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Drawing Resources
We got sick of scouring the web for good drawing websites, so we made a list of our favorites. Help yourself to these drawing links, and if you have a site you think we should add, leave it in the comments, and we’ll take a look.
Media
Foreshortening
Anatomy
- Wizard’s How to Draw: Heroic Anatomy
- Posemaniac’s slightly creepy skinless 3D pose reference
- WetCanvas.com: Basic Anatomy for the Artist
- Portrait-Artist.org has a bit up on anatomy.
- BlazeDent.com: Anatomy and Posture In-Depth
Proportion
Perspective
- Termespheres: Perspective – Super quick rundown on 1-6 point perspective
- Art Studio Chalkboard
- Anime by Example: 3-D Perspective Types
- The Animation Learner’s Site: Quick intro to perspective
- Scott McDaniel has some great walk-throughs of 1–5 point perspective. Check out the primer first.
Reference
- Getty Images – Search the creative section
- Veer – Hipper than Getty, but smaller selection
- Corbis
- FellowHumans.org – Faces!
- Fantasy Art Resource Project: Hand Study
- Nude-Muse.com – Lots o’ women
- iStockphoto – Community driven
- 1001 Hair Styles
- Hair Styles
Tips/Tutorials
- Art Cluster: Hydra’s Drawing Tips – Sketches only showing the basics of super hero-type stuff
- FARP has up a whole bunch of great tutorials
- Drawing Tips for Beginners
Art Stores
- Dick Blick – or “Blick” or “The Blick Store”… Whatever
- Utrecht
- Cheap Joe’s
- Froogle – Not an art store, but great for comparing prices
Manufacturers
- Alvin – Tools and supplies including tables, chairs and lamps. They don’t sell directly from their site, but it helps to see what’s available.
Forums/Communities
Blogs
- Drawn! The Illustration Blog
- Pencil Revolution – Pencil philosophy
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November 29th, 2011 at 11:04 pm