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[eZTarg8]

http://ir-ingr.livejournal.com/1185799.html

some really graphic uncensored photos from frontline in syria, some of them could be great for studies
(warning - lots of death)

really powerful stuff, I feel almost disrespectful using it as reference..., but its an amazing collection of photographs. thank you

[eizOga]

Came across this the other day - I follow Anthony Jones' work in general, didn't see anything of his posted here.
Thought this TUT was a good basic starting point, specialy since there isn't enough talk about retaining non destructive work flow - a must to be an effective concept artist in studio production:

first pass lighting technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1lRbALDi...e=youtu.be

few other cool vids on his channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Robotpencildesign
his brushes:
http://robotpencil.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d51wzun
CS6 tool presets & explanatory vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyyZABjoOQ0
blog: http://www.robotpencil.org/

[revanthem]

found this hope it helps
skeletons, skeletons and some skeletons
http://drawingthefantastic.blogspot.it/2...chive.html

TONS of faces from random actors
http://www.chud.com/community/t/130268/r...ition/1250

random concept art from disney parks dunno if it helps i tough it was cool..
http://disneyandmoreartwork.blogspot.it/

[Grundalug]

This is really for making videos. But I figured given the nature of where a lot of our studies come from, a little insight of what happens on the other side could be a good thing.

http://www.videomaker.com/article/12994

[Veneq]

Found a very cool site for fashion reference material - I've used this a few times to find some more fashion forward clothing designs - just use the search feature to dig around for cool stuff:
http://www.lyst.com

[Ursula Dorada]

One more DA gallery with nice women photos, nice lightning overall:
http://gestiefeltekatze.deviantart.com/g...?offset=48

[EduardoGaray]

The nice conceptart.org user Jetpack42 has released a free printable pdf version of his book about the fundamentals of drawing from life.
I already downloaded it and it looks neat!
give it a try, here is the thread with dw link: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread....ost3614296

[holdkocos]

dunno if anybody posted this before, but...great refs for muscles

http://www.girlswithmuscle.com/

[Ursula Dorada]

Series of articles about edge control:

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...edges.html

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...edges.html

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...rgent.html

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...edges.html

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...aid-i.html

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...stery.html

http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com.br/2...thods.html

[AlfonsoX]

I made a lite simple script for photoshop and painter.

I wanted the rotate tool to behave as the hand(Space) or eyedropper(Alt) tools. Meaning that when I release the key it goes back to brush.

Photoshop already have that but wasn't fully working because if you release mouse just a tick before the "R" key it wont go back to brush. It was getting very annoying for me.

Painter just didn't have it.

For the script I used this open source program http://www.autohotkey.com/

For the script to work you have to have rotate tool assigned to "R" key and brush to "B".
Since the script just emulate that you press "B"(Brush) when releasing "R"(Rotate)

http://sharesend.com/fk4aq87g

I've been studying perspective lately and I'm training my straight lines so I have to rotate the canvas a lot and quick. With this script everything goes way smoother.

[AMircea]

I made a Google chrome extension for quick access to this forum.

Here is a preview from my browser: http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k543...07a412.png

'How to' Steps:

1. Download it from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53032591/Crimson%20Daggers.zip
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Chrome and write chrome://extensions/ in the address bar.
4. Press "Load unpacked extensions" and choose the extracted folder.
5. Put it first in the list Goddammit!

It's helpful for me so I thought others might benefit.

PS- You can do your own for other sites, simply open the .json with Notepad and change the little information from there.

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So, the same thing but with a quick link for the livestream page:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53032591/Crimso...stream.zip

[TylerDonnelly]

I made a Google chrome extension for quick access to this forum.

Here is a preview from my browser: http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k543...07a412.png

'How to' Steps:

1. Download it from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53032591/Crimson%20Daggers.zip
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Chrome and write chrome://extensions/ in the address bar.
4. Press "Load unpacked extensions" and choose the extracted folder.
5. Put it first in the list Goddammit!

It's helpful for me so I thought others might benefit.

PS- You can do your own for other sites, simply open the .json with Notepad and change the little information from there.

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So, the same thing but with a quick link for the livestream page:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53032591/Crimso...stream.zip

This is awesome thank you!

[ChaosTheory]

nice resource for anatomy and figure reference! (sorry I don't know was this link here before or no )
http://www.anatomy4sculptors.com/

[petroff]

Hey here are two packs of old soviet and other military vehicles from the 30's some airplanes from the 50-60 .... It was very sunny day and the photos are a bit high contrast but still readable, there is a creepy stalker pic of a lady but not too creepy , so enjoy, I hope it's useful.
link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qutyr621d52dj53/rBDPUTfXNY

[Ursula Dorada]

Senshi stock just uploaded a TON of photos of feet and hands for our practice purporse.
Unzip, use your favorite drawing script and voilá!

http://senshistock.deviantart.com/art/50...-348837258

http://senshistock.deviantart.com/art/50...-348847368

Bonus:
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348804175
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348639911
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348470631
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-342005601

And:
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-349126203
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348967370
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348966090
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348923917
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348917568
http://mostlyguystock.deviantart.com/art...-348860713

[Eyecager]

5 James Jean PSDs with a word document going over his workflow.

Also Burne Hogarth talking about drawing the head here.

[Zesiul]

GUYS!

I'm studying snakes for a piece I'm working on. Check out these awesome references by a french photographer.
http://www.bigpicture.in/french-photogra...nd-snakes/

[Jaik]

http://figuresfordrawing.tumblr.com/

and

http://portraitsfordrawing.tumblr.com/

[Moonskinned]

https://habitrpg.com/

A great tool to help you keep track of things to do, wrapped up in an RPG guise. You earn gold and EXP when you do things on your list, which allows you to level up and buy rewards like playing on the computer or watching TV.

I use it to keep track of freelance deadlines, and Deathline related stuff like daily studies, etc.

Its dong a Kickstarter at the minute to make it better too:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lefn...rpg-mobile

[Robin]

I don't know if it's been posted yet, but Epic Games released an awesome free perspective tool.
http://epicgames.com/community/2012/11/f...ic-friday/

Especially getting a perspective grid from a picture is really nice and saves so much time.