Hi all,

This is the humble start of what I hope will become a nice resource for figure drawing and anatomy links online. Please feel free to reply and post any links you feel the list could benefit from. I will add them to the list periodically after they have been reviewed. Please be sure they pertain to figure drawing and anatomy only. Thanks! - J

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Forums / Communities 

Rebecca Kimmel's Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum

 

Conceptart.org's Fine Arts, Studies & Discovery Forum

 

 

Reference Images

http://3d.sk/
3D.SK is one of the largest resources for human photo references online... updated  daily.

 

http://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/
Human Anatomy For The Artist provides a huge assortment of high-resolution photographs depicting the human figure in various races, body types and age groups to help the struggling artist learn anatomy.

 

http://www.female-anatomy-for-artist.com/
Female Anatomy For The Artist provides over 14,000 high-res photos of the female form in various body types and poses to help the struggling artist.

 

http://www.wga.hu/
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 16.200 reproductions.

 

http://www.artrenewal.org/
One of the largest on-line museums on the internet... steadily expanding with thousands of high quality images of the greatest paintings and sculpture in history, the Art Renewal Center is building an encyclopedic collection of images, essays, biographies and articles by top scholars in the field.

 

 

Technique / Tutorials

http://3dtutorials.sk/
One of the largest resources for free 2D and 3D tutorials online.

 

http://the-structure-of-man.blogspot.com/
The Structure of Man is an acclaimed anatomy training course used by leading entertainment companies from around the world. Over 200+ video tutorials.

 

http://www.foundationalarts.com/
Foundational Arts is a virtual studio space for artists Rebecca Kimmel and Joel Carlo. The site provides plenty of visual references for personal projects including step by step guides, tutorials and more.

 

http://www.mattiassnygg.com/tutorials.htm
Tutorials on artist theory and painting from artist Mattias Snygg.

 

http://drawinglab.evansville.edu/
The Figure Drawing Lab is devoted to better understanding of the elements that make up the human figure and how to better portray them. It is intended as a resource for artists and art students who work with the human form. This site focuses on accepted conventions of figure drawing that have been used to model the figure since antiquity.

 

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/figure/williamlibodyconstruction.html 
The Fantasy Art Resource Project by William Li provides basic tutorials to help you learn how to draw the human form.

 

 

Books / Resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_drawing
The Wikipedia figure drawing resource, including aproaches, media, studio instruction, links and more.

 

http://figuredrawings.com/
Quite possibly one of the most comprehensive websites for figure drawing and anatomy books online.

 

http://www.modelalisa.com/
Modelalisa provides full figure virtual models that can be rotated a full 360 degrees with zoom capabilities.

 

http://www.virtualpose.net/
Virtual Pose is a virtual life drawing studio that provides high resolution Quicktime VR poses which can be rotated a full 360 degrees with zoom and print capabilities. Perfect for amateur artists who have no access to studio sessions.

 

http://www.cloudstars.com/
Cloudstars' Virtual Figure Drawing Studio is a virtual studio that enables you to pose a 3D model in a variety of ways with different visualization options and adjustable camera preferences.

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www.joelcarlo.net
joelcarlo.blogspot.com
www.foundationalarts.com