various art resources

if you have any suggestions, or something to be added, send me an ask! :) meow. heres a list of contents:

• wings,
• wing shapes
• misc wing refs
• anatomy
• animal anatomy
• human anatomy
• other resources
• clothing
• scenes
• colors & coloring
• miscellaneous

wings

• monika zagrobelna's how to draw wings
  ^{very simple and easy to follow along with! definently recommend! goes a nice amount indepth}
• thread by @riamus01 on twitter regarding membranous wings
  ^{regards muscles and how theyre different from how a large majority of people actually draw them. very nice thread!}
• jenn deutscher's wing feather infographic & reference
  ^{very nice for understanding how the feathers on wings move}
• smiggles' wing study and tutorial
  ^{doesn't go extremely indepth, but gives some nice tips and shapes!}
• illustromic's unofficial tutorial and thoughts on drawing wings
  ^{goes a decent bit indepth, and is very nicely detailed! gives a lot of simple guys and tips}
• skycowboys' 'let's draw wings'
  ^{doesn't go too indepth, but still gives pretty good tips!}
• wingsforthewicked's wing guide and tutorial
  ^{goes very very nicely indepth and is pretty useful! lots of tips and lots of guides}

wing shapes

• jenn deutscher's wing infographic
  ^{good for basic wing shapes and basic info regarding them!}
• jenn deutscher's tail feather infographic
  ^{good for basic tail feather shapes and basic info regarding them!}
• standard wing compendium by blue-hearts
  ^{even more wing shapes, with a little bit more info, as well as irl examples listed beneath!}
• atypical wing compendium by blue-hearts
  ^{and even more wing shapes, with info, as well as irl examples listed beneath!}
• tail feather compendium by blue-hearts
  ^{good info on basic tail feather shapes and what they're used for}
• feather compendium by blue-hearts
  ^{good for wing pattern/marking inspiration. there's a lot!}

other wing references

• stained glass angel wings
  ^{simple tumblr post with 7 images of various angels in stained glass. the wing designs are good for inspiration!}

anatomy

animals

• animal photo art reference
  ^{gives you an animal skull to rotate (you can pick which one) for the angle you're looking for, and what animal you want to search for. very useful! gives a wildcard of poses with the head angle you're looking for}
• @catsofyore on tumblr
  ^{lots of old cat pictures and art, up to 100+ years old! one of my favorite blogs by far}
• cat coat color chart and reference by @slugswarriorsdesigns on tumblr
  ^{very nice and shows just how much variance cats can have!}
• lets get furry by @din-of-hyrule on tumblr
  ^{a quick and easy tutorial on how some furries render fur - the tutorial is intended for paint tool sai, but i'm sure you can make it work in other programs too}
• creature design thread regarding therapod-like feet by @riamus01 on twitter
  ^{explains how the feet are always weirdly animated for therapods and dragons. honestly really nice detail, not something i'd thought about until i saw the thread!}
• line of action
  ^{has both animals and humans. completely free to use.}
• macaulay library
  ^{you can search for basically any animal here! they seem to have a focus on birds}
• @herpsandbirds
  ^{a tumblr blog focused on reptiles, amphibians, insects/bugs, birds and sometimes fish. good for references! everything is tagged!}
• cat stylisation by @twistedclaws on tumblr
  ^{shows some REALLY NICE ways to stylise domestic cats by referencing big cats! focuses on paws, but has one headshot too}
• this really cool fish
  ^{i like him he looks like a dragon}
• animal horns
  ^{honestly really good for inspiration outside of animal characters too! lots of shapes}
• animal walk cycles
  ^{very nice for movement reference on certain animals!}

people

• reference angle
  ^{lets you rotate a human head around to get references of the angle you're looking for}
• @the-evil-clergyman on tumblr
  ^{nudity warning! lots of old painting and whatnot of people}
• croquis cafe
  ^{nudity warning! you will see boobs as soon as you open the website. you need a membership to view all* of the content, but from what i've seen its pretty good}
• posespace
  ^note
• drawing black hair by @cinnimani on tumblr
  ^{a quick tutorial on how to draw natural black hair! easy to follow along with}
• black hair indepth by @misselaney on tumblr: introduction: unique visual texture, drawing & rendering dreadlocs, braids, cornrows and sectioning patterns
  ^{very nicely indepth! like, really indepth. also a multiparter, so linked all of the ones i could find here!}
• afroindex
  ^{reference library for black hairstyles!}
• fat photo ref
  ^{you do need to request admittance before being allowed to look at everything, but its a pretty good resource!}
• drawing characters with face paralysis by @saszor on tumblr
  ^{lots of nice detail and notes about everything!}
• bodies in motion
  ^{nudity warning! all posts with nudity are blurred on the website. lots of good poses, especially in movement. you do need a membership to see the full images and not just the thumbnails though}
• morpho anatomy books
  ^{various books on human anatomy!}
• how to draw mixed people by @eggbagelz on tumblr
  ^{pretty simple and now to follow along with}
• the sartorialist
  ^{lots and lots of pictures of people of all sorts of ethnicities! you can sort by women and men.}
• drawing asian people (by various people)
  ^{this is a long post, but it goes over a lot of stuff and various people have added to it!}
• drawing east asian people by @chuwenjie on tumblr
  ^{goes into detail and is very easy to follow along with!}
• drawing north american indigenous people
  ^{no images, only a bullet point text list}
• holding an orb shaped object
  ^{don't have original source, was reposted on twitter with no credit. nice simple reference, though}
• figurosity
  ^{amazing pose references! 3d models with diverse body types that you can rotate, and lots of "how to draw" videos on the site.}
• line of action
  ^{has both animals and humans. completely free to use.}
• adorkastock
  ^{lots and lots of references. searchable through tags. lots of specific things, too!}
• sketchdaily
  ^{massive library of poses and wahtnot, set on a timer for figure drawing}
• animated torso sutudies by @marianarira on tumblr
  ^{artistic nudity warning! there's boobs in one of them. pretty simple animations that show the muscles}
• drawing arms and legs (by various people)
  ^{the post is long and does delve a little into chaos (as is customary of tumblr), but the guide is still very useful!}
• library of congress
  ^{historical pictures of people (as well as other things)}

other resources

attire

• nationalclothing.org
  ^{actual gold mine of clothing from ALL around the world! you can even search for what country you're looking for specifically. the website is safe - you can click through to it just fine}
• clothing fold tutorial by @totallynotsilversora on tumblr
  ^{very nice with details regarding what folds you should do for which types of fabrics}
• notes on clothing folds by chib2005 on twitter
  ^{(source) simple notes and whatnot. easy to understand}
• draping fabrics
  ^{very nice tutorial and notes on draping fabric!}
• claire hummel's historical fashion reference & resources
  ^{huge google document with TONS of links to various hisotrical fashion references!}
• rendering clothes by @ideavian on tumblr
  ^{stylised, but still very nice step-by-step}
• sky cotl cape star patterns
  ^{just nice symbols. i dont play the game, but its good for inspo}

scenes

• shotdeck
  ^{massive database of film shots searchable by grading, tod, shot type, characters and content!}
• obsidian urbex photography
  ^{lots of images of various abandoned, derelict and decaying locations from all over the world!}
• floorplanner
  ^{you can design an entire house to either keep consistent backgrounds or just use as references! you need an account, but you can save multiple houses!}
• dividing by halves and thirds to do perspective
  ^{pretty simple graphic showing how to divide by halves and thirds}
• art study on an official rain world art piece by @tibialtybalt on tumblr
  ^{rain worlds art is so pretty. its also very helpful! op describes and explains a lot of stuff}

colors and coloring

• how to actually understand color theory by sabertoothwalrus on youtube
  ^{youtube video! explains a lot of stuff very nicely, easy to follow along with}
• shiny rendering tutorial by @thatbirdguy_ on twitter
  ^{original post is now deleted but i archived the image. it's very nice!}
• gold coloring tutorial by @ribbonstein on tumblr
  ^{very simple and very easy to follow along with}
• gold coloring tutorial by @foervraengd on tumblr
  ^{a lot more indepth than the last one, and also very useful if you wanna get more into the details!}
• stylized gold coloring tutorial by @sabrebash on tumblr
  ^{goes into quite some detail and is also very helpful!}
• color blender
  ^{pretty oldschool looking website. put in two colors, choose how many midopoints you want, and click blend!}
• gradient generator
  ^{same as the above, but if you prefer a more modern looking website with dark mode}
• oklch color picker
  ^{honestly one of the best color pickers ive ever seen - this one is good for seeing why your colors may not look as vibrant as eachother, due to how they show up on the screen!}
• @color-palettes on tumblr
  ^{lots of people submit color palettes here. good for perusing for inspiration!}
• paletton
  ^{a nice website for creation various sorts of color palettes!}
• toyhouse bootstrap colors
  ^{they look nice. could be useful for inspo. i dunno}
• hydrant directory
  ^{did you know hydrants can be extremely colorful? here's a directory FULL of hydrants from around the world, with the colorpalettes beside them!}
• mspaint color guide by @xxacidnekoxx on tumblr
  ^{good for when using default mspaint colors (from the windows xp release)!}
• medieval manuscript colors
  ^{i like them... theyre pretty}
• various color palettes
  ^{lots and lots of color palettes i've collected from multiple places on the internet over time}

miscellaneous

• same energy
  ^{an image search engine. find/upload an image you like, and it'll look for images that have the same vibe/energy}
• mspaint art tips by @iggy-666 on tumblr
  ^{LOVE THIS GUIDE SO MUCH i use most if not all of these when i draw in mspaint! lots of fun stuff the program can do!}
• height comparison
  ^{easy to use. used for comparing heights between people/characters/whatever.}
• height-weight chart
  ^{completely free to use. good for having realistic weights and heights}
• smithsonian open access
  ^{LOADS of images among other stuff. completely free. absolute goldmine.}
• sculptgl
  ^{completely free 3d sculpting tool}
• pexels
  ^{free stock images with a pretty good search engine}
• pixel art guide by @tofupixel on tumblr
  ^{very nice! lists programs (paid and free) that can be used, as well as giving tips and guides.}
• gem rendering by @starrythroat on tumblr
  ^{pretty simple, not viable in Every art program but easy enough to replicate regardless}
• unsplash , pixabay , getty images
  ^{lots of free images for inspiration and reference, both backgrounds, objects, animals and people}
• vecteezy
  ^{lots of vectors and clipart}
• stocksnap
  ^{various stock photos}
• nasa's image collection
  ^{buuunch of images from nasa, suhc as stars and galaxies and whatnot}
• creative commons
  ^{lots and lots of stuff you can use, completely for free!}
• openverse
  ^{collects a bunch of creative commons images from across the internet}
• morguefile
  ^{full of searchable, rights free images - all uploaded by photographers}
• rendering wires by @qrowscant on tumbr
  ^{pretty nice and simple to follow along with}
• drawing robots / mechs
  ^{pretty nicely detailed!}
• 3d warehouse
  ^{lots and lots of free 3d models of varying things}
• texture ninja
  ^{lots of free textures!}