Art

Software

Firealpaca

This free program is essentially a predecessor to Medibang Paint however I am mentioning it for it animation tool which is very simple but if you just want to do some frame by frame animation it works pretty well.

Heavypaint

Very limited art program that is fantastic for practicing to paint with big shapes and focus on color and composition.
The video "This weird app taught me to paint." by Love Life Drawing (that is a little outdated by now as the app got some updates as far as I'm aware) explains the benefits of it really well.

Krita

Free Program that still has many different tools with a similar layout to photoshop

Medibang Paint Pro

Free Program that I would highly recommend for beginners with digital art as it's much more simple with it's layout and tools while still giving you everything essential.
This was my software of choice for the first like 4 years of digital art.
The main downside is lack of brushes and ability to customize them. You can add new ones and customize them and in my opinion it's often better for beginners especially to have fewer brushes and you shouldn't rely on custom brushes but this is still a downside at the end of the day.

Photoshop

standard art program that most will know. I will say however that you can clearly notice that photoshop was not meant as a drawing or painting software but as a photo editing one and so if you come from softwares that have been made specifically for painting you will have to get used to a lot of things here.
But once you do its genuinely a nice program with a lot of helpful tools

Pureref

Free program that you can use to put your reference images in another window. In regular drawing I ususally put my references on the canvas but with pixel art or 3D art this is really helpful.
Since it gives you an infinite canvas I also used it for my website design for example.

Hardware

Huion 1060 Plus

great cheap screenless tablet that I used for years (still works).
You have to charge the pen with a cable charger but only rarely and you can charge it while you use it (though the cable can be annoying while drawing). It comes with extra pen tips

Wacom Intuos S

great cheap screenless tablet
You don't have to charge the pen. It comes with extra pen tips.
The pen tips do get broken down more quickly then on the huion and it is slightly smaller, but also makes it easier to carry around.

Art Tutorials and other videos

@AmazingAnimationAnalysis

its like their name says. Amazing analysis

@AhmedAldoori

Great shorter tips

@AlexHuneycutt

shows his Painting process; good background art

@ALPHONSODUNN

great videos on ink drawing and general tutorials

@AstriSjursen

Art mindset motivation and great speedpaints

@ateyghailan9353

good Art process videos

@BabanIllustration

Has some great longer tutorials

@BaMAnimation

General art/ animation advice

@BKAN81

Time-lapse paintings/ speedpaints

@bluebiscuits

Good tutorials about perspective and anatomy/ faces as well as some speedpaints

@bochen6820

Great painting process/ speedpaint videos

@BobboAndonova

Few but good tutorials (especially about faces)

@BobbyChiu

Great mindful art/life advice

@CharacterDesignForge

Character design stuff

@ChromaMoma

Good stuff about mech drawings

@DaoLeTrong

Great speed paints

@DaveGreco

Great art videos; especially love how he paints hair

@DavidFinchartist

Great tutorials for western comic stlyes

@deivcalviz

Great speedpaints

@DevinElleKurtzArt

Few but great videos

@Emilyena

great Speedpaints

@EthanBecker70

Lots of great overall art advice + funny guy

@KazoneArt

interviews and showcases of great artists

@KienanLafferty

fantastic digital art and concept art tutorials

@lovelifedrawing

nice tutorials especially on gesture drawing

@YTartschool

nice tutorials with general tips. I especially like his videos talking about his painting process

@marcobucci

fanatastic painting tutorials
especially like his 10 Minutes to Better Painting Series video series

@mikebop2024

translated kim jung gi lessons/ drawing videos

@ModernDayJames

fantastic art tutorials Especially like this series: BECOMING A GI/ EMULATING EVEN AMUNDSEN

@ProkoTV

Great channel with interviews and tutorials

@RobinSealark

great relaxing videos with mental health talk regarding artists struggles

@sinixdesign

fantastic art tutprials
especially like his Anatomy Quick Tips and his Paintover Pals Series

@SrishCreates

great videos analysing artist's style and learning from it

@Sycra

fantastic art tutorials

@beginnerdrawingcourse

nice art tutorials

@TheJettyJetShow

nice speedpaints

@theCecile

nice speedpaints

@ToniInfante

nice speedpaints

@TrentKaniuga

good pro artists advice

@TylerEdlin84

great art tips

Artbooks

Animators Survival Kit

fantastic animation guide

Bridgman's complete guide to drawing from life

amazing book on anatomy

Framed Ink

great book on composition

Pixel Art Tutorials

@AdamCYounis

great pixel art tutorials

@BJGpixel

great pixel art tutorials

@saultoons

great pixel art tutorials and progress videos