Art Resources

A collection of art references and resources I’ve been amassing over the past couple of years. New links added as I find them. This page was last updated 0 minutes ago.

Anatomy

• Human Anatomy for Artist
• Female Anatomy for Artist

Art Reference

• Afro Index — A Reference Library for Black Hairstyles
• FILMGRAB — Carefully chosen film stills.
• MapCrunch — Random street view images.

Pose Reference

• Adorkastock.com
• Posemaniacs
• Grafit Studios
• Rachel Bradley
• Mels Refimages
• Satine Zillah
• The Pose Archives
• Electra Studio
• RefImages
• obscura_29
• Fat Photo Ref
• Animal Photo Reference Repository
• TrueRef - Free Poses — Free poses
• TrueRef - Shop — TrueRef's full library.

Nifty Stuff

• Prospect — View Procreate files on macOS
• Sortie — Local-first pinboard/pinterest app. (macOS, Linux & Windows)
• What’s my iPad’s maximum layer limit? — Procreate layer calculator
• PaperTexture.co — Some lovely art surfaces available here, both free and paid.
• Free Mixed Media Art Supplies Compatibility Chart (Direct link) — Artist Nela Dunato created a nifty compatibility chart for various media.
• The Drawing Challenge — “A community of artists drawing every day. Each month has a theme.” I believe artist Jens Claessens is behind it, it seems very cool. There are prizes!

Online Learning

Online Courses

• Proko — Some amazing courses. Pricey, but regular sales.
• Schoolism — Pricey. Also offer a subscription option. Have sales regularly.
• Craftsy — Some excellent courses. Often have sales.
• Skillshare — Lots of courses, but subscription only afaik.
• Art of Aaron Blaise — Animation heavy. Often have great sales.
• Domestika — Less Anglo centric. Offers subscription.
• New Master's Academy — Pricey. Subscription only.

Online Resources

• Draw a box — Never done this myself, but It works for many people.
• Radiorunner's Curriculum for the Solo Artist — Originally a Reddit post that got its own site. Lots of great links to videos and tutorials.

Palettes & Colours

• The Hydrant Directory
• Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours

Practice Tools — Software & App Edition

• Quick Poses for iPad — Gesture drawing. (After last update, it's perfect)
• Skelly — Proko's poseable anatomy model app
• Zolly — Proko's perspective app
• GestureDrawing! — Timed drawing app to use with your own references. (macOS & Win)

Practice Tools on the Web

• Line of Action
• Adorkastock's Web Sketch Tool
• Figurosity
• Value Study — Proko
• Timer — Proko. Limited unless you buy packs afaik
• TrueRef Flow
• eyes.training — Cool little training tools.

Tutorials

• Dots per Inch, 300dpi, 72ppi and all that Nonsense! — YouTube video
• Procreate layer blend modes for the eternally mystified — YouTube video
• Tutorial: a Comic strip from A to Z with Krita — PeerTube video

Bookmarks

• My Art Resources Bookmarks

Inspiration

• Artvee — Hi-res public domain paintings, posters, and illustrations.
• e-rara — Digitized rare books from Swiss institutions
• British Museum Collection — The British Museum's online collection.
• Old Book Illustrations — Lovely collection, including a lot of Victorian and French Romantic illustrations.