Dumping grounds for bookmarks that were previously saved in Notion.
Demos, Tutorials, and Tricks
Gesture and Practice
| Site |
Description |
| Love Life Drawing |
A place to practice figure drawing. Free membership available. |
| Sketch Daily |
Humans, animals, structures, plants. Timed gesture/figure drawing. |
| Adorka Stock |
Formerly known as SenshiStock. A post reference library. Timer/Class mode also available. |
| Line of Action |
Free gesture drawing tool. Their collection includes human figures (fully body, hands/feet, faces/expressions), basic shapes/forms, animals, and scenes/environments. |
| Quickposes |
Another gesture drawing tool. A desktop app is also available so you can use your own images (I have not used this before). They have some themed challenges which are fun and unique to this site. |
| Bodies in Motion |
A unique figure drawing site with short clips of motion, to both understand how the body movies and to practice gesture drawing frame-by-frame. |
| r/drawme |
Subreddit where redditors can request artists to draw them. Open to artists of all skill levels. |
| r/redditgetsdrawn |
Similar to r/drawme, but this subreddit includes a more diverse range of flairs to sort images (e.g., "Pets" or "Full Body") |
| Mapcrunch |
Useful for virtual plein air painting. Also has interiors! |
Ideas/Inspiration
3D Models and Mannequins
Reference Photos
Visual Libraries
| Site |
Description |
| Character Design References |
A massive library of sketches by a wide variety of artists, sorted into categories (Pinterest account required). |
| Smithsonian Open Access |
Over 5.1 million 2D and 3D images courtesy of the Smithsonian's 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. |