Drawing References and Resources

A collections of different female hair styles you can use on your cartoon or portrait drawings. This is a very useful guide for beginner artists or fashion designers.

A useful reference guide for any artist interested in learning about the different aspects of drawing clothing on various parts of the body. It is especially useful for drawing baseball caps, skirts and jeans.

This simplified reference guide explains the anatomy of the human face and proportions of different facial features. If you're looking for a quick guide for your portrait drawings, this is it.

This simple reference guide provides some useful guidelines about drawing the anatomy of the feet at different angles. You can also use the guide to get an idea of the proportions of the toes relative to the entire foot.

This reference guide provides useful information about the anatomy of the neck and head at different angles and orientations. If you're studying the human anatomy or starting out with drawing portraits, this tutorial is for you.

A collection of Photoshop text styles and smart objects you can use to design titles and headings for your brochure, poster or flyer. Download them for free by clicking the link above. 

This comprehensive tutorial is a great way to learn about drawing facial features and proportions. The tutorial includes useful tips about drawing proportions of the face and drawing the head at different angles and orientations.

This comprehensive guide will help you develop the ability to properly observe energy in the human anatomy. The energy of the anatomy refers to body language that convey emotions such as happiness, sorrow, exhaustion, and hurry. Learning how to convey such emotions in your drawings will allow you to create expressive and lively drawings of human subjects.

An excerpt from the book Painting Weathered Buildings in Pen, Ink & Watercolor. It contains useful tips about drawing in pen such as using contour lines, crosshatching, and parallel lines. This is a great guide for anyone thinking of learning about the main concepts of pen drawing.

This reference guide is for anyone who wants to learn how to draw different hairstyles. It includes several styles you can add to your portrait drawings and even contains some tips about how to highlight different parts of the hair to create a unique effect.

This simple reference guide is for anyone who wants to learn about drawing braids. The process is fairly simple -- it only takes four steps and a few minutes of drawing time before you have a detailed braid you can use for any of your portraits.

A simple reference guide for anyone interested in learning about the proportions and anatomy of the arms.

This reference guide is for anyone looking for an easy way to learn about the anatomy of the feet. It also includes specific tips about drawing the toes, ankles and heels.

This drawing reference guide explains some of the techniques you can use to draw a female character's face.

This Tumblr page is a great place to find models for drawing portraits and studying the human anatomy. There are several high quality images to choose from, each with different poses and subjects.

This drawing reference guide provides an inside look at the process of drawing a photorealistic eye using Photoshop CS3 and a drawing tablet. If you want to take your digital drawing skills to the next level, this is a tutorial you need to try out.

A useful reference anyone who wants to practice drawing different parts of a tree. It explains the various steps involved in a drawing a tree from an initial sketch to a final composition.

This useful reference guide gives you an easy way to add emotions to your portraits by combining two facial expressions. There are a wide range of emotions that you can explore, all of which can be added to  your cartoon drawings or portraits.

This detailed reference guide is your got to resource for times when you're looking for a quick way to add interesting facial expressions to your manga characters. It can be used to add facial expressions to both male and female characters.

This reference guide provides some useful information about drawing skin on your portraits. One of the unique things about this guide is the addition of "color zones" that explain how the skin tone color is spread across different parts of the anatomy.

This simple reference guide explains the proportions of the nose and mouth when drawing a portrait from the side view.

This reference guide is all about drawing the feet and legs. It contains several sketches of feet at different angles and orientations that you may come across when drawing feet from a reference image.