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Art (McEntegart Library): Web Resources

McEntegart Library Guide

Evaluating Websites

To evaluate a website, you must determine its credibility.

Ask yourself "Is this CRAP?"

Currency: When was the page created & updated? (Copyright year)

Reliability/Relevancy  : What references does this site provide? (Links)

Authority: Who created this site? (.edu, .gov, .org, .com)

Purpose: Why was this site created & is there bias? (Advertising)

Image Banks

Photography

Selected Websites

Non-Western Art Websites

Multimedia Resources

Art Image Research

Need reliable images? Try the ARTstor database before using the web!

Research & Writing

Teaching Resources

Apps

Brushes Redux: FREE
A painting application designed from scratch for the iPhone and iPod touch. Featuring an advanced color picker, several realistic brushes, layers, extreme zooming, and a simple yet deep interface, it is a powerful tool for creating original artwork on your mobile device.
Lets Create! Pottery HD Lite: FREE
A unique app where you create pottery with your fingers from molding, to firing it, painting it, and finally sharing it. It has an ordering system where you can make pottery, or make and sell it. As you earn money you can buy colors and brushes to decorate your pottery.
Louvre Museum Visitor Guide: FREE
The world's largest museum houses a fabulous collection of more than 35,000 works of art… in a historic palace! But if you can't come to the Louvre, we can help you discover the museum's must-sees on your mobile device!
National Gallery, London HD: $1.99
The National Gallery in London houses one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world. Explore the brushstrokes and hear the stories behind masterpieces by Leonardo, Renoir, Botticelli, Rembrandt and Van Gogh.
SketchMEE Lite: FREE
A quality rendering of hand drawn art. An image analysis foundation together with actual artist technique emulation generate unparalleled results, even compared to desktop computer software. You can use low resolution images to generate high resolution output images.
ArtStudio LITE: FREE
A professional drawing / painting application. It uses advanced mathematics to attain the highest level of quality, at the same time offering incredible performance achieved through numerous code optimizations.
 
Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile: FREE
A professional-grade paint and drawing application. SketchBook® Mobile offers a full set of sketching tools and delivers them through a streamlined and intuitive user interface. Use it to digitally capture your ideas as napkin sketches or produce artwork on-the-go.
Gustav Klimt Artwork: $1.99
Finally, Long waited App for Klimt fans - A Virtual High-Definition Gallery of Gustav Klimt!
Tiltshift: $1.99
This software will allow you to create retro miniature pictures. By adjusting various parameters, it allows you to apply many effects on your pictures: from miniature pictures to vintage styles images. 
Sketch Me!: FREE
A simple, fun app that lets you convert your images and photos into sketches by applying a special image effect. Paint Mode, Draw on your sketches! 4 brand new image effects in addition to the classic Sketch Me! sketch effect.
TouchRetouch $1.99
A revolutionary application that lets you remove unwanted objects from your photos, using just your finger. Mark the items you want taken out of the snapshot and hit ‘Go’. Retouching photographs has never been so quick, easy and convenient.
 
Meritum Paint Pro: $1.99
All the features you've asked for and also added some more of our own wicked ideas. So, we present you Meritum Paint Pro with so many new features that you won't believe it. Random image generator.
 
DC Comics: FREE
The biggest and best North American comics publisher, featuring a wide variety of characters and genres. Renowned for the World's Greatest Super Heroes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and many many more. 
Art Model - Pose & Morph Tool: $4.99
The first in a series of human figure reference applications, Art Model is an invaluable tool for any artist who is serious about mastering this challenging subject. Select from a series of classic poses - with your model standing, sitting or in repose. A collection of 300 photos.
Art 'n' Trace: $4.99
Virtual tracing paper! Trace your photos and saved images.
Vincent van Gogh's Art: FREE
A Virtual Gallery of Vincent Van Gogh featuring High-Definition Painting Pieces of the greatest Dutch Artist ever lived, Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh HD takes you through virtual tour of VAN GOGH's lifetime.
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