About Live Model Books
Live Model Books serves artists, illustrators, and anyone who needs a reliable human figure
reference or pose reference, with high‑quality, full‑color photos of the figure in 360‑degree
rotation. Our books, disks, and downloads make it easy for artists to get the exact pose they
want, exactly when they want it, and at an affordable price — without the guesswork of
scattered internet images.
Through our Art Models project, we seek to help people deepen their understanding of
the human form by providing quality life drawing reference material that can be studied at
length and in close‑up detail.
One of the ways we do that is through the use of lighting, studio space, and camera settings
designed to create images of the human form that come as close as possible to what you would
see if you were standing in the studio with the models. Another is by providing a variety of
formats that make the images both affordable and convenient — no matter how you choose to
work on your figurative art.
The human figure is a challenging subject. It is a complex form of light and shadow, with
subtle variations in color and texture, possessing both complex angles and smooth curves, all
interacting in an endless variety of configurations. That is challenging enough, but for many
people, learning the figure is complicated even more by social taboos that make it difficult
to find skilled nude art models to study. This fact makes an already challenging subject even
more difficult. That is a problem we wish to solve and, as a result, we hope to encourage
more accessible, accurate, and inspiring figurative art.