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I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard
Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.
Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.
Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.
Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.
SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.
SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.
Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.
Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.
Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.
Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.
Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.
Some hand references from an old pack on DA. If you need some more hands I recommend checking out my Handy Hand Book in my Ko-Fi shop! It has over 400 hand references and comes in a PDF or physical book format.
Fat Photo Ref just got an update!
New photos are up now to help you draw some beachy babes this summer. I'm hoping to update a little more frequently this summer and get to access requests quicker too. You can apply for access or login by going to fatphotoref.com (follow the link on the splash page to request access.)
hot artists don't gatekeep
I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard
Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.
Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.
Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.
Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.
SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.
SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.
Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.
Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.
Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.
Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.
Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.
This is fantastic advice! I've also got some resources:
Here's one for figure drawing specifically.
Something other than humans? Smithsonian open source 3D.
Face angles? I got you.
Same thing but animals.
Dumb art advice for people who can’t understand logic like me:
First, turn off your brain and just draw a bunch, for example you want to learn to draw hands, go on Pinterest search ‘Hands’ and just copy what you see, do this everyday for 30min-1hour, slowly you’ll get a vague understanding of how hands work
THEN, go and watch some tutorials and the learn structure of the hand. The logic and structure are important but you won’t understand anything if you don’t already have a good picture of what the thing look like in your brain.
(This method works really well if you want to learn anatomy, don’t go dig into the muscle and skeleton, draw figures first, you don’t need to know what you’re drawing you just need to have an understanding of the flow of human body, it will help you greatly later on when you really go into the structure of body)
Of course this is only based on personal experiences, you can learn the theories and then practice but that did not work for me, if I don’t have hands on experience on what I’m drawing I won’t understand a single word in the tutorial. Do what works best for you I’m just putting this out here
actually, i did want to ask you all - a commonly shared sentiment about character creators in games or dressup games online is there's very frequently a lack of black hairstyles.
so it made me curious - what are some black hairstyles you wish would be included more in character creators/dressup games? or ones you get really happy to see are included?
ARTSHIELD
Putting out another resource for people if their PC is too old to glaze or do their work on mobile platforms
Artshield works by digitally watermarking your art into tricking AI scrapers into thinking its also AI and thus excluding it from the pool of sampled images. Granted it's methods are not as potent as nightshade or glaze, but its browser based and fast so you can have at least some protection on your art rather than none.
Example of an un-guarded picture
Same image put through Artshield.
See any differences? no? Thats because unlike glaze or nightshade the process is a lot more simplistic and changes the art in more subtle ways, while that makes the protection a bit thinner the artifacting is much less noticeable. but dont worry, its there!
as you can see theres blurring and artifacting on anything an AI might look for, such as lines, changes in color, and background patterns. While its not much out of JPEG compression, its more than posting your work without any protection due to PC limitations.
It sucks as artists we have to jump through such hoops to make sure our livelihoods aren't stolen but there is hope that tools are being made to keep us safe, showing there are those that still stand with us against the fight on AI.
Friend asked me how I draw noses, this is by no means a real tutorial because god knows Im not a professional.
If you ever wondered how I go about drawing noses, wonder no longer!
“Drawing techniques for the structure and appearance of the fingers when the hand is extended”
Source: Twitter
THE ACCESSIBLE DESIGN SURVIVAL GUIDE: OUT NOW!
My zine covering accessible design basics is now free on itch!
If you'd like to start making your work more accessible for everyone— check a look, download it here!
Please share this with anyone you know who makes flyers for key events like protests and fundraisers, especially! We want to make sure these things are successful— and accessible design will help with reach!
Drew these instructions for a one-page zine I'm gonna share tomorrow and I figured I'd post them on their own just in case anyone finds them useful :)
Here's my new model, Lauren Ashley! 😍 We took over 700 photos in our two hour shoot and there's JUST SO MUCH GREAT STUFF Ahhhhhh! I can't wait to show you more! She's fantastic. 🥰 Want three more images from this shoot? My Patrons have a few extras in the intro post there!
how to draw arms ? ?
tfw ur having a mental breakdown and panic attack but u accidentally glance in the mirror and freeze bc ur an artist and damn that’s a dynamic pose I should take a photo of my hand in that lighting as reference
Spent a long time on this art resource/reference masterpost! Finally starting to edit to add more. This will be REGULARLY updated so it’s gonna get huge. If you have a request for resources for me to find OR have a resource you want me to add, just send me an ask :D
General Anatomy/Human stuff:
body quick tips
painting/drawing straight hair
how to draw eyes
arm squish/bend tip
chest/pecks with raised arms tip
long hair how to
male torso anatomy (back)
learn manga male anatomy (torso & arm)
male torso anatomy (front)
head and hair tips (scroll a bit, it’s in one of the images!)
how to draw noses
ears tilty tip
arm tips
two tips for drawing women’s hair
drawing teeth
anatomy tips
random hair and mouth ref anime
leg muscle anatomy ref
arm muscles anatomy ref
knees reference
arm ref study
quick arm tut tip
how to draw arm
shoulders n sleeves
Poses:
umbrella poses
random female poses
random anatomy pose thing
chibi sleeping in hands pose
laying poses
elf (?) with staff poses
holding phone half bod
peeny wolf pose set
perspective pose sheet
anatomy poses
crossed arms ref sheet
holding baby poses
Hands:
how to draw hands 1
hand refs & tutorial 2
hand tutorial 3
hand tutorial 4
36 hands
how to draw hands in 10 minutes
hands ref 2
hand gestures and simplifying the hand
arm & hand ref
500 hands
Diversity:
stop drawing natives red
wheelchair tutorial
drawing fat people
vitiligo notes for artists
darkskin palms
epicanthic folds
biracial characters
do’s and don’ts of thick lips
Animals/Creatures:
how to draw falcon beaks
canine studies (broken down into parts)
feline tiger ref
Insect wing venation
Musculature of a T-Rex
Pony bodies tutorial
Hyena Nose tutorial
horse reference
drawing horns
Flesh tutorial
bird tips
wing basics
making mythical creatures look realistic
pony heads tutorial
dragon designing tutorial pt 3/3
pony wings tutorial
hedgie bodies
Furry/Anthro:
dogquest’s pixel tutorial
furry portrait tutorial
furry pants tutorial
how to draw paws/pawhands
fur direction reference
anthro tips
muzzle shapes
furry styles
anthro expressions
f2u chibi-ish furry base
furry / cartoon head tutorial
f2u furry base/pose w three different ears
drawing humans! for animal artists
Backgrounds:
how to draw debris
fire tutorial
night sky tutorial
materials study with notes
tree tutorial
water tutorial
tangents??
ocean painting
clouds tutorial
bubbles
painty background studies tips
peony tutorial
lakeside tutorial
quick flowers for the lazy
mistletoe vs holly
Perspective:
foreshortening coil technique
foreshortening tutorial
Webcomic:
medibang comic panel tutorial
how i make webcomics/webtoons
how to color comics
the art of lettering comics
comic/doujinshi paneling
in depth webcomic tutorial
Coloring:
The colorpicking problem
72 Color Combinations
How ViPOP uses color
Hair coloring tutorial by rosuuri
Gurochii moe quick eye tutorial
Anime eye tutorial
Mermaid tail tutorial
Grayscale to Color painting tutorial
chibi eye walkthrough
skin tone tutorial 1
curly hair tutorial
color palette
coloring tutorial
light, it gets everywhere
comfort color
skin coloring tutorial
holographic tutorial
dappled lighting effect
cute/bright coloring tutorial
pattern trick
arcana character coloring tut
Expressions/ Meme / style:
small body language study
expressions reference
how to cute
Platonic cuddles meme
expression reference : nervous
flustered expression meme
drawing expressions tutorial/key
Pixel Art:
Pixel icon tutorial
Ice cream
Moving clouds tutorial
50x50 pixel doll tutorial
pixelin’s pixel process
pixel expression ref
pixel eye blinking tutorial
how to pixel liquids
Clothing / Accessories:
Shoes
Fancy color tip / ref
Chainmail
short reference
learn manga basic pleated skirt tutorial
learn manga basic frills
random clothing refs
chainmail brush
clothing ref masterpost
pinstripes tips
cloth texture tips
how to clothing folds
Misc:
Sketchfab 3d Models
Mikeymegamega on YT for anime/ecchi/etc
Gentei_sozai on twitter for chibi poses
S0zalsan on twitter for random poses
mecha basics
75 tutorials
Obvious art tips you might have forgotten
Mosaic effect
how to draw a cute chibi
fighting artblock
cute pikachu base
painting a face tutorial
volume commissions mini tutorial
arcana characters tutorial reference
notes from the “animators survival kit”
concept art tutorial
another art resource masterpost
MS paint tips and tricks
Reference table for drawing CONSISTENT faces
@hanari0716 on twitter for HELLA references
animation guide for beginners
Brushes:
Foliage brushes
cityscape brushes
ghibli brushes
clip studio paint assets
PS brush pack
Spent a long time on this art resource/reference masterpost! If you have a request for resources for me to find OR have a resource you want me to add, just send me an ask :D
General Anatomy/Human stuff:
body quick tips
painting/drawing straight hair
how to draw eyes
arm squish/bend tip
chest/pecks with raised arms tip
long hair how to
male torso anatomy (back)
learn manga male anatomy (torso & arm)
male torso anatomy (front)
head and hair tips (scroll a bit, it’s in one of the images!)
how to draw noses
ears tilty tip
arm tips
two tips for drawing women’s hair
drawing teeth
anatomy tips
random hair and mouth ref anime
leg muscle anatomy ref
arm muscles anatomy ref
knees reference
arm ref study
quick arm tut tip
how to draw arm
shoulders n sleeves
Poses:
umbrella poses
random female poses
random anatomy pose thing
chibi sleeping in hands pose
laying poses
elf (?) with staff poses
holding phone half bod
peeny wolf pose set
perspective pose sheet
anatomy poses
crossed arms ref sheet
holding baby poses
Hands:
how to draw hands 1
hand refs & tutorial 2
hand tutorial 3
hand tutorial 4
36 hands
how to draw hands in 10 minutes
hands ref 2
hand gestures and simplifying the hand
arm & hand ref
500 hands
Diversity:
stop drawing natives red
wheelchair tutorial
drawing fat people
vitiligo notes for artists
darkskin palms
epicanthic folds
biracial characters
do’s and don’ts of thick lips
Animals/Creatures:
how to draw falcon beaks
canine studies (broken down into parts)
feline tiger ref
Insect wing venation
Musculature of a T-Rex
Pony bodies tutorial
Hyena Nose tutorial
horse reference
drawing horns
Flesh tutorial
bird tips
wing basics
making mythical creatures look realistic
pony heads tutorial
dragon designing tutorial pt 3/3
pony wings tutorial
hedgie bodies
Furry/Anthro:
dogquest’s pixel tutorial
furry portrait tutorial
furry pants tutorial
how to draw paws/pawhands
fur direction reference
anthro tips
muzzle shapes
furry styles
anthro expressions
f2u chibi-ish furry base
furry / cartoon head tutorial
f2u furry base/pose w three different ears
drawing humans! for animal artists
Backgrounds:
how to draw debris
fire tutorial
night sky tutorial
materials study with notes
tree tutorial
water tutorial
tangents??
ocean painting
clouds tutorial
bubbles
painty background studies tips
peony tutorial
lakeside tutorial
quick flowers for the lazy
mistletoe vs holly
Perspective:
foreshortening coil technique
foreshortening tutorial
Webcomic:
medibang comic panel tutorial
how i make webcomics/webtoons
how to color comics
the art of lettering comics
comic/doujinshi paneling
in depth webcomic tutorial
Coloring:
72 Color Combinations
How ViPOP uses color
Hair coloring tutorial by rosuuri
Gurochii moe quick eye tutorial
Anime eye tutorial
Mermaid tail tutorial
Grayscale to Color painting tutorial
chibi eye walkthrough
skin tone tutorial 1
curly hair tutorial
color palette
coloring tutorial
light, it gets everywhere
comfort color
skin coloring tutorial
holographic tutorial
dappled lighting effect
cute/bright coloring tutorial
pattern trick
arcana character coloring tut
Expressions/ Meme / style:
small body language study
expressions reference
how to cute
Platonic cuddles meme
expression reference : nervous
flustered expression meme
drawing expressions tutorial/key
Pixel Art:
Pixel icon tutorial
Ice cream
Moving clouds tutorial
50x50 pixel doll tutorial
pixelin’s pixel process
pixel expression ref
pixel eye blinking tutorial
how to pixel liquids
Clothing / Accessories:
Shoes
Fancy color tip / ref
Chainmail
short reference
learn manga basic pleated skirt tutorial
learn manga basic frills
random clothing refs
chainmail brush
clothing ref masterpost
pinstripes tips
cloth texture tips
how to clothing folds
Misc:
Sketchfab 3d Models
Mikeymegamega on YT for anime/ecchi/etc
Gentei_sozai on twitter for chibi poses
S0zalsan on twitter for random poses
mecha basics
75 tutorials
Obvious art tips you might have forgotten
Mosaic effect
how to draw a cute chibi
fighting artblock
cute pikachu base
painting a face tutorial
volume commissions mini tutorial
arcana characters tutorial reference
notes from the “animators survival kit”
concept art tutorial
another art resource masterpost
MS paint tips and tricks
Reference table for drawing CONSISTENT faces
@hanari0716 on twitter for HELLA references
animation guide for beginners
Brushes:
Foliage brushes
cityscape brushes
ghibli brushes
clip studio paint assets
PS brush pack
Another resource for animal artists
So I have just discovered the absolutely incredible digital library of skull scans. These scans include not only images of bones (mainly skulls) but 3D MODELS THAT YOU CAN VIEW IN-BROWSER!
For example, come rotate my cranium here!
Keep in mind that you need to have the scientific name of the species you’re looking for in order to search for it, but that information’s only a Wikipedia page away.
Definitely gonna be doing some studies with this baby!