Art Resources

Dumping grounds for bookmarks that were previously saved in Notion.

Demos, Tutorials, and Tricks

Site	Description
The Etherington Brothers	Hundreds of "How to THINK when you DRAW" tutorials.
Warrior Painters Gumroad	A few painting tutorials/demos available. Some for free, some for purchase.

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

Site	Description
Art Ideas Generators	Generators for characters, outfits, color palettes, and more!

3D Models and Mannequins

Site	Description
Just Sketch Me	Character posing for artists.
Posemaniacs	Royalty-free pose references for all artists.
Sketchfab	3D models; able to filter CC licenses.

Reference Photos

Site	Description
Animal Photo Reference Repository	Open-access repository of wildlife and non-domestic animal images.
Reference Angle	Human heads and faces in various angles.
Animal Photo Art References Search	Animal heads in various angles. Lots of different animals to choose from!
Catza	Cat photos!
Free animal reference photos for artists (Facebook Group)	Private Facebook group; account required.
Creative Commons Search Portal	Pulls images from all over the place. Be careful to understand which CC license an image has.
Syccas Gumroad	Big reference packs available for purchase (ranging £3-9).
Suzanne Helmigh Gumroad	More reference packs for purchase (ranging $5-10).
Peach Stock Art	Photo references of still life for painters.
iNaturalist	Animals and plants. Can filter images by CC license.

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.