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Decent sized update tonight. Huge thanks to all the people who have been submitting translations for the site. Happy to announce today we have a whopping 9 new languages available: Arabian, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Estonian, Hindi, Latvian, Serbian, Tagalog, and Tatar.
Adding on to this, for figure drawing: line-of-action.com. Edit: this website generates random clothed and nude reference images for both gestures and long poses, (with male and female models!!) and is automatically timed to do so.
If you find good photo references, you’ll have a continuous stream of inspiration that allows you to practice drawing faces with a range of unusual features. We have compiled this list of the best reference photo websites for sourcing different faces so you can become a portrait artist.
- Why Practice Figure Drawing Online?
- Best 9 Free Pose Reference Websites to Practice Figure Drawing Online
- Proko
- Line of Action
- Quick Poses
- Sketch Daily
- Posemaniacs
- New Master Academy
- Characterdesigns
- Adorkastock Sketch
When I first went to an art university in 2015, I didn’t know what to expect. I just wanted to draw pretty pictures so I could put all of them up on Instagram and get a lot of likes! But the truth is, once you get more and more into the art world, you might not even want to share your pieces! You will learn that art is a powerful communication tool...
Because I think Figure Drawing is SO important for any aspiring artist, I created this list, which you can bookmark and always refer to in times of need: “Best 9 Free Pose Reference Sites To Practice Figure Drawing Online“. You can use it to practice Figure Drawing and Gesture Drawing or simply use it as a reference for your own character’s pose. B...
I wanted to start with Proko first, because I honestly think this is a great resource for reference photos and beyond! This site offers a Free Model Sample Pack available for you to downloadimmediately! You can choose from censored or not-censored versions and immediately receive 28 high-quality figure drawing reference images. As well as FREE LESS...
Line Of Action is a free online website with a variety of pose reference photography. Once you select the class mode the “time interval” option will change to a “How long a class?”option, and you can then pick from 30 minutes to 6-hour long class. They mainly focus on Figure Drawing, Animal Drawing, Hands & Feet Drawing and Faces & Expression Drawi...
QuickPosesis a pose reference website similar to the one above, with slightly different customization options. Here is what their home page looks like: Now, let me walk you through some of the options they have on the left menu – Challenges and Timed Practice. Challenges:(from the image above) 1. Challenges always have 20 images in one session; 2. ...
Sketch Dailyis a very similar figure drawing pose reference website to the two above. On the other side, if you pick all options as “All”, then there are (at the moment of writing this article) 1971 images available! Now, that’s a pretty awesome library to work from! 🙂 The “Time” option works like the “time interval” in the Line Of Action website....
Posemaniacs is an invaluable resource for artists to practice figure drawing with anatomy in mind! As you can see from the screenshot above, the pose reference images are not of real humans (though they have some), but ofhuman muscle models! You can go to the “Search” sectionand look through their full library of poses, and filter them by many cate...
New Masters Academy is one of the best online course platforms for artists, in my opinion (check out my review). But it’s also a YouTube channel that, among other great videos, often offers 1+ hours-long LIVE figure drawing sessions! I think it’s quite brilliant since you are NOT looking at still photographs during your practice, but a video record...
CharacterDesignsis a growing collection of high-quality free references for artists. All the images on here are under a Creative Commons License. CharacterDesigns has a description of this license on their About Page. In summary: 1. Commercial usage is allowed with proper attribution. 2. Selling the image as-is is prohibited. 3. Redistribution for ...
AdorkaStock Sketchis a web-based app, that is similar to the ones we covered in the beginning. Images provided in there primarily come from the SenshiStock DeviantArt Pageand are donated by the community. Options to play around with: Pause/Play, Going to the next/previous image and Timer(you can set the time delay between 15 seconds and 30 minutes)...
High resolution, beautiful, affordable stock photos and pose reference for artists, designers, illustrators, concept artists, matte painters and more!
Feb 10, 2021 · Their DeviantArt page contains over 1100 images of reference poses for artists including facial expressions, props, dynamic lighting and more. Their rules state that their images are 100% free for personal and commercial use as a reference.
