Drawing References and Resources

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.

Eyes not only allow us to see the world around us but also express our emotions in many ways. This reference guide contains a few expressive eye shapes you can use to add emotion to your 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.

If you want to improve your color skills, there are a few tips and techniques you have to consider. This guide provides five useful tips you can use to improve the way you color your drawings on paper.

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.

A useful reference guide for anyone who wants to improve their lip drawings. Also, if you want to learn how to use the mouth to add emotion to your drawings, this reference guide will be of some help to you.

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 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.

This comprehensive diagram provides detailed explanations about the various muscle groups and anatomy of the human hand. If you're looking for a concise reference for the arms, this is a guide you need to check out.

This reference guide is for anyone who wants a quick and easy way to learn about the anatomy of the feet. It also includes some sketches of various shoes you can use for cartoon character drawings.

This reference guide is for anyone who wants a quick way to learn about the proportions of the female and male anatomy. The guide breaks down the complex anatomy into simple shapes you can use for sketches and other drawing projects.

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 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.

When it comes to drawing children, there are a few tips you need to keep in mind in order to draw the different facial features and body parts accurately. This detailed reference guide contains information about drawing the neck, teeth, hands and feet. It can be used by any artist, whether beginner or professional.

This drawing reference guide is for anyone who needs more practice drawing the ears. The image provides a detailed look at the contours, lighting, and overall shape of the ear.

This drawing reference is designed to help you get a better understanding of the wolf anatomy. It also includes tips about drawing wolf paws at different angles and orientations.

Although the human legs look the same on most people, there are many ways you can go about drawing legs in your drawings or paintings. This reference guide provides useful information about drawing different types of legs.

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.

Use this reference guide to improve your ability to draw proportional human heads and facial features. The guide can be used for just about any drawing project, whether portrait or cartoon.

Need to practice drawing body types? If so, this reference guide will help you understand the fundamentals of different body types -- from muscular to skinny.