/artists

http://www.arifcreations.com - my classmate and an amazing artist.

http://darkvertex.com - my friend, can teach you spanish and rigging!

http://www.johnchill.com/ - an instructor and animator, he works at Bardel.

http://www.joncrow.com/ - another instructor, very helpful, knows a lot about animating and XSI.

/community

http://www.cgsociety.org - the biggest Computer Graphics community out there.

http://www.cgtextures.com - an excellent resource for all sorts of texturing needs.

http://conceptart.org - a lot of inspiring artwork here.