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Female figure — academic poses

309 shots of a female model: academic setups for figure and portrait with the emphasis on plastic form. about $12, JPG without watermarks, lifetime access.

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About the pack309 shots

309 photos, about $12, an 828 MB archive, two folders — figure and portrait. The poses are picked for long academic work: calm setups, even light, a readable silhouette, no sharp foreshortening where the form gets lost.

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The female figure usually breaks on two things — contrapposto and the rib cage. Lose the tilt of the pelvis against the shoulder girdle and the figure sits down on both legs at once and goes lifeless. Forget the volume of the rib cage and the waist creeps upward. The pack has enough views of the same pose to check yourself: what looks like a contour in one shot turns out to be form in the next.

A plan for an evening: three shots at five minutes each for rhythm and the axis, then one of them for an hour and a half with construction, big value masses and the shadow terminal. Take the portrait folder as a separate session — five heads in a row in planar construction, the sixth with modeling. A series from one shoot works better than random pictures: the light and the character of the model don’t change, so only your own mistake shows.

Drawings made from these shots can go into your studies and your portfolio. The files themselves stay with you: reselling or sharing the archive is not allowed. The download starts right after payment, access never expires, five watermarked shots are open in the preview, the archive has none. The pack comes with the Club plan, or you can buy it separately for about $12.

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The full archive, no watermarks, at full resolution.

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Azat Nurgaleev

Who shot it

Azat Nurgaleev

Artist and drawing teacher

Azat shoots and picks every set for one job: figure, portrait, hands and feet — the places where academic practice trips you up. About Azat

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Female figure: 309 academic pose references