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Comic Creation Resources

Image Processing Software

Comic Life Inexpensive comic creator software - recommended!
The Gimp Free Photoshop alternative
Gimpshop Gimp altered to work as much as Photoshop as possible
Paint.NET Free image editing for Windows
Project Dogwaffle Free image processing software
Inkscape Free vector graphics editor

3-D Rendering Software

WINGS 3D Free 3D software
Sketchup Free 3D software from Google
Blender Another Free 3D program
POV-Ray Free 3D raytracing software
YAFRAY Yet Another Free Raytracing program
DAZ Studio Free basic Poser clone, but lacks features without buying plugins

Image Software Plug-ins

Free Photoshop Brushes
More Photoshop Brushes
Inobscuro PS brushes
Brusheezy More Photoshop Brushes
Photoshop actions
List of Photoshop Plugins, Filters, Brushes, Actions & Gradients

Image Processing Tutorials

PSG7 Tutorial The tutorial any artist should read
Steeldolphin Colouring tutorial
Melissa Clifton Several tutorials on shading and colouring
How to colourise a Manga Picture
N-Sane Photoshop tutorials
Bluesfear Colouring line art
Computer colouring
Make Like a Tree Comic colouring tutorial
PolyKarbonTutorials
Renderosity

Comic Creation Tutorials

Joel Fagin's Tutorials Everything comic related
Questionable Content
Copper Step by Step
Cheshire Crossing
Krazy Kimchi
MegaTokyo
Anime CGing Free samples from a commercial tutorial CD
Reckless Life
How to make speech balloons in GIMP

Comic Fonts

Make your comic's dialogue look like a comic rather than a PowerPoint presentation!

daFont Free Comic Fonts
Blambot The place for comic fonts