Credit Where Credit's Due
I use a lot of resources, both online and off, in any finished work. It might be reference photos from an old book, inspiration taken from a particular artist's style, or custom brushes and textures taken from online sources (such as DeviantArt). A lot of these resources are released with an attribution licence, meaning that there's no cost to use them as long as you give credit to the creator. Unfortunately, there's not always room or opportunity to give credit to so many people in the finished work.
So, I've decided to create a section for this blog called "Resources" that will be a link catcher to give credit to those people who have (perhaps unknowingly) contributed to the success of some of my work. Checking the "resources" tag will lead you to a listing of sources, tools and inspiration that may benefit any other creative types in my readership. I recommend looking up any of them and seeing what they have to offer.
First up is a thank you to Enchantedgal-Stock at DeviantArt, who's Rainbow Splatter Paint Texture is going to save me a bunch of time on a project I'm finishing off this evening. This seems like it should be a simple thing to create on my own, but given a deadline crunch, this will be invaluable in saving time on work and cleanup. Thanks, Enchantedgal.