Got references to share?

[PascalR]

Please post your references links for anatomy, textures, lighting,etc... here :)

edited by mod

Here is a compilation of the links we have so far, we'll try to keep it up-to-date with all the links you guys will post.

Inspiration
creature design / http://www.creaturespot.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/28/offline-inspiration-how-to-find-it-and-get-the-most-out-of-it/
http://arrestedmotion.com/
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
http://conceptrobots.blogspot.com/
http://conceptartworld.com/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/

photos from the old time.
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/
http://old-photos.blogspot.com/search/label/1940's

Textures
http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://www.environment-textures.com/

PhotoBrowsers
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://photo.net/
http://www.flickr.com/
www.sxc.hu (http://www.sxc.hu)

Human Anatomy
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
http://www.freedomofteach.com/
http://www.reybustos.com/03ra/ra.html
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/day/y1936/
http://wallpaper.skins.be/angelina-j...750/1920x1200/
http://www.scott-eaton.com/bodies-in-motion
http://www.interesno.dn.ua/interesting-photo/interesting-photo-people/8-photo-interesting-people/242-homo
http://www.veda3d.com/edu/anatomy_drawing_book.htm
http://freevideolectures.com/Anatomy_Physiology/General_Human_Anatomy.html
old faces (wrinkles) http://www.markstoryphotography.com/
X-ray analysis of speach http://hundertmarkblog.de/christine-ericsdotter-x-ray-analyses-of-speech/

Animals
Frog http://zims.isis.org/aark/Hi%20res%20YOTF%20images/Forms/AllItems.aspx
http://www.gapingmaws.com/GapingMaws.htm
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3444/baldchimp1ng5.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4620/baldchimp2tu4.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2821/baldchimp5bk6.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8368/baldchimp6km9.jpg
Safari photos and wild animals, http://www.gregdutoit.com/index.php?page=gallery_launch

insects
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/gallery.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=768656
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=516535
http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=mantis+shrimp&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=9d5cS5K9F8uLkAXuopGbAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQsAQwAA
[U]http://vimeo.com/groups/1741/videos/1625437

Historical Reference
http://civilwarphotos.net/files/csos.htm


Artists
http://www.carloshuanteart.com/
http://www.donlanningstudio.com/film/film.htm
http://www.samjinks.com/
http://beinart.org/
http://www.ryanchurch.com/
http://www.nevillepage.com/
http://www.iainmccaig.com/ (coming soon)
George Stuart - http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/gallery.php
http://www.massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/projects/RideToHell/
http://www.goodbrush.com/
http://www.sparth.com/
http://www.artbyfeng.com/portfolio.html
http://www.supalette.com/coppermine/index.php
http://www.ghull.com/art/art_main.php
http://www.painterly.co.uk/galmenu.php
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/
http://www.sparth.com
http://www.keiththompsonart.com/index.html

Traditional:

http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=132
http://www.beksinski.pl/
http://members.fortunecity.com/lioncourt77/berkey.html
http://www.christusrex.org/www2/art/caravaggio.htm
http://www.williamwhitaker.com/B_HTML_files/03_portraits/INDEX.HTM
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Pictures/Pictures-page04.html#Native_Photographs_1
http://www.claire-wendling.net/
Simon Lee:http://www.bigbluetree.com/gallery.cfm
http://www.robertoferri.net/
http://www.artisticanatomyblog.com/
http://www.evanpenny.com/slide_figures.php?slide=3
http://www.joseismael.com/
http://www.henryyanart.com/paintings.php
Massimiliano Frezzato - http://www.maser-universe.info/
Scott Kuebler http://www.tskuebler.com/artist_bio.html
Sculptors:
http://blogs.myspace.com/stevewangfx
http://www.milesteves.com/
http://www.richardmacdonald.com/
http://www.schellstudio.com/gallery/
http://www.philippefaraut.com/portrait.html
Hiroshi Katagiri - http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=124315806&albumId=2348785
Jamie Salmon and Jackie K. Seo http://www.avatarsculptureworks.com/index.html
http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/
http://www.davidsimonart.com/
Thomas Kuebler - http://www.tskuebler.com/index.html
beth cavener stichter- http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/index_main.htm

- Ron Mueck (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwIkJiauV3U
- Ron Mueck (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTy5cORM3CI
- Jamie Salmon (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqo1jiFhXtg
- Philippe Faraut (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPX_cYkjfgk


Pin-ups
http://www.thepinupfiles.com/vargas1.html

Drawing tips
http://www.autodestruct.com/thumbwar.htm
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

old car design
http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_motors/

cars

http://www.worldcarfans.com/
http://www.the-blueprints.com/
http://www.finishlinewheels.com/
http://www.suurland.com/

military ref
http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm

Guns/tanks/etc...

http://www.pixagogo.com/DeicideNBF
http://www.theinfoexchange.net/showcategory.php?id=10#
http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm
http://www.shipschematics.net/
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
http://www.securityarms.com/
http://world.guns.ru/

Damaged urban environments and Architectural plans

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kazil/
http://www.opacity.us/
http://www.forbidden-places.net/explo1.php
http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/Home.aspx
http://cben.net/

mechanicals
http://www.mcmaster.com/#

SteamPunk
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/steampunk-art-gear-drb-series.html

[Tandy Nehls]

amazing links Pascal! :thumbsup:

thanks a lot for sharing! :beerchug:

[PascalR]

no worries Andreas!
Please post any ref you find useful here. I have just updated my first post with a video from Philippe Faraut, enjoy!

cheers,

P.

[-MM-]

nice forums and thanks for the links. the last one you posted is awesome. i was looking for a site like that for a while hehe.

here is one that i visit often:

http://www.philippefaraut.com/portrait.html

[collings]

OMG indeed there are some great portraits on that last site you posted pascal.

Here is one i like a lot :)

http://www.artisticanatomyblog.com/

[collings]

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/gallery.htm

images of collected fauna from the South Atlantic Bight.

Decapods (shrimp, crabs, lobsters)
crustaceans (amphipods, isopods, stomatopods, barnacles)
Echinoderms (sea stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, feather stars)
Cnidarians (corals, anemones, jellyfish)
Mollusks (clams, snails, chitons, mussels, sea slugs, squid)
Chelicerates (sea spiders and horseshoe crabs) and Insects
Annelids (segmented worms), Nemerteans (ribbon worms) and Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
Tunicates (sea squirts)
Bryozoans (Moss animals)

[PascalR]

Great stuff Collings! thanks

Here are some references that Bradford found, I am posting them here:


http://www.kino-teatr.ru/day/y1936/

It's a great resource for headshots of actors. Lots of gems in there to
sketch from. If you click on the first thumbnail some of them take you
to more shots of the actors, and then if you click again, you can
sometimes get larger images.

just some examples:
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/euro/215894/foto/91367/
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/30250/foto/43696/
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/8433/foto/85735/
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/6573/foto/75234/

[collings]

oh yeah awesome like.

I have one of the same kind but just focus on the female celebrities .
Huge database and all the wallpapers are available in really hi resolution.
http://wallpaper.skins.be/angelina-jolie/31750/1920x1200/
WARNING : there are some porno advertising on that site.

[PascalR]

Thanks Collings!

Here is a link Peter Syomka gave me a while ago, tons of photos ref:

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/

http://mrg.bz/PjjGOs

[collings]

this is a bit different but still pretty cool ^^

Bunch of Civil war references
http://civilwarphotos.net/files/csos.htm

exemple:

http://civilwarphotos.net/files/images/295.jpg

http://civilwarphotos.net/files/images/303.jpg

[collings]

Spider and stuff

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/

exemple

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/3684369721_1f2b864033_o.jpg

[PascalR]

wow gorgeous references! thanks for sharing these Collings!

Cheers
P.

[collings]

cool anatomy ref , Body in Motion

http://www.scott-eaton.com/bodies-in-motion (http://www.scott-eaton.com/bodies-in-motion)

[PascalR]

really cool, thanks for the link!:thumbsup:

[Malanjo]

Continuing the great references by Collings, I had on my bookmarks this photos:

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=768656

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=516535

Hope can help someone out there! :thumbsup:

Merry christmas to all!
-Miguel

[PascalR]

OMG is this for real?? Awesome stuff Miguel, thanks for sharing these!
I mean look at this!!:notWorthy:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9657235-md.jpg

[Malanjo]

Hey Pascal! :thumbsup:
Hell yeah! :D Is cool to do monster\alien's design! :D So many cool shapes and textures in there! :D
Here's a picture of the mobile-studio rig of the artist (he mostly just do macro shots): http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/art/stag-and-beetles-90927648

Went researching about hyper-realistic sculpting techniques (fiberglass and silicone based).Found a low 'how-to' from the famous Ron Mueck. Simple, just technical approach to the process, but nice to see (part 2 of 3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTy5cORM3CI
And another one by Jamie Salmon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqo1jiFhXtg

[collings]

Great links man :)


Continuing the great references by Collings, I had on my bookmarks this photos:

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=768656

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=516535

Hope can help someone out there! :thumbsup:

Merry christmas to all!
-Miguel

[iskon]

www.sxc.hu

Don't be surprised if you find some 6k or even more resolution photos on this great place. And it's free. :)

[collings]

Here is a really cool link for human anatomy

http://www.reybustos.com/03ra/ra.html

exemple :)
http://www.reybustos.com/03ra/Sarah_mx.htm

[PascalR]

Here is a really cool link for human anatomy

http://www.reybustos.com/03ra/ra.html

exemple :)
http://www.reybustos.com/03ra/Sarah_mx.htm

yeah this website is awesome, actually the first link I posted here ;)
but always good to make sure everybody knows about it!

Cheers


P.

[collings]

oups ^^ i missed that one.

I was thinking while posting my last link, it would be cool to keep them updated in the first post and listed by category like "insects/animals" , "human anatomy", "sculptor" , "photo browser" , etc ..

I can do that if you're ok with it. So far it's not really necessary since we have only 3 pages but anyways it will be easier at the end to find out any desire link later on.

[PascalR]

oups ^^ i missed that one.

I was thinking while posting my last link, it would be cool to keep them updated in the first post and listed by category like "insects/animals" , "human anatomy", "sculptor" , "photo browser" , etc ..

I can do that if you're ok with it. So far it's not really necessary since we have only 3 pages but anyways it will be easier at the end to find out any desire link later on.


That sounds great Nicolas, please feel free to re organize my first post :beerchug:

[stefgrafx]

very interesting... will look if I find good links

[collings]

cool stefgrafx, don't hesitate to share them and :welcome:

ps: i updated the first post with all the links :)

[PascalR]

cool stefgrafx, don't hesitate to share them and :welcome:

ps: i updated the first post with all the links :)

Awesome! Cheers Nicolas :dance:

[Marcus Dublin]

Wow this thread is awesome! I'll have to cobble together some of my links and share them with the community.

[collings]

here is a famous one for textures, most people already have this link in their favourite but here it is just in case http://www.cgtextures.com/ (http://www.cgtextures.com/)

[Malanjo]

Some more,

Drawing\Drawing tips:
http://www.autodestruct.com/thumbwar.htm
http://veda3d.com/edu/anatomy_drawing_book.htm

Amazing old car design:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_motors/

Inspiration tips:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/28/offline-inspiration-how-to-find-it-and-get-the-most-out-of-it/

[Intervain]

great links guys :bouncy:
here's a few

human anatomy lectures (http://freevideolectures.com/Anatomy_Physiology/General_Human_Anatomy.html)

Beinart (http://beinart.org/) - lots of surreal paintings and sculptures and shtuff ;)

George Stuart's Historical Figures (http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/gallery.php) - I really enjoy his work...

[Billabong]

Here are few for the hard surface guys.

This link is a russian site but if you go to drawings and then just pick a category, you will get some very hi res blue prints of aircraft. Im posting the babelfish translated page for it.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.airwar.ru%2F&lp=ru_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

here are some other reference sites as well

cars

http://www.worldcarfans.com/
http://www.the-blueprints.com/
http://www.finishlinewheels.com/
http://www.suurland.com/

Guns/tanks/etc...

The first link is from a guy on Gameartist.net. he posted his personal gallery for everyone to use.Amazing site
http://www.pixagogo.com/DeicideNBF
http://www.theinfoexchange.net/showcategory.php?id=10#
http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm
http://www.shipschematics.net/
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
http://www.securityarms.com/
http://world.guns.ru/

Damaged urban environments and Architectural plans

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kazil/
http://www.opacity.us/
http://www.forbidden-places.net/explo1.php
http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/Home.aspx
http://cben.net/
http://www.environment-textures.com/


-B

[collings]

great links guys, i updated them on the first page :thumbsup:

here is another one on human anatomy.
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm

military ref

http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm

[PascalR]

Great stuff guys, I 've just added a few artists to the first post
http://www.ryanchurch.com/ (http://www.ryanchurch.com/)
http://www.nevillepage.com/ (http://www.nevillepage.com/)
http://www.iainmccaig.com/ (http://www.iainmccaig.com/) (coming soon)

[kaori]

thanks Pascal to share those links. I was looking for those kinds. very useful.

[Ken]

Wow, Thank you so much for sharing.
I'll sometimes check this website when I sculpt some wrinkles. hope you like it :)

http://www.markstoryphotography.com/

sorry, that's it for now..
I'll post if I can find out any good refs!

cheers,

[cj3d]

This is the best thread ever! Lots of awesome, inspiring stuff in here.

Here is a website I think you guys might like: http://www.avatarsculptureworks.com/index.html

CJ

[PascalR]

yeah these are great cj3d.

Here is Patricia Piccinini's website, I just love her work:

http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/

http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/wearefamily/images/yf_lrg_01.jpg

[collings]

- first post updated -

This artist is amazing, http://www.robertoferri.net/

and here is another video from ron mueck which showcase a few of his sculptures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwIkJiauV3U

[PascalR]

This artist is amazing, http://www.robertoferri.net/



wow indeed! Thanks for the link Nicolas!:beerchug:

[collings]

and check this one, pretty amazing too :) love his painting technique/style
http://www.jeffreyrwatts.com/newartwork.html

[PascalR]

Nice Collings!

Here are few painters I really like :

Traditional:
http://www.beksinski.pl/
http://members.fortunecity.com/lioncourt77/berkey.html
http://www.christusrex.org/www2/art/caravaggio.htm
http://www.williamwhitaker.com/B_HTML_files/03_portraits/INDEX.HTM
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Pictures/Pictures-page04.html#Native_Photographs_1
http://www.claire-wendling.net/

digital:
http://www.goodbrush.com/
http://www.sparth.com/
http://www.artbyfeng.com/portfolio.html
http://www.supalette.com/coppermine/index.php
http://www.ghull.com/art/art_main.php
http://www.painterly.co.uk/galmenu.php
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/

(http://www.sparth.com/)

[PascalR]

Simon Lee:
http://www.bigbluetree.com/gallery.cfm

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IlK7wT7sfj4/SMecsMW78nI/AAAAAAAAEgE/MrdHysXN4Ok/s1600/spiderzero_bite2.jpg

[collings]

thanks pascal, some great links you got there :)

The massiveblack webiste - full of concept arts
http://www.massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/projects/RideToHell/

and here is another for traditionnal painters and sculptors, huge database !

http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=132

the quality of the images is really good, it's great for studies.
Velazquez's painting
http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/132/132/1771/mars,_god_of_war-large.jpg

[Ken]

thanks for great references, Pascal, collings, especially I love simon's style!
I also love this style. but probably someone has already posted or known...
http://www.keiththompsonart.com/index.html

[PascalR]

Great link Ken! Cheers

Pascal

[cj3d]

Here is a site my buddy put together. He is eventually going to add people too. http://immolationstudios.com/References/index.php These are all pics he has taken himself so they're all originals.

He says to mention that the php has some issues that are being rewritten but the pictures will still show up if you click on a link or something oO Anyway, posted with his permission. Enjoy.

CJ

[PascalR]

Nice, really helpful for textures references clapCan't wait for the organic photo shoots ;)

Cheers!

P.

[PascalR]

Greg Broadmore (King Kong, District 9, etc...)
http://www.thebattery.co.nz/

http://www.thebattery.co.nz/img/imageloader/1235388016_Kroglor_reduxor_web.jpg

[collings]

cool links guys :) <

Here is one i like visting regulary , it's a blog called Old Picture of the Day.

http://old-photos.blogspot.com/

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_473nrD5vEv8/SsM1dmN3gnI/AAAAAAAAB7k/yv8fvh7M0g4/s1600-h/shoe-shine.jpg

[El Burritoh]

Great site, collings!

Along the same lines, if you're looking for high-res OLD photographs, you need Shorpy.com (http://www.shorpy.com).

Particularly impressive are the 4x5 Kodachromes (http://www.shorpy.com/4x5-large-format-kodachromes) from the 40s. This image (http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a35227u.jpg), for example, was taken in 1942. Looks incredible! But they also have a ton of photos from the late 1800s and early 1900s that are very high res.

There's a lot of history on this site, and the detail in their photos is pretty phenomenal.

[collings]

awesome tim, thanks for sharing that one..

[PascalR]

Thank you Brad for sending me those links about mantis shrimps!

http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=mantis+shrimp&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=9d5cS5K9F8uLkAXuopGbAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQsAQwAA

http://vimeo.com/groups/1741/videos/1625437

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/Content/peacock-shrimp-laman-961455-sw.jpg

[collings]

Renaud Galant shared this link with me the other day.

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

2d tips and tricks / color theory etc . really interesting stuffs :)

[bneall]

So, I'm unsure if I can put a request in, but... If anyone has any steampunk, post apocalyptic or dystopian "fantasy" references, I am trying to find quality sources.

[Porkpie Samurai]

This is pretty interesting for creature designers
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3444/baldchimp1ng5.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4620/baldchimp2tu4.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2821/baldchimp5bk6.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8368/baldchimp6km9.jpg

[tiktok]

just got this sent to me from a job I recently had to finish, some awesome reference for the underneath of a bird!

One thing anatomically I found particularly interesting was how substantial the flap of skin from the shoulder to the wrist was. Looks quite nearly like a bat! Also, if you notice how it holds it's arm, it's much simpler than one would think...you'll know what I mean if you ever tried to rig a wing. :thumbsup:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YgNpkfKRQ-k&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YgNpkfKRQ-k&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

[PascalR]

wow thanks guys, awesome refs :dance:

[collings]

Hey Chris, i'm just starting to work on a creature design for a client and one of these balt chimps ref was in his reference board ahah. good coïncidence :)


Pin-up reference galleries ... to refresh our eyes from all the creatures.

http://www.thepinupfiles.com/vargas1.html

[PascalR]

Nice one Collings, that's exactly what I need for my next project :)

Here is a very cool website for mechanical parts :

http://www.mcmaster.com/#

cheers

P.

[collings]

Cool :)
Amazing artist ... Henry Yan, Teacher at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

http://www.henryyanart.com/paintings.php

[phoenix]

hey thank you friends for wonderful resource.


Regards

[Intervain]

great links all round! Here's a blog I like to follow - they list all the art exhibitions happening in the world of modern art [one can learn about a lot of interesting artists from there :)]

http://arrestedmotion.com/

btw that ape looks so sad :(

here's another great ref for a creature designer - a hairless bear :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225042/Germanys-bald-bears-Fur-disease-afflicts-Dolores-baffles-vets.html

[rasmusW]

So, I'm unsure if I can put a request in, but... If anyone has any steampunk, post apocalyptic or dystopian "fantasy" references, I am trying to find quality sources.

hey ben!

don't know if you found what you where looking for, but this link might have some.

link (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/steampunk-art-gear-drb-series.html)

cool links everybody.

-r

[PascalR]

great links guys! Poor bear but so cool as a creature reference :)

One of my fav comics author:
Massimiliano Frezzato:

http://www.maser-universe.info/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeaAtThV17A

http://www.leconcombre.com/board/image2/fango.jpg

[cj3d]

Hey guys,

I'm doing some moulding for a little scene I'm working on, and I found this really cool website with some profiles for baseboard. http://www.blueoxmill.com/TOC_MouldingPatterns.htm

CJ

[Intervain]

looked through the thread but I don't think I saw the name mentioned so here it is - amazing sculptor and one of my personal favourites Thomas Kuebler

http://www.tskuebler.com/index.html (http://www.tskuebler.com/index.html)

[collings]

thanks for sharing this one magda, amazing stuffs :)

here is one i found today, don't hesitate to look in the archive, it's full of amazing artist's work !
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html

http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html

Ivor Hele
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/66/958/1024/Ivor%20Hele%20032.jpg

[collings]

first post updated with the new links :dance:

[PascalR]

first post updated with the new links :dance:

cheers for that collings:beerchug:

[tiktok]

this thread should be its own section in the forum! what do you guys think?
maybe even with some sort of gallery thing that everyone can add to with more pics?
:thumbsup:

[Ken]

http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/index_main.htm

Great animal sculptures here! you can look up first/second form before you'll start final details on your works. It would be really helpful for me!
I'm big fan of her works.

[sebcravoisier]

it my contribution for now good luck and keep beliving!
http://www.emob.fr/dotclear/photosketch-creer-un-photomontage-a-partir-d-un-dessin-2477
http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/exhibits/iotw/2008-09-23/
hi! pascal have a nice day!:drool:

[Intervain]

something useful for placing the teeth properly in the mouth :)

X-ray analysis of speach (http://hundertmarkblog.de/christine-ericsdotter-x-ray-analyses-of-speech/)

[cj3d]

WHOA that's creepy! Awesome this would be a fun project to try and replicate in CG :D

Thanks for the post.

CJ

[Intervain]

you'll enjoy the work of NIck Veasey (http://www.nickveasey.com/) then :) - he works with cadavers to get those human images [like the bus full of people] + a lot of other stuff :)

[Diffused]

Anatomy, Poses, etc - (Maximum Risky) - A lot of them are Deviant Art--you can still see the pics but I recommend making an account because of the filtering. you gotta dig through the dirt to find good ref sometimes.. so close the door. :rofl:

3d.sk (buy an account, download everything) (http://3d.sk/)
Skins.be Celebrity babes. Really nice female face ref site (http://www.skins.be/)
Artistic Anatomy blog (http://www.artisticanatomyblog.com/)
Arnold Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding ref (http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mgallery.html)
Prosthetic injuries and other weird shit (http://www.sodafx.dk/index.php)
Antropos -DA (http://lady-atropos.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured--2)
Miss Mosh -DA (http://miss-mosh.deviantart.com/gallery/)
Pawel Janczak-DA (http://teruus.deviantart.com/gallery/)
Johann Chaulet-DA (http://papou.deviantart.com/gallery/)
Marcus Ranum-DA (http://mjranum.deviantart.com/gallery/)
Blepharopsis - close up insect photography. Incredible!-DA (http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/gallery/)

Traditional Figurative Sculptors (Modern & Oldschool)

A cool figurative sculpture site (http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/index.htm)
Evan Penny (http://www.evanpenny.com/slide_figures.php)
Richard Stipl (http://www.richardstipl.com/)
Steve Miles (http://www.milesteves.com/gallery/v/SCULPTURE/)
Bernini (http://www.scultura-italiana.com/Biografie/Bernini.htm)
Donatello (http://www.scultura-italiana.com/Galleria/Donatello/index.html)
Michelangelo (http://www.abcgallery.com/M/michelangelo/michelangelo.html)
Carpeux (http://www.chess-theory.com/encprd03206_chess_practice_reflections_debates_art s.php)
Giambologna (http://www.thais.it/scultura/gianbolo.htm)
Arno Breaker (http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/masters/german/breker/breker.htm)
Martin eichinger (http://www.galerie-du-soleil.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=357)
Sabin Howard (http://www.sabinhoward.com/)
Jose Ismael fernandez (http://www.joseismael.com/)
Philip faraut (http://philippefaraut.com/portrait.html)
Bruce Wolfe (http://www.brucewolfe.com/)
Paige Bradley (http://paigebradley.com/)
Isolde Cortes (http://www.isoldecortes.com/)
Peter Schipperheyn (http://www.users.bigpond.com/schip/)
Mark Newman (http://www.marknewmansculpture.com/)
Evan Campbell (http://www.greenflesh.com/art_5.htm)
Andy Bergholtz (http://www.absculpture.com/gallery.htm)
John Brown (http://www.figuresandfocus.com/)
Peter Konig (http://peterkonigart.typepad.com/photos/creature_design/index.html)
Patricia Piccinini (http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/)
Jordu Schell (http://www.schellstudio.com/sculpture.htm)
Jean Baptiste Vendamme (http://www.jbvendamme.com/)

Toys & Collectibles
Danny Choo (http://www.dannychoo.com/)
Sideshow (http://www.sideshowtoy.com/)
Weta Collectibles (http://www.wetanz.com/collectibles/)
Hell Painter (http://hellpainter.com/gallery.htm)
Takayuki Takeya (http://www.takayukitakeya.com/)
Gentle Giants (https://www.gentlegiantltd.com/) Duh!


Will continue to add more with time :bouncy:

[collings]

hey diffused welcome on the board man :)

thanks for the links, quite a few of them were already in the list but anyways i'll sort them and will update the first post with the new ones ;)

[PascalR]

A very cool website for creatures inspiration:

http://www.creaturespot.com/

http://www.creaturespot.com/storage/7efc0f8c9549be9c985f13054d977778.jpg?__SQUARESPACE _CACHEVERSION=1266979975170

[Ken]

Thank you for the great links!

>Pacal
I sometimes check this page, especially I love Aris Kolokontes's characters.
Thanks :)

I also found a few pages for the references.

Safari photos and wild animals,
http://www.gregdutoit.com/index.php?page=gallery_launch

This is one of my favorite page, I always check this page during break time :)
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/

[El Burritoh]

Various Concept art and robot designs - found these posted on CGT last week...

http://conceptrobots.blogspot.com/
(http://conceptrobots.blogspot.com/)http://conceptartworld.com/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/
(http://www.conceptart.org/forums/)

[oglu]

at my current research i found some frogs...
http://zims.isis.org/aark/Hi%20res%20YOTF%20images/Forms/AllItems.aspx

[collings]

awesome links guys :) times to update the first post.

[matic]

Best of Doctor Bone ;) very good references.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=347570&page=1&pp=15

[El Burritoh]

Paul Pepera's portfolio is loaded with excellent hard-surface modeling. High-detail, well balanced, clean models. Great stuff:

http://peperaart.com/

[Intervain]

talking about hard surface modeling - http://www.airliners.net/ (http://www.airliners.net/) is a great website for refs [some awesome pictures there]

Another site I like to follow is the FACITY project (http://facity.com/) - so many faces and it's great that they've set the lighting requirenments...makes them all look uniform. New ones appear every day :)

[Manuel Poehlau]

wow, the FACITY project is great! Thanks for sharing :)

[PascalR]

wow, the FACITY project is great! Thanks for sharing :)
Indeed, thanks for sharing this one Mag:dance:

[SorinLupu]

Thanks Intervain for Facity

Other great project Exactitudes http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php

[Intervain]

my pleasure and yay the exactitudes is pretty awesome as well :) Thanks:beerchug:

[PascalR]

Check this out:

http://virtualfunzone.com/literally-live-pictures.html

[collings]

unbelievable, haha that's awesome thanks for sharing that link pascal.

[nghia59]

Here's another site that's really fun and cool. I think the guy's a web designer that does this stuff for a hobby but the photoshop work is totally awesome!

http://www.humandescent.com/

Here's another:

http://humandescent.deviantart.com/gallery/

[nghia59]

For drawing:

http://alexhays.com/loomis/

http://ineedfile.com/andrew-loomis-pdf

For modeling edge loops:

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=93651


Maya Tools:

http://draster.com/nex-1.5/

[Aumakua]

Quite amazing collection of reference, thank you so much!

[Manuel Poehlau]

Found this book about Figure Drawing and Composition from 1905
Haven´t read through it yet, but might be interesting.

Author: Hatton, Richard G. (Richard George)

http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924020551515


There are a lot of old books for download on this website.

[Intervain]

more xray goodness :)

knee in action: http://www.vimeo.com/5567470

hand, arm and elbow in action:
http://www.vimeo.com/5397933

heart and breathing:

http://www.vimeo.com/4568351

the clavicles and shoulders in action ;)

http://www.vimeo.com/4683942

yum, yum - mouth and digestion

http://www.vimeo.com/4567689
:thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

great one mag.

today i stumbled across this site with two .pdf's on sss and different maps for rendering realistic hands.
though it's from 2007 i still found them very interresting.
http://www.eugenedeon.com/index.html

ohh! here's my local fx heros... soda fx
http://www.sodafx.dk/
love their stuff.

-r

[rasmusW]

dunno if you guys have heard of this book. tim buckner and others showing of their works.
i gotta see if i can find money for this for sure.
http://popsculpturebook.blogspot.com/

ohh! yeah! they plan to post tips/tricks on the blog.

-r

[Intervain]

oh wow that's gonna be awesome - thanks Rasmus, for the heads up:beerchug:

[rasmusW]

your welcome. actually just saw that they have updated it. great pics of frazetta's princess of ghouls.

here another one.. loads of really cool concepts from new and old movies. moebius is well represented.. hehe

http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=123967

-r

[El Burritoh]

The sculpture of Stanislav Szukalski. Not the most politically sensitive person, but his work is visually striking.

http://szukalski.com/gallery.html

[Intervain]

someone just linked to this on CG Talk and I thought I must repost the link here - just so cool: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157623618461809

[tonytrout]

gross :eek: kill them, kill them all...

[nghia59]

gross :eek: kill them, kill them all...

Nice find intervain but i have to agree with tony there. I was snacking on some crackers and sort of lost my appetite.

- Nghia

[collings]

just found this during lunch time, a nVidia Human Head demo showing a very nice looking skin shader.

http://us.download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/videos/nzm_humanhead.wmv

[Intervain]

lol you guys have weak stomachs ;) well here's something much more beautiful to compensate ;)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1260946/The-stunning-pictures-sleeping-insects-covered-early-morning-dew.html

[ianucci]

You have to register to access this forum but its a good resource for high resolution pictures of celebritys.

http://www.celebutopia.net/forum/index.php

[phrenzy84]

Same here. Very high res, you have to register. But.. this place is much bigger. Much larger range.

http://forums.superiorpics.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php

You gotta check out this place ianucci.

[ianucci]

Yeah, I have that site book marked too, they don't have much in the way of male celebrities added lately however.

Nope I'm not a Mario im affraid, although I enjoy his games :p.

[rasmusW]

pablo viggiano.... awesome sculptor.
http://www.sculptedheroes.com/index.php

packed with loads of good stuff.

-r

[PaulAdams]

More of a request but does anyone know a site that has good famous classical sculpture photos?

[collings]

More of a request but does anyone know a site that has good famous classical sculpture photos?

check out the art renewal center website, i think it has been already posted here.

here is the result for bernini for instance ;)
http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=133

http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/133/133/1880/the_rape_of_proserpine-large.jpg

[sebcravoisier]

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Science/subcollections/VetAnatImgsAbout.html
No thanks need! but for the university of the Wisconcin...:notWorthy:

[collings]

Animals references

http://www.lifeonwhite.com/index.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220161/Ready-close-Wild-animals-captured-stunning-studio-photographs.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/14/article-1220161-06CD4A7B000005DC-465_964x775.jpg

[PascalR]

Nice ones Collings!:beerchug:

[PascalR]

The guy who is actually sculpting Patricia Piccinini concepts (thanks Tiktok!)
Sam Jinks:
http://www.samjinks.com/

http://www.samjinks.com/images/img/KW_1008-006.jpg

[collings]

So impressive !

[collings]

Creature Design
Baby born - Animals reference

http://www.zooborns.typepad.com/zooborns/aardvark/

http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b01157159f12d970c-800wi
http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0120a64ad026970b-800wi
http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0133ed4f3fd8970b-800wi

[PascalR]

ahah awesome stuff collings :thumbsup:

[Intervain]

lol those are great :) Here's another super realistic sculptor - Marc Sijan (http://www.marcsijan.com/principal.htm)

[SorinLupu]

Excellent old studies: http://veda3d.com/edu/anatomy_drawing_book.htm


http://veda3d.com/edu/dbook/img/dbook39.jpg

[phrenzy84]

Nice surface anatomy and lighting but to be honest i wouldn't refer to these for proportional reference. Some of them are very stylized and warped in a pleasing way but because of that the main proportions are pretty weird (from my viewpoint).

Although there are a few that are spot on.

[Intervain]

here are some fascinating images from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico of creatures that live off the 'cold seeps' [meaning oil seeps] - thought you might be interested to see what's down there :)

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/06/22/science/20100622cold.html

[El Burritoh]

Some awesome reference of the strangest boat you've ever seen!

Here (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html&prev=_t&twu=1#submit)

There is a wealth of great photo reference of this thing from all kinds of angles and close-ups. Fantastic hard-surface reference! You'd almost expect a plaque on the side that says "North Central Positronics" (for all you Dark Tower fans...).

http://media.englishrussia.com/Ekranoplan_photos/2.jpg

[sebcravoisier]

thank you Tim what a cool pict i never see a boat like this!

[Gagan Jain]

Gray's Anatomy images
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gray's_Anatomy_images_with_missing_artic les

[Mantis]

Thanks for this thread, a lot of great website.
I've looked through the whole thread but I didn't find anything about fatty muscular people :D

I mean normal muscular people like weight lifter, the bodybuilder doesn't have any fat ontop of their muscles and I would love to see any references about fatty muscled type.
Does it exist, does any of you have something like this?

[nghia59]

Hey Tim, that's not a boat. It's a Soviet WIG. A Long range attack craft that's a cross between a bomber, hydrofoil, and nuclear attack sub. Made to fly below radar at aircraft speeds designed to destroy our eastern sea board with short range nuclear missile bombardment. The thing was completely stealth, high speed and would have made a mess of us if it were actually deployed on America. Scary. Apparently it worked really well.

All I gotta say for you Weta guys is that since the Dragon was conveniently blown up in the first Avatar movie and the second one is about the coeans this would be a good replacement yes? ;)

- Nghia

[Mantis]

And to contribute to this thread, here is a video showing the enormous plane shown by Tim.
You can see it flying on the second video:

Plane Video One
Plane Video Two

[Mrguy]

I don't know if this was mentioned...

http://usemycomputer.com/

Found this site like 5-7 years ago. I have no idea where it comes from but it has 1000's of high quality photos of people and celebrities. Alot of the photos feel like they are straight from a photoshoot with no post.

[sebcravoisier]

a lot of pretty woman and men not many men but it doesn't matter!
very cool link thanks MrGuy!

[Mrguy]

haha yeah you can probably tell it's run by a guy.

[Intervain]

just discovered Paul Day and I'm blown away - amazing sculpture: http://www.pauldaysculpture.com/home.html

[PascalR]

wow those perspectives and lens distortion sculpts are stunning! Thanks for sharing Mag:thumbsup:

[sebcravoisier]

simply amazing yes that's the word!

[nghia59]

Wow, how would you even begin to compose that in clay. The thing that amazes me is how the lighting looks like its being cast correctly in perspective on something that is essentially an extreme coin relief. Great stuff.

- Nghia

[PaulAdams]

Interesting shots.. http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Your-beautiful-eyes/428809

[tiktok]

Wow! That paul day stuff is incredible!!! Some of the best stuff I've seen in ages!!!
And paul day: I just saw that on boing boing! was just about to post that! thos iris shots are fantastic!
makes me want to model some uber realistic eyeballs!! :bouncy:
-bayard

[Intervain]

Just discovered Stephane Halleux (http://www.stephanehalleux.com/) - I'm in love with everything in his portfolio - wouldn't mind owning sth by that sculptor :love:

[tonytrout]

Really like those. Is it OK to make one in 3D non commercial, I suppose you would have to ask his permission.

[kaan]

There is a huge list of links to concept artists and art forums here

http://www.joemadfan.com/links.html

[Malanjo]

NASA references and photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons

[tonytrout]

Just discovered Stephane Halleux (http://www.stephanehalleux.com/) - I'm in love with everything in his portfolio - wouldn't mind owning sth by that sculptor :love:
I sent an email to ask his permission to model one in 3D but got no answer :banghead:

[El Burritoh]

Oglu posted this in response to my request for specific reference:

http://digital-muscle.com/welcome.htm

Great reference for muscles and muscular anatomy! Thanks Oglu!