In my art studies I'm constantly finding new and/or better rescources to either inspire or instruct me. I realized some of you might appreciate them too, so I'll post them up here. These are a handful of the ones I'm currently using and reading to help me study:

Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (link to Amazon: [link])
I just finished reading this one last night. Up until now I'd never heard of James Gurney, and now he's my favorite artist. (No, I didn't live under a rock. Just in an isolated cabin in the swamps of the arctic tundra.) Most of it looks like a compilation of entries from the author's blog, below--

Gurney Journey Daily Blog (link: [link] )
James Gurney, the National Geographic illustrator and Dinotopia creator, has a treasure of information archived and updated here on every aspect of artwork and creation. He is one of the modern masters (maybe The master) of creating convincing fantastical illustrations. The book is a convenient offline reference and summary of much of his blog material; the blog will trap you for hours, as you try to tackle reading through all the back entries on your favorite subject!

Animal Diversity Web (link: [link] ) by the University of Michigan
A comprehensive archive of sounds, photos, taxidermy/specimens, and information on a huge number of animal species.

Posemaniacs (link: [link] )
A figure drawing website with thousands of human poses, the model stripped of skin and down to the muscle. Excellent for gesture drawing exercises and pose experimentation with characters.

Shopping For Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska book by Seth Kantner (link: [link] )
My favorite literary author has recently published a follow-up to his debut novel, Ordinary Wolves, titled Shopping for Porcupine. He reveals the truths behind the fictions in his first novel and how inseparable they are. Throughout this book are valuable photographs of his life on the tundra, from scenes of wind blowing up snow drifts on the tundra to his family's sod igloo. The pictures are as open and honest as his words. When I need motivation, for some reason flipping through or reading this novel helps me.

Hundreds of Free Art E-Books courtesy of Conceptart.org (link: [link] )
The title says it all. My favorites are Andrew Loomis's works.

SkeletalDrawing.com (link: [link] )
Dinosaur skeletal drawings and reconstructions!

That's the list for now. Enjoy!