About 6 months on from the last outing - [link] and I have amassed some new and interesting web sites of artists, designers, inspiration and just plain WTF ? for you to browse. I hope someone finds something interesting in this lot

If you want to find out more I keep an online version here - [link] and I try to update it on at least a monthly basis.

Disclaimer -
I have no professional connection to any of the sites, they are purely ones I have found while travelling the internet and I thought "hell that’s cool.".


INSPIRATION

Ghost Towns Many old gold mining towns still exist ... somewhere - [link]
Opacity more abandoned hospitals from the US and the UK with a nice wallpaper section to download and emblazon your desktop - [link]
Hauntings galore a really cool hauntings website where you can find haunted locations by state .. also have a cool links page or 2 - [link]
Arizona Highways Its not just England that has some stunning views - [link]

ARTISTS & DESIGNERS

ARTISTS
Brian Froud I need say no more just click - [link]
Selina Fenech Some really nice fantasy fairy artwork to enjoy - [link]
Jessica Galbreth More Fairy art - [link]
Lorin Wood Some cool concept art and sci-fi stuff from him - [link]
Kieran Yanner more sci-fi and concept art - [link]
Larry Elmore One of my favourite artists from the golden days of Dungeons and Dragons ... - [link]
Syd Mead You don't know Syd Mead ? what planet are you on ? - [link]
Khang Le A really cool sci fi artist go check out - [link]
Philip Straub Another cool fantasy and sci fi artist .. well worth a look - [link]
Radoslav Zilinsky Some truly stunning 3d and matte works - [link]
K.Jun & 97bzo Some stunning artwork and 3d from some really REALLY talented far eastern artists - [link]
Terese Nielsen Magic the gathering artist ... so expect lots of cool fantasy - [link]
John Howe Amazing fantasy artist who illustrated a lot of the Tolkien books - [link] - Books by the artist - [link] [link] [link]
Wayne Reynolds More cool fantasy artwork - [link]
Carl Critchlow Yet more cool fantasy artwork - [link]
Rodney Matthews Probably my favourite fantasy artist of all time .. This guy's organic quirkiness is spot on, go check him out and be amazed - [link]

DESIGNERS & STUDIOS
2Advanced How a web site should be done - [link]
Moodude More strange cute characters, and they do stickers .. oh and the badge I have on my cammy bag - [link]
Mondotrendy yet more cute designer characters - [link]
MonkeyCrapShit I kid you not go check the title bar of your internet explorer LOL ... more graffiti influenced designer madness - [link]
SciFi 3d A cool site with some really sweet galleries with a SciFi lean, also some 3d models - [link]
Fantasy Art 3d Yet more gorgeous pictures to inspire and for you to drool over LOL - [link]
TokiDoki Cool manga inspired Italian madness and home of the Cactus Pups - [link]
Galaxy Bunch Cool lil site with gallery, comics, vinyl toys and I.M. emotes to download - [link]
Kazuyuki Nakashima Loads of cool lil characters and other randomness - [link]

RESOURCES

Character design A lil blog about character design, quite a few character sheets to mooch over - [link]
Biro-Art Get a biro put it together with art and what do you have ? a really cool web community with some impressive pen drawn doodles and stuff - [link]
Nikon Tutor OK so I'm a Nikon User so I know this site .. if any one can point me a Canon or Pentax site I will put it here too - [link]
Guide for nature photographers Some interesting information for the photographer - [link]
Lines and Colour A blog about drawing, sketching and other visual arts - [link]
TutorialVault A vault of tutorials Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Photography and web design ... plus more - [link]
Character design another blog I found about character design - [link]
The New York Carver Cool site full of information on stone masonry ... Lots of explanations of castles, Churches and Abbeys including information about Gothic Architecture - [link]
Art, Design & Visual thinking Ok you wouldn't be here if you weren't an artist but this can make some cool reading and may make you think a lil bit - [link]

PUBLISHERS & MAGAZINES

IT'S ART Another really cool on-line art magazine site covering 3d, photography, traditional as well as prose - [link]

COMMUNITIES These not just deviantART.

{E}vermotion A 3d community with forum, tutorials, news archives and much much more - [link]
Mojizu one for the lil character designers out there but cool all the same - [link]
TAXI ! ! ! news, news and much more news than you can shake a stick at from the design world - [link]
3DM3 Just like an on-line magazine with Tutorials, How to's, galleries and more .. go check it out - [link]
3DPinoy The online community for the Filipino CG artist but some cool stuff for the rest of us (Like tutorials) - [link]

HISTORICAL

Rules of heraldry all you need to know about the science of making a coat of arms - [link]
The Celts All you needed to know about the painted wode wearing mad men of western Europe - [link]
Norwegian medieval places of worship a rather good resource detailing the background to Norwegian stave churches - [link]
Medieval Times An amazing collection of all things Medieval, swords, food, castles, life, dragon's, punishment, battle's, painting, music and much much more .. well worth a visit - [link]
Tudor History Personified by Henry VIII The Tudor period of history saw drastic changes in the make up of life not only in England but probably across the whole of Europe. The dissolution of the monasteries and the break from Rome, the reformation and the Spanish Armada. Read more about the Tudor's here - [link]
Antique maps and prints A nice selection of old turn of the century lithographs and engravings - [link]
Curious Expeditions Travelling and exhuming the extraordinary past - [link]
Regia Anglorum Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History - [link]
Middle Ages A cool website giving information on loads of aspects of the early medieval period - [link]
Fleur de Lis Probably THE best site I have found to do with the science of heraldry - [link]
The UK Monarchy The history of the British monarchy back to before the Norman invasion in 1066 - [link]
Media Storehouse You think my gallery is cool ? Take a look at some of the interiors of our historical buildings (and places I not got too yet) ... follow the gallery's and browse - [link]
Heraldic Arts Check out the artist section .. some really stunning and cool art and ideas - [link]

CARS

Conceptcar UK More of a UK baced site for designers - [link]
Cartype More car shenanigans but this site has a cool concept car section - [link]

COOL SITES

MiniClip Games More free games to play - [link]
Cool old maps some interesting, turn of the century maps of the US of A - [link]
The Devils Tramping Ground take some flash anims and mix with US legends and what do you get ? - [link]
Legends of America Its not only cool British stuff I find - [link]
Ghost's and ghouls Spooky stories and the like - [link]
Roller coasters again not art but anyone interested in a global database of roller coasters ? - [link]
The force is strong with this one the ultimate Star Wars webbie - [link]
Can you say dude ? the coolest rendition of Star Wars ever ... and all in 5 mins each - [link]
FREE GAMES ! ! ! Anyone up for free on line MMORPG games ? the definitive site for them - [link]
Free 3d Software Free organic 3d modelling software - [link]
Home Star Runner Wicked flash cartoons, games etc ... Sure you will find something to entertain - [link]
Happy Tree Friends Make Itchy and scratchy look like best mates .. Uber violence in cartoon form - [link]
Animation Arena Cool blog with useful information on 2d and 3d and computer game design - [link]
Classic Space predominantly a Lego space site but the gallery has some cool pics in - [link]
Toy Break I seem to be a junkie for designer toys atm ...Check out the video blog these guys are bonkers I wuff dem - [link]
The Hubble Site Loads of cool info and images from the worlds largest orbiting telescope - [link]
The Rut cool lil single shot cartoons, worth a giggle - [link]