard Referencing handouts, go to the library website for more information:

http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/

Definitions of professional and hobbyist artists:

http://www.visualarts.net.au/advicecentre/definitions/professional

Australian Copyright Council:

http://www.copyright.org.au/

Rocky Road Rena - Rena will be coming into class to speak to you soon! Do some research and look her up:

http://www.rockyroadrena.com/

Arts Hub - for arts jobs and other opportunities

http://www.artshub.com.au/

National Association for the Visual Arts - a.k.a NAVA (Australia)

http://www.visualarts.net.au/

Illustrators Australia - register online

http://www.illustratorsaustralia.com/

Aquent - jobs for illustrators in the advertising industry

http://www.aquent.com.au/

Here are the websites that were handed out earlier in the semester:

Wooster Collective – street and lowbrow art http://www.woostercollective.com/index.php

Hi Fructose – amazing paintings, lowbrow art and illustration-style art updated regularly to coincide with their magazine http://hifructose.livejournal.com/

Monster Brains – a weird blog full of monsters ancient and new, medieval to modern in prints and scribes. Good inspiration for illustrators and a personal favourite! http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/

The Comics Journal – NOTE: please use discretion with this website – some of the images may be barred from student use, according to their blog, so please be wary using this site. http://www.tcj.com/

Art Dorks – many of the Pop Surrealist artists that were on here have now migrated onto MySpace, however Brendan Danielsson’s site is well worth a look for the graphic-style artist http://artdorks.com/index.php

Frieze – with a podcast and archives of previous publications from their magazine http://www.frieze.com/magazine/

Arts Law Australia – the most up to date information for artists, including copyright, classification and censorship, trademarks, contracts, etc. Free advice for artists in a pickle. http://www.artslaw.com.au/

Artchive – biographical information on hundreds of artists and eras ranging from the Renaissance to modern eras with theory and criticisms on individual works. http://www.artchive.com/

Timeline of Art History – The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art – one of the best art history websites ever published on the internet – from BC to AD http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Arts Journal – Daily Art News http://www.artsjournal.com/

Drawn – Drawn! “is a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw. Visit us daily for a dose of links and creative inspiration.” http://drawn.ca/

Flight Comics http://www.flightcomics.com/

Start Drawing – Asian drawing collective – billions of artists! http://www.startdrawing.org/

We make money not art – HEAPS on the contemporary global art scene, including
sound art and more: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/