Starter reference pack for artists

Hands and feet are in folders of their own, and not to make the list look good: they are where a drawing falls apart most often. The figure is constructed, the proportions add up, and then the palm turns into a mitten. The pack has views from above, three-quarter views and foreshortened ones, where you can see how the mass of the wrist changes and where the line of the knuckles goes when the hand is clenched.

It’s easier to work in series than shot by shot. Take one model, run eight to ten poses at three minutes each, then the same pose for forty minutes with construction: the difference between the quick sketch and the long drawing is exactly what shows you what to fix this week. Same approach for the portrait folder — first planar construction and the shadow terminal on five shots in a row, then one taken all the way.

You can draw from these photos for yourself and for study — the rights to your drawing stay yours. Only one thing is off limits: reselling or handing out the files themselves. The download opens right after payment, access to the archive never expires, the preview shows five watermarked shots, one or two from each folder; there are no watermarks in the archive itself. The reference pack comes with the Club plan, or you can buy it separately for about $3.