Anatomy References & Resources

Anatomy References & Resources
« on: Feb 28, 2013, 08:20 AM »
GESTURE DRAWING TOOLS
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
This site uses photos of real people. You can set it to "nude" or "decent" and even choose gender.
http://www.posemaniacs.com/thirtysecond
Posemaniacs offered computer rendered, highly muscled, skinless figures. What's great about this is that it comes up with some strange angles sometimes.
http://www.quickposes.com/
Has different categories of poses and challenges

GESTURE DRAWING
Gesture drawing for animation


Proportion

http://foervraengd.deviantart.com/art/Proportions-Guide-244424893
http://www.realcolorwheel.com/human.htm
http://www.idrawdigital.com/2009/01/tutorial-anatomy-and-proportion/
Proportions of the head
The face in profile
Pose Tutorial


Pose references
http://posereference.tumblr.com/
http://what-i-do-is-secret.deviantart.com/art/Pose-Collection-001-35265554

Expression
Photos of expressions
Expressions reference - female 1
Expressions reference - female 2
Expressions reference - female 3
Expressions Tutorial
WONDERFUL expressions from Lackadaisy
Expression tutorial by Alexds1
Emotions and Facial expressions
Expressions-Reference-Project


Hands/Feet

Hands tutorial
Another nice hand tutorial
Feet Tutorial
Hands references


Guide to human Types
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-part-1-32046017
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-part-2-33220929
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-part-3-34877428
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Catalogue-of-Human-Features-33097648

Foreshortening
A shortcut for foreshortening



Pose tips
Bringing drawings to life

Specific body parts

Legs
http://foervraengd.deviantart.com/art/UNDERSTANDING-ANATOMY-part-IV-253120702
http://mikijoi.deviantart.com/art/LEGS-AND-FEET-STUDY-302908405

Torso
http://foervraengd.deviantart.com/art/UNDERSTANDING-ANATOMY-III-245905276

Arms & Hands

http://foervraengd.deviantart.com/art/UNDERSTANDING-ANATOMY-part-V-253705843
http://mikijoi.deviantart.com/art/Drawing-Hands-124092168
Hands reference 1
Hands/arms reference



Eyes

http://mikijoi.deviantart.com/art/Semi-realistic-anime-Eye-Tutorial-and-References-305714842


Hair
http://entervoidex.tumblr.com/post/138339139408/diabolicalunicorn-helpful-hair-drawing


Lips/Mouth

http://mikijoi.deviantart.com/art/Anime-and-Realism-lips-tips-182133428
Lips and mouth sketches
Drawing easy teeth
Lips references

PHOTO REFERENCES

MALE
http://daestock.deviantart.com/ *formerly Danger99Stock
http://jasonaaronbaca.deviantart.com/
http://sunshine114.deviantart.com/
http://ahrum-stock.deviantart.com/
http://stock-cursedmind.deviantart.com/
http://brandon-tarian.deviantart.com/
http://anyman82.deviantart.com/
http://jademacalla.deviantart.com/
http://ohnostock.deviantart.com/

FEMALE
http://senshistock.deviantart.com/
http://imperialstarletstock.deviantart.com/
http://curiouspeaches.deviantart.com/
http://spiked-stock.deviantart.com/
http://kxhara.deviantart.com/
http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/
http://imperialstarletstock.deviantart.com/

MIXED
http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/
http://birdsistersstock.deviantart.com/
http://kristinkk.deviantart.com/

DIRECTORIES OF STOCK
http://pose-emporium.deviantart.com/ (this one has so many links out to other stock providers that it's mindblowing)
http://daposes.deviantart.com/
http://manstock.deviantart.com/
http://ladystock-archives.deviantart.com/
http://romancing-the-stock.deviantart.com/
http://stock-backgrounds.deviantart.com/
http://action-stock.deviantart.com/
http://backward-perspective.deviantart.com/
http://ps-stuff-box.deviantart.com/
http://portraitstockers.deviantart.com/


Also see:
http://artistshospital.deviantart.com/art/Library-reference-Humans-24705651
« Last Edit: Feb 26, 2016, 08:53 AM by Red »

Re: Anatomy References & Resources
« Reply #1 on: Mar 05, 2013, 11:49 AM »
Just added a few new things on to this list. If anyone wants to contribute a helpful link, you can either post it here or PM it to me and I'll add it up there.

The foreshortening one blew my mind. It's so obvious that now I feel dumb, oh god. :P

Re: Anatomy References & Resources
« Reply #2 on: Mar 12, 2013, 06:36 AM »
Curses Red, you deleted my post where I compiled a bunch of tumblr tutorials I had come across :/.  Anyways I hope this is the right place to stick this in.  Aside from the Loomis books, a lot of public domain art books are pretty disappointing.  But I came across this Gesture Drawing for Animation pdf:
http://www.floobynooby.com/pdfs/gesturedrawingforanimation.pdf

Even if you're not an animator, this is chock full of good advice and tips.
(By the way, though there is a little blurb that mentions it, this pdf is purposefully free and legal on the internet and based on the author's teaching notes.  It had his approval for distribution.)
« Last Edit: Mar 12, 2013, 07:07 AM by William_Duel »

Re: Anatomy References & Resources
« Reply #3 on: Mar 12, 2013, 08:37 AM »
Curses Red, you deleted my post where I compiled a bunch of tumblr tutorials I had come across :/.  Anyways I hope this is the right place to stick this in.  Aside from the Loomis books, a lot of public domain art books are pretty disappointing.  But I came across this Gesture Drawing for Animation pdf:
http://www.floobynooby.com/pdfs/gesturedrawingforanimation.pdf

Even if you're not an animator, this is chock full of good advice and tips.
(By the way, though there is a little blurb that mentions it, this pdf is purposefully free and legal on the internet and based on the author's teaching notes.  It had his approval for distribution.)

Haha sorry, like 75% of the old links were broken and I tried to grab most of the good stuff. I'll add this up there.

Re: Anatomy References & Resources
« Reply #4 on: Feb 26, 2016, 08:55 AM »
I added some new links to this list and the other tutorial directory.

A cool one I wanted to point out was http://posereference.tumblr.com/


ALSO, if you find anything out in the wild that is particularly helpful, post it here and I'll add it to the top post.

 

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