New York Times Arts -- Online version of the quintessential "arts section" of the newspaper.

deviantART -- Art collections... deviations... billed as "the largest art community in the world.."

BittBox -- A cool resource for graphic designers...

see design & advertising >

PAPERMAG -- Online version of the print publication covering the arts, books, film, lifestyle, music, stage, style & media...

CreativePro -- "where creatives go" -- the business, fonts, graphics, hardware, photography, mobile...

Encylopedia of Philosopy -- An A to Z reference of philosophical works archived on the internet.

see philosophy >

VADS -- Academic resource for visual arts with search and collection of over 100,000 images. Based in the U.K.

Etsy -- A place to buy and sell homemade stuff... Less crowded than ebay.

also see recession >

Laughing Squid -- Scott Beale's resource for art, culture, technology and the web...

Authorlink -- Doris Booth's blog about writing and publishing. "Marketplace where editors and agents buy and sell"

Make -- The print magazine's website featuring a blog, videos, forum / community for do-it-yourself projects

Paint Layers -- James Griffin's blog dealing with illustration art and "the trials and triumphs of creating."

Free CSS Templates -- Source for, what else? CSS Templates. Also Wordpress themes, etc...

see web tools >

Social Wallpapering -- Place to upload, classify, rank and "distribute high resolution images for use as desktop wallpaper."

diy network -- The how-to TV channel's website with videos and instruction for do-it-yourself home projects...

submarine channel -- Animation, documentaries, games, music, film, blog...

also see video >

Font Diner -- Commercial and freeware foundry, home the instantly recognizable Font Diner Sparkly.

also see Fonts / Typography >

Google Books -- Over a half million books scanned in and available online. Also available for Android & iPhone.