Art field guide
Open-access museum collections for artists
High-resolution museum collections to study from, with each institution’s reuse terms clearly labelled.
Resources for artists
Find references for your next piece.
Free art reference websites, sorted into guides.
Museum collections, gesture drawing, animation archives, and game art.
Links are also available without the app.
- Useful resources
- Each guide has links to discover new resources and use them in your work.
- I tried listing free vs. paid
- Every entry says whether it's free and whether it needs an account.
- ArtDeck or not
- Maybe you don't have an Apple device? You can just bookmark the pages.
Art field guide
Gesture drawing practice sites and motion reference
Timed practice tools, motion reference, and the gesture methods of Vilppu, Hampton, Mattesi, Proko, and Bridgman.
Art field guide
Animation reference sites, archives, and model sheets
Model sheets, production archives, research libraries, and places to practice 2D and 3D animation.
Art field guide
Game art reference sites and production breakdowns
Production breakdowns, UI references, technical-art lessons, recorded talks, and game jams.
Community suggestions
Add a source to the library.
Send me useful links and share with me why an artist would come
back to them.
The same form takes issues with boards, like broken links, missing credits, and rights
concerns.