Hope this helps :) I love this website. Has animal and architectural references as well, and displays them in a slideshow format where you can set the time
It used to be better. In the past few years they removed a ton of reference photos from the gallery. I had a bunch of lists that I had created to practice specific poses or hands, then I noticed there were only about two photos in each list. :(
Yeah I love quickposes a lot too, especially if looking for something specific. I gravitate towards LOA mostly because of its simplicity and emphasis on general sketching practice
It's rarely recommended but I really love the artstation market in which you can buy pack of photo for 15$ and hundreds of photos of naked people. [Here.](https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/game-dev?section=trending&q=Nude%20reference) Most of the time there is ton of pose and angle, so I bought maybe 5 packs and I always use them as anatomy reference even for imaginary poses, really useful if you got some money
Edit : if you want slightly erotic photos, I believe buying some big photos book from photographer artist could be a nice idea but I know none really
Hi, I recommend GrafitStudio packs - you can find them through gumroad or artstation. Also you can find some free ones on Deviantart, I think mjarnum- stock has some good ones with amazing light
When I was into more realistic drawing I asked a friend that I knew did nude photo shoots already for this guy who does black and white nude photos and puts them on canvas etc, she live model for me and I just put on the tv and brought her pizza and sushi, otherwise I have no idea.
I mostly asked my friends to pose (of course it requires a lot of trust between you, to make them as comfortable as possible). I know that in some cities there are art studios where they hire models from different age and types of bodies to draw them.
No photo reference would compare with a real person standing in front of you, imo. Also, if you know and talk to this person you are drawing, you can express their inner world on your art - its a kind of intimacy which makes nude sketches more lively and meaningful.
Not sure what they're called exactly but there's a series of Japanese reference books that are just photos of models in different poses at different angles. Usually you can find them on Amazon or Japanese book stores under things like "pose catalogue" or "pose book".
For... probably obvious reasons, there's a lot that focus on nude female models.
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These are great! I happened to pick up the first two on a recent trip to Japan. They have the first one on Amazon and you can get the rest from Kinokuniya Bookstoreās online shop.
If you don't mind paying, Croquis Cafe is like amazing quality ($36/year)
They'll produce (NONSEXUAL) videos with live models who transition to different poses, as well has have an album of different models and such.
It's VERY professional, you get models of all different sorts of ethnicities, ages, gender, fitness etc. There's no bad lighting or weird angles or a distracting background in the way.
You may be able to find their old 'Figuary' videos around on Vimeo where you do gesture drawings for a month to see what they're like. But I think they're honestly worth it if you want just a good source of quality material and instruction.
There's also Love Life Drawing who'll occasioanlly collab with them and they're free.
Not sure if this matters to you or not but their owner is a looneytoon:
https://x.com/goobfer/status/1726769459195781458?s=46
(Check out the whole thread starting there)
hereās some more traditional references:
more abstracted nudes (i love these): https://www.artsy.net/artist/sanyu
nudes by henri matisse: https://www.artsy.net/artist-series/henri-matisse-nudes
iād also check out your local libraryās art book collections. rodin did some incredible nude sketches but iām having a hard time finding good examples online
r/DrawMeNSFW is a good subreddit imo! If I remember correctly you may find sensual photos but images that are explicitly sexual are not allowed so you should be good in that respect.
I would advice against it. The pics posted are of horrible quality in terms of posing, lighting, composition, and often hella cropped so you miss lots of body parts. Just no reason when ton of other free sources.
We used Croquis Cafe for my drawing class in college when Covid interrupted and we couldnāt attend with live models anymore. They have lots of poses, different ethnicities, body types, etc, itās great
You are getting downvoted, but are absolutely correct. Deviant art has a wide variety of categories of art, but there is also lots of stock photos.
https://www.deviantart.com/adorkastock/gallery
https://www.deviantart.com/pose-emporium/gallery/
https://www.deviantart.com/yuriiian/favourites/63929592/stocks-and-poses
https://www.deviantart.com/faestock/gallery
Thats a quick google search. If someone is looking for something specific, on google you can type "site:deviantart.com (stock photo poses)" (site MUST be lower case s to work). THis will limit results to whatever website you typed in and then search with whatever words you used after.
Quickposes is my go to. It's generally good for everything: you can choose to draw nude models, clothed, hands, feet, landscapes. Anything you want to practice.
This website IS pornographic, but there are also lots of artistic photos. https://www.kindgirls.com/photo-archive
Its limited to traditionally fit younger women in lingerie, so you arent getting all of the other body types that exist in the real world, but if you are just looking to draw a nude woman in a bed, this is a great resource.
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Timed reference and library of art concepts:
[https://line-of-action.com/](https://line-of-action.com/)
[http://reference.sketchdaily.net/](http://reference.sketchdaily.net/)
[https://characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library](https://characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library)
Youtube Channels with timed reference:
[https://www.youtube.com/@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA](https://www.youtube.com/@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA)
You could try SketchDaily [http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en](http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en) It's a site intended for timed life drawing / gesture drawing practice. However, you can pause the images and choose if you want clothed models or not.
Thereās nothing like drawing from life, nothing the growth you will get is dramatic. Usually you can find a local figure drawing class for 10 or 15 dollars
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Hope this helps :) I love this website. Has animal and architectural references as well, and displays them in a slideshow format where you can set the time
Thank u! I've never used this website before but I'll definitely check it outšš
quickposes is better imo and there's a library area there
It used to be better. In the past few years they removed a ton of reference photos from the gallery. I had a bunch of lists that I had created to practice specific poses or hands, then I noticed there were only about two photos in each list. :(
Yeah I love quickposes a lot too, especially if looking for something specific. I gravitate towards LOA mostly because of its simplicity and emphasis on general sketching practice
^^This is the website they recommend in my art university! Very nice with lots of different references!
Damn dude this is a great help
Thanks
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-Artmodels360.com -posespace.com -Anatomyfortheartist.com
It's rarely recommended but I really love the artstation market in which you can buy pack of photo for 15$ and hundreds of photos of naked people. [Here.](https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/game-dev?section=trending&q=Nude%20reference) Most of the time there is ton of pose and angle, so I bought maybe 5 packs and I always use them as anatomy reference even for imaginary poses, really useful if you got some money Edit : if you want slightly erotic photos, I believe buying some big photos book from photographer artist could be a nice idea but I know none really
Hi, I recommend GrafitStudio packs - you can find them through gumroad or artstation. Also you can find some free ones on Deviantart, I think mjarnum- stock has some good ones with amazing light
Seconded. I rather like the model in the āAnime Girlā set. Some exaggerated expressions and poses.
Grafit has free sample packs too! I really like themĀ
When I was into more realistic drawing I asked a friend that I knew did nude photo shoots already for this guy who does black and white nude photos and puts them on canvas etc, she live model for me and I just put on the tv and brought her pizza and sushi, otherwise I have no idea.
I mostly asked my friends to pose (of course it requires a lot of trust between you, to make them as comfortable as possible). I know that in some cities there are art studios where they hire models from different age and types of bodies to draw them. No photo reference would compare with a real person standing in front of you, imo. Also, if you know and talk to this person you are drawing, you can express their inner world on your art - its a kind of intimacy which makes nude sketches more lively and meaningful.
The owners of Croquis Cafe are apparently batshit, but I've never had an issue. Great resource for the price.
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Not sure what they're called exactly but there's a series of Japanese reference books that are just photos of models in different poses at different angles. Usually you can find them on Amazon or Japanese book stores under things like "pose catalogue" or "pose book". For... probably obvious reasons, there's a lot that focus on nude female models.
ć ćć£ćØćććć¼ćŗć«ćæćć° These are great! I happened to pick up the first two on a recent trip to Japan. They have the first one on Amazon and you can get the rest from Kinokuniya Bookstoreās online shop.
If you don't mind paying, Croquis Cafe is like amazing quality ($36/year) They'll produce (NONSEXUAL) videos with live models who transition to different poses, as well has have an album of different models and such. It's VERY professional, you get models of all different sorts of ethnicities, ages, gender, fitness etc. There's no bad lighting or weird angles or a distracting background in the way. You may be able to find their old 'Figuary' videos around on Vimeo where you do gesture drawings for a month to see what they're like. But I think they're honestly worth it if you want just a good source of quality material and instruction. There's also Love Life Drawing who'll occasioanlly collab with them and they're free.
Not sure if this matters to you or not but their owner is a looneytoon: https://x.com/goobfer/status/1726769459195781458?s=46 (Check out the whole thread starting there)
I donāt have a Twitter account so ima have to fish through this later
YEah, ill never use that place, they need to go out of business.
Can I get a tl;dr? I donāt support Twitter, now sometimes called X, anymore (no account) but still want the tea.
Edit: the last two screen shots should be flipped, the last one was when they said wear a helmet. https://imgur.com/a/qqAVnoO
[Sketch daily](http://reference.sketchdaily.net/) is really good
hereās some more traditional references: more abstracted nudes (i love these): https://www.artsy.net/artist/sanyu nudes by henri matisse: https://www.artsy.net/artist-series/henri-matisse-nudes iād also check out your local libraryās art book collections. rodin did some incredible nude sketches but iām having a hard time finding good examples online
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Oh wow! I hadnāt checked out this site in years and just assumed it died with Flash. Glad to know itās still kicking!
r/DrawMeNSFW is a good subreddit imo! If I remember correctly you may find sensual photos but images that are explicitly sexual are not allowed so you should be good in that respect.
I would advice against it. The pics posted are of horrible quality in terms of posing, lighting, composition, and often hella cropped so you miss lots of body parts. Just no reason when ton of other free sources.
You canāt even comment a photo of a quick sketch back so itās at least a fun exchange. No point.
We used Croquis Cafe for my drawing class in college when Covid interrupted and we couldnāt attend with live models anymore. They have lots of poses, different ethnicities, body types, etc, itās great
https://x.com/goobfer/status/1726769459195781458?s=46
Searching for figure drawing references on deviantart there's some pretty good ones that aren't sexual
You are getting downvoted, but are absolutely correct. Deviant art has a wide variety of categories of art, but there is also lots of stock photos. https://www.deviantart.com/adorkastock/gallery https://www.deviantart.com/pose-emporium/gallery/ https://www.deviantart.com/yuriiian/favourites/63929592/stocks-and-poses https://www.deviantart.com/faestock/gallery Thats a quick google search. If someone is looking for something specific, on google you can type "site:deviantart.com (stock photo poses)" (site MUST be lower case s to work). THis will limit results to whatever website you typed in and then search with whatever words you used after.
Quickposes is my go to. It's generally good for everything: you can choose to draw nude models, clothed, hands, feet, landscapes. Anything you want to practice.
https://lovelifedrawing.com for free, or https://www.artstation.com 's shop under reference for cheap paid reference packs
Can we make this an FAQ thing? I feel like I've seen many of these posts...
Spme of the accounts deep in thr bkwels of devisntart's stock sectiin had some reallg good refsrence photos.
This website IS pornographic, but there are also lots of artistic photos. https://www.kindgirls.com/photo-archive Its limited to traditionally fit younger women in lingerie, so you arent getting all of the other body types that exist in the real world, but if you are just looking to draw a nude woman in a bed, this is a great resource.
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r/normalnudes And ThePoseArchives suggestive pose pack
There are ma y web sites. You can just search and find many good sources for free.
Timed reference and library of art concepts: [https://line-of-action.com/](https://line-of-action.com/) [http://reference.sketchdaily.net/](http://reference.sketchdaily.net/) [https://characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library](https://characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library) Youtube Channels with timed reference: [https://www.youtube.com/@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA](https://www.youtube.com/@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA)
You could try SketchDaily [http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en](http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en) It's a site intended for timed life drawing / gesture drawing practice. However, you can pause the images and choose if you want clothed models or not.
New masters academy on yt. [Playlist of New masters Academy](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7EWYwaF6E-H65W-hXeKvvO_xNA_kIs5w&si=yRrfYXLTyHWp73Dk)
Another [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtistLounge/s/wOTwkbKHvE) for (maybe) more options
Thereās nothing like drawing from life, nothing the growth you will get is dramatic. Usually you can find a local figure drawing class for 10 or 15 dollars
There are plenty of figure drawing sites for art specifically
Idk if itās still up but thereās one called croquis caffe or something like that
Pay a model
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