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Artist Reference is a portal of artist photo reference sites, including human and animal photo references and 3D scans for 3D artists and game developers. The site also links to image collections for comic artists, environment textures and manga tutorials. The company behind it was founded in 2004.
Curriculum for the Solo Artists is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
AI Art ES hosts an AI Art Style Reference on Aiartes, cataloging a wide range of art styles and artists including Aaron Douglas, Gustav Klimt, Hieronymus Bosch, and others for reference purposes.
64DD.org is a site about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive. It publishes articles about 64DD titles, including the Mario Artist series, and hosts news and patch files intended for use with users' own disk dumps.
The AnatomyArchive is a free, ad-free website for artists to improve their anatomy skills. Users can study reference pictures and learn by sharing their studies. Pages are designed for teaching and are beginner friendly. The site is collaborative, and visitors can create custom study pages.
AniPlaylist is a search site for finding original anime openings, endings and OST tracks on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. Users enter a song title, anime or artist to search. The site also references a mobile app, MyAniPlaylist, articles, Patreon and Ko-fi.
DramaWiki is a free Asian drama database providing English readers a reference repository for Asian television entertainment in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. It covers TV dramas, artists, singers, directors and screenwriters across Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Chinese and Singaporean dramas, and is open to contributions.
emudev.org is a network of people interested in documenting, emulating, simulating and re-implementing hardware near extinction. Its stated purpose is preserving platforms designed or used for gaming and other artistic endeavors. Goals include publishing standardized hardware documentation, tests and validation suites, and reference software and hardware cores. All information, source code and designs are made available at no cost under liberal licenses.
JustSketchMe is a browser-based character posing tool for artists, using 3D models, props, lighting and a pose library to build pose references. It also offers exporting screenshots and 3D models. Apps are listed for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. The project is free, with a Pro tier available via subscription.
JustSketchMe is a web-based character posing and reference tool for artists. It provides characters and joints for posing, with controls to rotate joints, move and scale objects and limbs, mirror poses, lock the camera and take screenshots. Some features, including preset poses and cloud saving, require an upgrade.
Line of Action provides reference photos and practice tools for visual artists, including figure drawing, animal drawing, hands and feet drawing and face and expression practice. A fifteen-minute tutorial introduces the tools. The site was built and maintained by one person, with original features provided free.
Magic Poser is a 3D pose reference app for artists, letting users pose human models by dragging control points, with a physics engine that adjusts to dynamic poses. It offers body morphs, premade poses, adjustable lighting, multiple characters and props, and OBJ export. The free tier includes one model per scene and 50 preset poses; Pro is a $9.99 one-time fee.
Muzify is a free browser-based song-guessing quiz. Players pick an artist, hear five seconds of a real recording, and choose the song title from four options. Other formats include Muzify Daily, one song a day with six typed guesses, and Clash, in which players send a challenge link to a friend. Quizzes can also be browsed by genre.
Physically Based is an open source database of physically based rendering values for CG artists, covering materials, light sources and cameras. It compiles values from publications, manufacturer documentation and user measurements, with each entry linked to at least one reference. The database is separate from the website and is built as an open API that can be integrated into applications as plug-ins, presets or web apps.
Posemaniacs is a royalty free pose reference site for artists, offering 3D figure references and muscle references. The site also hosts tutorials and courses on drawing, and states its mission is to create free learning material for people who want to be an artist.
Random Song Generator is a website that generates random songs from Spotify music to help music enthusiasts discover new songs and artists. Users enter a number from 1 to 10 and generate tracks per run, with unlimited generations; an invalid or blank number defaults to 6 results. A YouTube version is also referenced.
SetPose is an online 3D pose maker and digital mannequin for artists. Users adjust a 3D drawing model to create custom poses, combine them with props, and use them as drawing reference; the tool includes preset poses, inverse kinematics controls, and a timed drawing challenge.
A daily music quiz inspired by Wordle in which all players receive the same mystery song each day. A short clip plays, and players enter the artist, title and release year, with partial credit for near matches; the three fields are worth up to 10 points each.
