My partner is an artist. Shes very good you know! She makes jewelry in real life, sculpting beads from clays and stuff. For those intrested her site is www.dmstrachan.co.uk (Shameless plug!).
Anywhos, this is the first page im making for this site, and ive had a look for guides to art packages on Linux. The main programs ive looked for is Gimp, Inkscape, and Blender.
Gimp
Gimp is a free image editing package. Its available for Linux and Windows.
www.gimp.org/tutorials
www.gimp-tutorials.net
www.gimp-tutorials.com
Deviant Art Tutorials
Tutorialized Tutorials
Abduzeedo Gimp Galaxy
Inkscape
Inkscape is a free drawing tool, feels similar to Corel Draw.
Inkscape Docs
Free PDF Guide
Inkscape Video Guides
More Video Tutorials (scroll to bottom)
Blender
Blender is a 3D modelling program. Havent used it myself but heard some say they prefer it to Maya.
Blenders Main Tutorials
Tutorialized Tutorials
Blender Nation
Ibiblios Tutorials
Misc Art Stuff
CGTextures
A sample texture site (seriously recomended viewing regardless of your art software!)
Hope somebody out there finds these links useful ^^
