Art and Design: Online Resources

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Includes a color scheme generator.

Includes color harmonies, shades, tones, and tints.

HTML Color Picker

Glossary of design terms with illustrations and images. From Canva.

Browsable glossary with brief explanation of terminology used in the theory and practice of art.

From the Big Cartoon Database. Includes a searchable database of cartoons, studios, reviews and videos.

A comprehensive glossary of terms used in the printing and graphics industry. From Printing Industry Exchange.

From UCreative: You The Designer. An extensive glossary of design terminology.

Intended for K-12 education. Provides basic definitions and glossy of terminology.

Art, artists, art history.

A website for teaching and learning in the arts from the Kennedy Center.

The Getty vocabularies contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, visual surrogates, conservation, and bibliographic materials.

Google Arts & Culture features content from over 1000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.

The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts from the 8th to 19th centuries.

ACM SIGGRAPH is a special interest group within the Association of Computer Machinery. It is an international community of researchers, artists, developers, filmmakers, scientists, and business professionals who share an interest in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) isthe professional association for design. From the website: As the largest professional association of designers in the world, AIGA is committed to advancing the value and impact of design, both locally and globally, and working together to inspire, support and learn from each other, at every stage of our careers.

ATypl is an international forum for type and typography professionals. Members preserve the culture, tradition, and history of type and typography as well as promote contemporary digital fonts.

From the website: The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of companies that publish computer and video games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers and the Internet.

From the website: The Guild is committed to improving conditions for all graphic artists (including, but not limited to: animators, cartoonists, designers, illustrators, and digital artists) and raising standards for the entire industry. The Guild embraces graphic artists at all skill levels. Our members include educators, intellectual property lawyers, artists representatives and others in related industries.

The International Council of Graphic Design Associations is the world body for professional communication design. Founded in 1963, it is a voluntary assembly of organisations concerned with graphic design, visual communication, design management, promotion, education, research and journalism.

Organization is based in the U.K. From the website: Founded in 1983 and incorporated twenty years later, the Society of Illustrators, Artists and Designers (SIAD) is a not-for-profit professional organisation that exists to promote excellence in all areas of visual media, to provide an online resource for the promotion of its members, and to promote the protection of the intellectual property rights of its members.