Recent Cool Finds...

Type Cast!
DeMilked
Spider Web Spray Paint
Calligraphy with Water!
Art and Science join forces!
Glen Davis - Champaign Artist
Lucas Blalock's Digital Tool Kit
Why did Google change it's logo?
Crazy Accurate 3D Printed
Action Figures 
Dismaland - BANKSY Theme Park 
An Artist's Twist on Taxadermy
TED: How to Tap Into Your Creativity 
A Students Guide to Line Drawing
17 Diagrams to Help You Draw
Map Portraits
Clever Shadow Art
Just a really nifty website
Art Movements Explained!
Art People
TED Talks
TED Lessons
20 Must See TED Talks for
Aspiring Artists 
Tips to Shooting Great Black and White Photography
(List of) Different Kinds of Art
High Fructose (Art Magazine)
YellDesign
The Importance of Art Layout in Advertising
50 Inspiring Typography Artists
50 Examples of Beautiful Typography 
DOODLE!
Bokeh Type
Photo + Your Surroundings
Powerful and Creative Ads
45 Interactive Websites
Create Abstract Artwork - Interactive
Red Bubble
DesignRfix
Type Design (Business)
55 Incredible Examples of Photo Manipulation 
Art Speaks (Video)
Silk
(Interactive Generative Art)
New Hive
Candy Chang
(Interactive "Before I Die" Art)
Colossal
Art News
15 Magnificent Artists and Illustrators Websites 

Inspiration

Brooke DiDonato  -Photographer
How to Create a Professional
Magazine Layout
Photoshop Archives
Illusion (Website)
Andrew Mezvinsky
Wayne Jiang
Chicago Art Institute

St. Louis Art Museum

MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)

Pinterest

The Creative Bridge

Psychology of Color (Infographic)

Dafont.com

Communication Arts

TED2013
(The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered)
Haring Kids (Interactive)
5 Brilliant Artist Websites to Inspire You
Interactive Painting Website
Bomomo (Interactive)

College Art Departments

University of Illinois 
Illinois State University
Western Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University(Carbondale)

Southern Illinois University(Edwardsville)

Spoon River College

Parkland College

Heartland Community College

University of Chicago (Arts)

University of Chicago (Visual Arts)

University of Chicago (Art History)

School of the Arts Institute of Chicago

College of Creative Studies (Detroit)

Illinois College

Greenville College
***List of 4 year Illinois schools
***List of 2 year Illinois schools