Free REFERENCES and RESOURCES sites

[iatriki]

Here's a list of free stuff that you can find on the net. I hope it will help. :)

Human ANATOMY:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/jas43/skel/skeletal.htm (photos of the entire skeletal system)
http://www.bartleby.com/107/indexillus.html ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY-Henry Gray 1918
http://fineart.sk/ (Anatomy books an photos.The main attractions are 4 old Andrew Loomis (http://fineart.sk/index.php?cat=1) books and an old Anatomy atlas (http://fineart.sk/index.php?cat=18))
http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/Consult/consult.asp?numfiche=56&index=1&numtable=B372615206_47294&mode=1 DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA by ANDREAS VESALIUS 1543-THE FIRST ANATOMY UBERBOOK -This link contains the whole book...IT is in latin, but if you're not interested in the text or don't know latin , you can just browse thru it and look at the wonderful anatomy drawings. Here's an example of the kind of pictures that you will find in Vesalius's book:

http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/B372615206_47294/ecran/CESR_47294_0187.jpg
http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomy.html
http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/muscularsystem/menu/menu.html
http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas/
http://www.michaelmhensley.com/page0006.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmontesi/sets/1499867/

Animal anatomy:
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WebZ/initialize?sessionid=0&javascript=true&dbchoice=1&active=1&entityCurrentPage=Search1&dbname=Science&style=Science&next=NEXTCMD%7FSortedQuery?&context;&termsrch=%28ti%3D+%28Veterinary+Anatomical+lllustr ations%29%29&fmtclass=gallery&next=html/nfbrief.html&bad=error/badsearch.html&entitytoprecno=1&entitycurrecno=1&entitytempjds=TRUE&numrecs=12%7FAn Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists by W. Ellenberger. Very detailed illustrations. Here's an example of the kind of images that you will find in Ellenberger's atlas:

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Science/data/images/MmBib/VetAnatImg/xlarge/0002x.jpg
http://www.skeletaldrawing.com/ (dinosaurs)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/sets/72157600339587826/ (Mammal skeletons)

Free CG TUTORIALS
http://www.3dtutorials.sk/
http://www.luxology.com/community/tutorials/
http://www.subdivisionmodeling.com/wiki/tiki-index.php
http://www.3dtotal.com/
http://www.antropus.com/tutorials.htm (the first 2 links from antropus aren't working anymore. But you can find them on the tutorials section from zbrushcentral.com (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/index.php), along with many other zbrush tuts)

TEXTURES
http://www.mayang.com/textures/ ( many many free hires textures- download quota 20/day)
http://www.cgtextures.com/ (17.000 highreztextures- you can download 15Mb/day)
http://www.psicosonic.net/?zona=01downloads&cat=02textures&subcat=-view%20all%20categories-&PHPSESSID=68d33fd504485349b497dd252850a1a9#cat

Art:
http://www.artrenewal.org/
http://www.allartclassic.com/pictures.php?p=1&p_number=835&forder=1&countsp=15

Modern master sculptors:
http://www.richardmacdonald.com/
http://www.richardstipl.com/
http://www.sabinhoward.com/
http://www.tskuebler.com/gallery.html
http://www.schellstudio.com/sculpture.htm

Various reference sites:
http://www.old-picture.com/collection-index-001.htm (huge collection of old photos)
http://www.cherrys.com/ped_rif1.htm (rifle photos)
http://www.trekearth.com/ (thousands and thousands of photos from all corners of the globe)
http://www.tenring.com/stuff.html (fire arms photos)
http://oldguns.net/catedw.htm ( lots of weapon photos- press view picture)
http://www.uglybug.org/06dex.shtml (electron microscope insect photos)
http://www.tescan.com/an/an_gal.html (electron microscope insect photos)
http://www.mos.org/sln/sem/sem.html
http://remf.dartmouth.edu/imagesindex.html
http://vvdfx0.tripod.com/id11.html (make-up FX )
http://www.tccandler.com/
http://www.iowbathospital.org.uk/gallery.html (hires bats photos)
http://therionarms.com/old_armor_page.shtml
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmontesi/sets/1499867/
http://www.k-state.edu/parasitology/625tutorials/

Free/Opensource SOFTWARES:
modeling:
http://www.blender.org/ (modeling,rendering,rigging..)
http://www.wings3d.com/ ( nice little modeling app-it has all the necessary tools for doing a nice job)
http://moi3d.com/ (NURBS modeling)
rendering:
http://www.povray.org/
http://sunflow.sourceforge.net
http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/

[Moai]

Now that post is worth a Thanks!:teeth: Thank you so much for posting all those, Iatriki. I especially appreciate the Ellenberger animal anatomy link. I'm currently mentoring in animal anatomy and creature design, so that'll be a great resource for my mentees.

[Noë]

Thank you SO much!

For CG tutorials I also know http://www.3dbuzz.com you have to subscribe though, but that's free. There are some cool tutorial movies on there.
Ofcourse there is www.characterdesigns.com for references, www.posemaniacs.com/blog for anatomy and poses
Also at www.cloudstars.com you can download some cool apps with a 3d rotatable female or male (or hand or face) and some poses. The free versions come with a annoying pop up window every minute or so though, but they're nice poses.

Well, this is a great list.
If it keeps updating it would make a GREAT sticky..
.. Correction, it would make a great sticky whether updated or not :)

Love
Marleen

[Onir]

good lord what a selection of links! I'm always looking for good photo refs and sculpture to study from, so thanks very much for these! definitely should be stickied I think (at least in the reference subsection if anything).

[LifeWontWait]

um...... :jawdrop:

Thank you so much!

[iatriki]

tons of insect photos
http://www.insectimages.org/
animal and human skeletons
http://www.boneclones.com/
roaring and yawing animals
http://www.gapingmaws.com/GapingMaws.htm
tarsiers (primitive primates)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sungityabang/134148871/
tons of old stuff- weapons,armours,clothing items
http://www.aurorahistoryboutique.com/ahb_flintlockPistols.htm
old arms and armour, Glasgow museum
http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=0&itemid=74&Showid=52&slideid=50
katar knives/blades..or something like that
http://www.jnanam.net/shastra/katar.html
blueprints for vehicles,aircraft,ships
http://www.suurland.com/
factory machines
http://www.widell.com/newsale1.htm
Ron Mueck (sculptor)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/sets/72157594352071092/
http://blip.tv/file/94203 a video wich starts by showing some of /mueck's pieces from Brooklin Museum and continues by showing some of his techniques
David Simon (sculptor)
http://www.davidsimonart.com/
Daniel Simon (designer)
http://www.danielsimon.net/

[solitude]

Wow...
Thanks so much, this is really helpful :^^:

[mybutterflyiris]

This is great! i've been looking for some good animal anatomy stuff.
Thanks for posting. :yayca:

[drd]

Amazing collection, thanks.

I love GapingMaws.com, hilarious stuff.

[Fovos]

that was the most helpful post ever.. until recently i had all my reference as pictures, on my pc. now i have to add lots of links too..lol
anyway this link i use all the time, you can see some free images turn them 360 etc. really helpful for sculptors, you can find almost any figure any shape in any position, have fun!

www.magicsculpture.com

[iatriki]

Atlas of clinical medicine It shows pictures of different diseases and deformities.
http://www.fleshandbones.com/imagebank/bytitle.cfm?ISBN=0723431949
Human cadaver dissection-by regions( it may be disturbing ).
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M1/anatomy/html/courseinfo/video_index.html
Old medical instruments & stuff
http://www.braceface.com/medical/Civil_War_Articles/Instruments_found_in_Civil_War_hospital_set_1861-65.htm
medicalantiques.com/
http://antiquescientifica.com/

[Leysan]

I haven't found it anywhere on CA, so I think this should be included in this great collection. Because this is awesome:
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy (http://d-mis-web.ana.bris.ac.uk/video-acland/content_main_1.htm)

[briggsy@ashtons]

Thanks Leysan - that's a new one on me, and excellent!

[TheComicFilmBoy]

Leysan, these videos are amazing. Thanks for sharing! And thank you iatriki for the many links!

Being a huge open-source freak, I'd like to share a couple links. I recommend Gimp and Krita for those just starting with digital art and/or anyone who's intrigued by anything open-source. Many may have heard of Gimp, but Krita is particularly nice as it supports color management, many color-spaces to work with and convert from/to (including cmyk, lab, ycbcr, grayscale, and of course rgb).

Bit depths of 8, 16, and 32-bit per channel are also there (only a couple colorspaces support 32-bit though), ruby & python scripting, adjustment layers, group layers, and, I think in the next release, actual painting complete with color mixing and natural media tools.

Yea..... I'm kinda' a nut with this stuff lol. Check it out
Gimp (http://gimp.org/)
Krita (http://www.koffice.org/krita/)

Oh, and Krita is linux-only at the moment, but a Windows version is in the works. Gimp, on the other hand, is available for many OSes

[Azalin]

great thread.
I find this homepage very helpfull:
Human Anatomy in 3D
http://www.visiblebody.com/start

[iatriki]

here's another cool site, with textures, and photo references and other thingies http://www.characterdesigns.com/

[iatriki]

Preston Blair-Advanced Animation, first edition. It's a beautiful book for cartoon drawing/animation
http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/media-preston-blairs-animation-first.html
Hundreds of aircraft photos
http://www.vectorsite.net/gfxpx.html
http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=2
national archive pictures. scroll down to ''online resources'' and choose your category. You'll find hundreds of photos that will spark your imagination. some of them are public domain, some of them aren't
http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/photographs-dc.html
interesting faces
http://www.chicagopolice.org/ps/list.aspx
highspeed camera gallery
http://www.pulsephotonics.com/gallery.htm
human anatomy
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/plateindex.shtml
guns and militaria
http://www.avrick-antiques.co.uk/
Combat Vehicle Reference(blueprints&photos)
http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/index.html
dermatological atlas
http://www.atlasdermatologico.com.br/
highrez photos of the beautiful J.E.T tokamak fusion reactor
http://www.jet.efda.org/pages/multimedia/gallery/index.html
architecture &stuff
http://arkinetia.blogspot.com/search/label/casas%20minimalistas
http://gaileguevara.blogspot.com/
DaVinci'z drawings
http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/
Andrew Loomis' books
http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/
gauchos(south american cowboyz)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bombeador/sets/72057594139353592/
people from Vanuatu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157601964083735/
http://www.celebritypictures.com/celebs/index-actresses.php
digital&traditional artists
http://souvlaki.jp-ar.org/
http://www.jacobcollinspaintings.com/
http://www.christianlorenzscheurer.com/htmlpages/htmlmenue/homepage.html
http://szukalski.com/gallery.html
http://www.redwhirlpool.com/index2.php?v=1&m=pew&f=abssfi10.jpg
http://www.jtfinearts.com/gallery_figure.html
http://www.gezfry.com/gallery.shtml
http://www.howardswindell.com/Mudbox.html
http://www.mattcg.com/wordpress/
http://www.erikgist.com/
a skilled dude that makes hyperrealistic sculptures
http://www.evanpenny.com/slide_figures.php
http://www.jenecio.com/mainmenu.html
Julie Tsang . painter
http://www.jtfinearts.com/gallery_figure.html
frank frazetta
http://frankfrazetta.org/

greek and roman sculpture and coins
http://www.romancoins.info/Sculptures5.html
http://www.romancoins.info/Content.html
roman and greek sculpture
http://www.theoi.com/GalleryS1.html

[Sketchie]

Thank you Thank you Thank you. Truly Amazing

[poetry man]

Woah! all i gotta say! Thanks a lot man!

[ESAUL]

These are free also http://www.photo-reference-for-comic-artists.com/?id=15

[Hoffer]

Great! Keep tuned with this!

[killualaura]

they are so great!
thank you so much!!

[OmenSpirits]

see v below v

:overhere: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=192127 :overhere:

[Syle]

Wow. I daresay this is the single greatest post in all of CA.org history!!!

1,000,000 internets to all, and to all a good night!