📂 CLASSIFIED INTEL: THE DIGITAL ARTIST'S ARSENAL [VOL. 1]

I’m declassifying my personal list of resources. While Pinterest is great, relying on it alone creates an echo chamber. To build a truly unique visual library, you need to dig deeper

Sakugabooru — The animator’s bible. An archive of the best animation moments searchable by artist. Perfect for studying timing and impact frames

Creative Uncut — The ultimate game art repository. Raw concept art and character designs from video games in high quality (no watermarks)

Internet Archive — The digital Library of Alexandria. Access millions of art books, magazines, and rare gems you won't find on Pinterest

Current state of my visual library, seen from inside Allusion.

Inaugurating the blog by sharing this beetle fly! Credit to portioid on iNaturalist for the photos.

Oh yes! I have a few snippets randomly posted in here throughout the years (should be under clothing reference or fabric reference tag), but one of my favorite resources for a lot of design related things is Visual Library! Among the huge selection they provide, they have sections dedicated to clothing by type and style. The only downfall is that all the references here are drawn ones and not images taken from life. I have yet to find a good reference library for live photo references of fabric types and how they drape and fold. My solution for that has been to create what I needed from materials I had at home and take photos myself when I've needed to see how something drapes or falls. Plenty of live references for naked poses out there, which I can understand, but we need to know how to draw clothed people, too! I will reblog this with an update if I ever find a nice resource for a variety of live fabric types.