Your Favorite Learning Resources

Youtube channels like proko, sycra, Aaron blaise etc. I just bought Color and Light from James Gurney.

Have you read through Color and Light yet?  What do you think of it?

I'm subscribed to GDC, but I keep forgetting to watch the vids lol.  Some good stuff on there, too!

There is this article on our favorite resources posted a few weeks back: https://cgcookie.com/articles/our-favorite-resources

Other than that, I'd definitely recommend Jesse Schell's book as well. I bought it after watching his TED talk on a similar subject. Definitely got me excited to start thinking about game design with every day things we do. On the other end of that is another book I'd recommend by Jane McGonigal called Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. Where Jesse's book covers the design process, Jane's covers the psychology behind why people enjoy playing games and the benefits of them. Worth reading in cojunction.

Other similar books that I have and slowly reading are:

Theory of Fun for Game Design

Game Programming Patterns

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

I also watch GDC videos quite a bit as well as mentioned in the first article I linked. I think they're a great resource to learn from. Even if you don't have any idea how they accomplished what they did, just getting the birds eye view of how they work can be quite fun to learn about.

I am currently working my way through these books and tutorials

• How to Draw by Scott Robertson
  A very technical approach about linedrawing and perspective drawing. The content goes in the direction of correct concept drawings of sci fi cars and buildings. In addition it pushes your brain to hand coordination and forces you to draw correct.
• How To Render by Scott Robertson
  This will be the next one, after I´ve finished his first book. Shading rules and color rules.
• https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/
  I recommend this website. The author has a lot of free video tutorials about painting digitally in photoshop. I really like his way of teaching and his methods. I always keep my eyes open for different aproaches. For a little extra money you get intense Tutorial packages.
• The painting sessions of Ty Carter
  When I can spare some money I look into the videos of Ty Carter on gumroad. It is just interesting how he approaches a piece and works his way through. He has a very illustrative style.

• Art Fundamentals by 3D puplishing
  An interesting collection of basics such as Anatomy, color, perspective etc.
• Aaron Blaise Anatomy Workshop 
  I really like his simplified approach as an animator. He focuses really on the anatomy parts that matter.
• Aaron Blaise Character Design Workshop
  If you consider to push your character designs for stylised animation you will get handy tipps here

Yes, I've read that article.  Pretty neat!  I wanted to see what the community used, as well.

I have some of those books, too, because my SO is a programmer and wants to make games, too.  We share books.  I'll have to check out some of the others you've recommended, too!

Oh, wow!  Thanks for the recommendations!  I appreciate the different resources and viewpoints.

silentheart00 I have not gone through it completely, I am at the beginning where the use of red and green color in magzine is mentioned. So, till that point, I love the illustrations, they are really inspiring. Once I have finished the book I will share my thoughts on it. :)

Sure, sounds good =]