# Art Resources >[!info] Resources that can help improve your understanding of art and the fundamentals. >[!grid|col-2] >>[!summary] [[Home]] > >>[!summary] [[Resources|Back to Resources]] --- >[!cite]- Table of Contents > >- [[Art Resources#Tutorials|Tutorials]] >- [[Art Resources#References|References]] > - [[Art Resources#Reference Photos & Collections|Reference Photos & Collections]] > - [[Art Resources#3D Model Collections|3D Model Collections]] > - [[Art Resources#Quick Draw|Quick Draw]] >- [[Art Resources#Colour Palettes|Colour Palettes]] >- [[Art Resources#Stock & Assets|Stock & Assets]] >- [[Art Resources#Youtube Videos|Youtube Videos]] >- [[Art Resources#Misc|Misc]] ## Tutorials ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773485561598.webp\|banner+small p+cct]]|[[My Tutorials]]|Free|A list of tutorials I've made. If you don't see something here, or want help with a more specific problem in mind, feel free to ask me a question or request a tutorial through my [[Contact Me]] page.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773485284416.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[Drawabox](https://drawabox.com/)|Free|A collection of numbered lessons meant to be a more 'step by step' guide to getting better at drawing as a whole, with lessons teaching you basic and fundamental skills before moving on to show you how to apply those fundamental skills.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773485097695.webp\|banner+small]]|[Visign](https://visign.com/)|Free & Paid|A host of resources and step-by-step guides from drawing and painting, to character design and career insights.| --- ## References ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773485808552.webp\|banner+small p+cct]]|[My Pinterest Board](https://pin.it/1nr5pGPcw)|Free|My own Pinterest board which I use to collect and save my own references. Been a Pinterest user from before the AI slop take over so I've been hoarding my good references like a doomsday prepper does with canned corn.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486010521.webp\|banner+small]]|[VIShopper](https://www.vishopper.com/cut-out-people)|Free & Paid|Large, searchable collection of images/photos of people, with the ability to filter based on age, gender, ethnicity, number of people (in a group photo), viewing angle, light source direction, and more.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486123108.webp\|banner+small]]|[Character Design Reference Visual Library](https://characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library)|Free|A large collection of boards containing visual references sheets, tutorials, and various other resources for just about anything you would need a reference for, including vehicles, objects, and environments.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486170472.webp\|banner+small]]|Light Reference Tool [Male](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GX3Ax1) & [Female](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6a0Par)|Free|Tool that lets you rotate a 3D head model, and adjust the lighting so you can get a pretty decent reference for the light on a generic head.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486276334.webp\|banner+small p+cct]]|[RBFX](https://rbfxstudio.com/catalog-gallery/catalog/trauma/)|Free|Awesome resource if you want to draw gore/injuries/physical trauma, but do not want to look at real images of gore.| |![[Animation Production Art-1773481598722.webp\|banner+small]]|[[Art Books]]|Free|Collection of free PDFs for various art books.| ###### Websites with ### Reference Photos & Collections > Websites that are just large collections with photos & videos of real people (clothed, nude & more). ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486343187.webp\|banner+small p+cct]]|[Adorka Stock](https://www.adorkastock.com/)|Free & Paid|Collection of reference photos made for artists.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486475100.webp\|banner+small]]|[Croquis Cafe](https://croquis.cafe/)|Paid|Collection of reference photos made for artists, as well as some tutorial videos and drawing tips.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486520543.webp\|banner+small p+cct]]|[True Ref](https://trueref.io/)|Free & Paid|Another great resource of references shot and grouped by an independent company. Have a decently sized and diverse collection, and you can submit requests.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486593112.webp\|banner+small]]|[The Pose Archives](https://theposearchives.gumroad.com/)|Free & Paid|Collection of reference photos (including ones for NSFW artists). Their twitter has loads of free references, too. |![[Improving Your Art-1773486693716.webp\|banner+small]]|[WolfcatStock](https://www.deviantart.com/wolfcatstock)|Free|More stock photos! More variety in references with clothing & props.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486722698.webp\|banner+small]]|[Chubby People References](https://x.com/Samandriade/status/1788724158546796788)|Free|A twitter thread by [@Samandriade](https://x.com/Samandriade) with references for drawing for larger/fatter builds.| ###### Websites with ### 3D Model Collections > Websites that are just large collections of poseable or selectable 3D models. ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486787393.webp\|banner+small]]|[Posemaniacs](https://www.posemaniacs.com/)|Free|Royalty free pose references for artists; includes some video courses & tutorials| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486820917.webp\|banner+small]]|[Reference Angle](http://referenceangle.com/)|Free|Helps get good photo references for different angles of the head. You use a 3D model which you rotate to the angle you want, and then you hit 'search' and it pulls up real photos of people that have the same head angle.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486862459.webp\|banner+small]]|[x6ud](https://x6ud.github.io/#/)|Free|Essentially the exact same thing as [Reference Angle](http://referenceangle.com/), however, for animals instead of people.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486898370.webp\|banner+small]]|[Figurosity](https://figurosity.com/)|Free & Paid|A wide collection of references, mainly for poses/people but also for non-humanoids. Includes a random pose generator that you can use for timed pose drawings.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486986260.webp\|banner+small]]|[Sketch Doll](https://terawell.net/en/)|Free & Paid|Downloadable software for a poseable and highly customisable 3D model| ###### Websites with ### Quick Draw >Websites with 'quick draw' programs that show you timed reference images to help improve your drawing speed & sketching ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487015733.webp\|banner+small]]|[Quick Poses](https://quickposes.com/en/gestures/timed)|Free|Forces you to learn to draw quickly, by providing good references and setting a timer. Very good for people who spend too long zoomed in on one area adding unnecessary detail to loose sketches| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487049949.webp\|banner+small]]|[Bodies in Motion](https://www.bodiesinmotion.photo/#)|Free & Paid|High res images you can use for reference from anything to poses, expressions, and animations. Includes a variety of 3D models/scans, as well as photographs of real people.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487128845.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[Line of Action](https://line-of-action.com/)|Free|Includes ones for animals, hands, expressions, still life, and scenes/environments.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487176703.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[Sketch Daily](https://www.sketchdaily.net/)|Free|Includes ones for animals, body parts, structures, vegetation, and your own uploaded images.| --- ## Colour Palettes ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487227648.webp\|banner+small]]|[Coolors](https://coolors.co/3c91e6-9fd356-342e37-fafffd-fa824c)|Free & Paid|A colour palette generator at the press of a button. Up to 6 colours, and you can browse some community made palettes.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487310563.webp\|banner+small]]|[Paletton](https://paletton.com/#uid=50M0+0ktfuci3BKn5vsu+nV-PiR)|Free|Helps pick colour palettes, allowing you to make triadic, tetrad, and adjacent colour palette. Each colour also includes some of its various shades.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487332578.webp\|banner+small]]|[Adobe Color Wheel](https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel)|Free|A site that lets you create easy colour palettes using colour harmony rules, as well as ability to extract colour palettes from images and create gradients using the colours from uploaded images.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487381556.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[Delphi Tools Palette Generator](https://delphi.tools/tools/palette-genny)|Free|Generate beautiful colour palettes, with control over the individual colours, allowing you to tweak your palette as you go.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487544405.webp\|banner+small]]|[Delphi Tools Palette Collection](https://delphi.tools/tools/palette-collection)|Free|For when you don't want to generate colour palette, and would rather look through a gallery of premade palettes.| --- ## Stock & Assets ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490259720.webp\|banner+small]]|[Resource Boy](https://resourceboy.com/textures/)|Free|I use this mostly for textures and assets but they also have mock ups, brushes, and fonts| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490354914.webp\|banner+small p+cct]]|[Lucas Peinador](https://shop.lucaspeinador.com/collections/frontpage)|Paid|Some texture overlays for art that can give your art a 'traditional' look, ranging from paint-like overlays, to paper textures, and halftone textures.| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490442318.webp\|banner+small]]|[Indieground Textures](https://indieground.net/shop-category/textures/)|Free & Paid|Large collection of high quality textures, mockups, fonts, graphics etc.| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490485847.webp\|banner+small]]|[True Grit Texture Supply](https://www.truegrittexturesupply.com/)|Free & Paid|Even more collections of high quality textures, brushes, etc, more focussing on giving your digital art that more 'traditional' look.| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490530423.webp\|banner+small]]|[Texture Fabrik](https://texturefabrik.com/)|Free & Paid|Insanely massive collection of high quality textures, ranging from things like leather and wood, to Rorschach inkblots and banana peels.| --- ## Youtube Videos ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490731129.webp\|banner+small]]|[Natural skin tones with shifting hues!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rbp-IlL6-s&list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYaodZAvvt0bc19ARwd0eCu&index=25)|[Proko](https://www.youtube.com/@ProkoTV)|This classic underpainting method is called Verdaccio. Paint like the old masters but with pixels!| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490822393.webp\|banner+small]]|[How to Learn Digital Painting (Beginners)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwRa5qTnr8o&list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYaodZAvvt0bc19ARwd0eCu&index=24)|[Sinix Design](https://www.youtube.com/@sinixdesign)|A true beginner's guide to digital painting. The best way to learn the basics and get started with it.| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773490914195.webp\|banner+small]]|[How I draw character interactions!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XxjaH2dXR4&list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYaodZAvvt0bc19ARwd0eCu&index=21)|[qrbits](https://www.youtube.com/@qrbitsart)|From stick figures to homies(?)| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773491097166.webp\|banner+small]]|[How to Colour like an idiot (me)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiauHTyxxbg&list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYaodZAvvt0bc19ARwd0eCu&index=1)|[Nudeerah](https://www.youtube.com/@nudeerah)|| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773491085524.webp\|banner+small]]|[Lighting tutorial How to set up and experiment with dynamic lighting!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bVJMcsoYU&list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYaodZAvvt0bc19ARwd0eCu&index=2)|[Kienan Lafferty](https://www.youtube.com/@KienanLafferty)|Learn to create dynamic lighting setups for your artwork!| --- ## Misc ||||| |-|-|-|-| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487748267.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[You Feel Like Shit](https://youfeellikeshit.com/)|Free|A little unconventional and not necessarily art related, but this site is a sort of 'self-care' game good for people who struggle with self care, executive dysfunction, and/or reading internal signals.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487805426.webp\|banner+small]]|[Pureref](https://www.pureref.com/)|Free|Fantastic and intuitive way to sort your references while you are drawing.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487831121.webp\|banner+small]]|[Height Comparison](https://www.heightcomparison.com/)|I use this when comparing heights of characters when drawing them.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487860353.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[Delphi Tools](https://delphi.tools/)|Free|A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools. No logins, no registration, no data collection. While not just for digital art, includes things like a palette generator, background remover, image splitter, social media image cropper, water marker, and more.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487941448.webp\|banner+small]]|[Height Weight Chart](https://height-weight-chart.com/heightweight.html)|Free|Website that shows photos of real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what different weight to height ratios look like on different people.| |![[Improving Your Art-1773487967595.webp\|banner+small p+t]]|[Ways to earn income from your art that aren’t commissions](https://x.com/palomamcclain/status/2031050728265928747?s=20)|Free|A twitter thread by [@palomamcclain](https://x.com/palomamcclain) that lists different ways that you, as an artist, are able to make money with your art, without doing commissions.| |![[Resources For Your Art-1773491244559.webp\|banner+small]]|[25 medieval manuscripts you can look at online right now](https://weirdmedievalguys.substack.com/p/25-medieval-manuscripts-you-can-look?r=29j4cv&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true&_src_ref=t.co)|Free|Illuminated manuscripts look cool :)| |![[Improving Your Art-1773486067700.webp\|banner+small]]|[Filmgrab](https://film-grab.com/)|Free|A curated reference library made by a filmmaker/cinematographer that is a large archive of still shots from almost 4,000 films. Great for if you're looking for references for composition, lighting, etc.| --- > _<center>Everything on this site is non-profit! You can support this website my donating to my [Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/E1E1VOW9)</center>_ --- >[!grid|col-3] >>[!summary] [[Home]] > >>[!summary] [[Art Resources#Improving Your Art|Back To Top]] > >>[!summary] [[Resources|Back to Resources]]