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You one o' them creative types?

If your school dropped the art or photography program due to budget cuts, you're not alone. Creative programs are usually the first to go in any school in favor of reading, writing and arithmetic.

Forget that, and take a lesson on the Net to learn more about any creative interest - with tips & tutorials from anime to Web design, drawing, painting, photography or even filmmaking.

You can submit your own work at online art galleries, or see what the competition's doing at top sites just for creative teens. Here are our picks of some of the best ...

....and don't forget to check out more links about sculpture, crafts, painting & photography to surf in the Art & Culture section ...

Teen Ink - Written by teens for teens, featuring fiction & non-fiction, poetry and artwork submitted by members. Check out the art galleries.

Cyberteens - Gallery - Art galleries by category including abstract, animals, people, holiday, cartoons, science fiction & fantasy paintings and drawings by teens.

TeenSpot.com - Teen Message Boards - Creativity - Join the fray at this busy board, view artwork, or post your own drawings, paintings, anime or photography. Free registration.

Scribbles - Teen Gallery - Visitor-submitted drawings and computer art, how to submit your own artwork, information on art contests, plus lots more on art history, color theory, articles, lessons, tips & ideas.

Art Camps - Spend the summer being creative with hundreds of summer art camps to choose from in the U.S. and Canada.

The Atrium Gallery : Teen Art - The annual teen show sponsored by TeenPoint.org and It Magazinewith information on how to enter the competition, online entry form, galleries of past winners.

TeenDev - Web tips & tutorials by and for teens, with busy boards on Web development, graphic design, content management.

Designers' INK - From the University of Wisconsin, with info and links to more about graphic and Web design.

Real Action Teen Media - Are you the next hotshot Hollywood director? Join other teens involved in movie making - download tutorials, view others' work, take in the latest news, or read up on where you can get hands-on training in film & animation workshops across the U.S.

5 Steps to Get Creative - A cool kick-in-the-head tutorial from the BBC for artists, writers, musicians, dancers and filmmakers with general tips on how to focus, set up your space, get feedback from others and generally keep the creative juices hot...

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