Resources
Get Resources You Will Need on Your Artistic Journey
Recommendations on this page are products and services I either created or tried out and love. You will find here the best tools and resources you will need to achieve your art goals.

Recommendations on this page are products and services I either created or tried out and love. You will find here the best tools and resources you will need to achieve your art goals.
Try the below tools to improve your focus and productivity.
Specifically curated- and produced music tracks designed exclusively to improve your focus on the work in front of you. FREE 2 weeks trial with this link.
Specifically curated- and produced music tracks designed exclusively to improve your focus on the work in front of you. FREE 2 weeks trial!
If you like listening more than reading, Audible is for you! Get your 2 FREE Audiobooks now with this special offer!
Over-ear noise cancelling headphones that really work. In wired and wireless version. Try the out!
Apple iPad Pro with Apple Pencil are currently my favorite drawing tools. Try them out!
Book summaries on demand. Check out Blinkist to get summaries of the most influential books out there.
Google Apps – Docs, Sheets, Slides, Mail, Calendar, Drive – are like Microsoft Office apps, but for free and in the cloud. Great for collaboration when working remotely.
Use the bellow tools to efficiently manage your art and creative business.
SiteGround is the fastest and the most reliable hosting we used for our websites (and we have tried many). Check them out, with this link, you will get up to 65% off!
SiteGround is the fastest and the most reliable hosting we used for our websites (and we have tried many). Check them out, with this link, you will get up to 65% off!
Freshbooks is the most intuitive accounting software out there. Create invoices fast and get paid on time. Genious! Get FREE 30 days trial with this link!
Mailerlite does everything what Mailchimp and more. It has lower SPAM scores than Mailchimp and thus your newsletters and E-mail marketing campaings will get delivered more!
Do you teach, or do you want to teach online? And you don’t want to hand over control over your content to the teaching platforms? Then use Thinkific to setup your own courses platform!
Stripe is great if you want to offer your customers with Credit Card payments. Make sure you ask for “startup” discount when you start to save up on fees!
These are some of the best print on demand platforms out there. You can upload your artworks to tons of products they offer!
Mostly selling T-Shirts and clothes. Now expanding into other product fields. Their artists support team is awesome!
A small giant in the POD industry. They offer huge range of products focused on cool and up & coming trends. This is the New York of PODs.
Displate produces beautiful metallic prints. That’s the only thing they focus on, so you can imagine how much they care about their product!
If Redbubble is the New York, society6 his is the LA of PODs. It’s the oldest POD site out there, with great range of products and established customer base.
Use these fitness programs and meditation apps to take care of your body and mind so you can produce your best works.
30 minute long 90 days program that anybody can fit into their day. What is most important Tony Horton (instructor) will also teach you what to eat so you are at your best. s
This program is the original in P90X series and it is longer – 60 minutes long 90 days program. It’s a bit more longer, but as good as P90X3.
This is the upgrade of P90X program. It uses a lot of tools to make the fitness fun. It is 60 minutes long and lasts for 90 days.
This program is from Shaun T (instructor), it is 25 minutes long and lasts for 5 weeks. I tried it after P90X3 and it was a lot of fun!
Headspace is great when you are starting with meditation because the programs are really well done. Andy (instructor) focuses on your Mind, Creativity and other important topics.
Calm is Headspace’s competitor and they are great thanks to their sleep stories, narrated by famous actors. It’s good to listen to when you can’t fall asleep.
This app is mostly for relaxation, when you are reading, sleeping or just want to wind down. It features sounds of nature, ocean, river, rain and many more.
Here, you will find books that we and our guests from the podcast recommend. You will find real gems in this list!
If you like listening more than reading, Audible is for you! Get your 2 FREE Audiobooks now with this special offer.
Here are some of the art tools I love and our guests from the podcast recommend. They are high-quality tools which will help you improve your art skills faster.
Winsor & Newton are the single, most mentioned art tool on Art Side of Life podcast. It’s because they are the best watercolors out there. Try them out!
Computers, tablets, printers and scanners that will help you create awesome art and efficiently run your art business.
Check out these reviews to choose the best device for you:
Apple iPad Pro with Apple Pencil are currently my favorite drawing tools. Try them out!
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign are industry recognized softwares used by the majority of artists. Get it now to maximize your digital art skills.
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