Reference figures

>>2866757
I have the figma Tabletop Museum David.
It's really pretty and fun but not incredibly useful, study a skeleton to learn how long limbs are and go to life drawing classes. Seriously, find something life-size like a museum full of sculpture, not a little dude, even if you can't go to classes - I find it pushes my anatomy and understanding of proportion much better than drawing my David.

>>2866997
This. I own a pair of figma archetype next and rarely use them but for referencing complex perspective shots. They're not very useful for general practice.

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How useful are these plane sculptures?

I just use my dog for reference

I love the figure. Don't use it explicitly as an anatomy reference (especially the female model, the anime is strong in this one). But if you're struggling with a specific pose from a specific angle, it's very useful, and gives you a better idea than a standard, practically featureless figurine.

I'd tried using other things such as Poser to get specific references but it's just so tedious to learn how to use it. And even once you learn, you spend all the time you should be drawing getting the pose accurate. So this doll has been invaluable to me.

Just take the anatomy with a grain of salt. And while the model is good it's not quite as flexible as a real person, especially with drawing the knees up to the chest.

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>>2868066
Does your dog look like this?

>>2868108
wait wha-
where'd you get that pic of my dog?

>>2868108
My dogs name is chipster