Announcements
New ebook Pose
A new Kindle/ePub pose is long overdue. This month it is AnaIv429 and next will be Saju015.
Do you have a favorite pose (or poses) you would like to see turned into an eBook? Please
let us know! Just reply to this email.
Pose ebooks are poses formatted as ebooks and offered at half the price
of a regular pose. You can find them at Amazon.com,
the Apple iBooks App, Barnes & Noble and most other places where ebooks
are sold. Search for "Art Models AnaIv429".
5/11/2018
Figure Art Reference — New Models, Poses, and Sessions
Lots of New Content in the last few weeks!
More than 70 new individual Poses in the Pose Tool and 7 new Sessions for
DawnMarie, RavenS and ModelSarah. See all of the Sessions on the
Sessions page
and all the Poses on the Recently Added page.
3/30/2018
New Sessions for KeiraG
By request, lots of new poses from KeiraG. See them in the
Recently Added section.
She has some nice portrait photos in the pose
KeiraG023.
Her photoshoot was divided into 2 phases. The first has classic art modeling poses.
The second is a technical reference done for a doctor to use as illustrations in a book.
The Sessions are divided based on those. See both of them on the
Sessions page.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
1/29/2018
New Sessions for Katlyn
Katlyn is an artist and her poses in these sets have benefited from her artistic sense.
Some of them might be described as dramatic, even disturbing. Reactions have been mixed, but however you
react, they make an interesting set.
Note, a few of the poses are particularly revealing in rotation.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
12/27/2017
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Get the OliviaP010 Pose for Half Price as an ebook.
Check out this week's half-price pose
OliviaP010 on Amazon.
Have you tried any of the pose ebooks? A review would be greatly appreciated! A few words only takes a
minute and it's
how books get found on Amazon so it really helps.
7/2/2017
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Get the DanM211 Pose for Half Price as an ebook.
Dan did a great job with the forceful
more dramatic poses.
Check out this week's half-price pose
DanM211 on Amazon
(outside the U.S., you may have to search for "Art Models DanM211").
Have you tried any of the pose ebooks? A review would be greatly appreciated! A few words only takes a
minute and it's
how books get found on Amazon so it really helps.
Years ago, we did a Half Price Pose of
the Week where a $6 pose would be discounted to $3 for a week. Now, we're
doing something similar but with Poses on Kindle, iTunes, Nook, Scribd, Kobo, etc.
We hope to make a new pose available every couple of weeks.
6/14/2017
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Get the Becca014 Pose for Half Price as an ebook.
When we first started we did a Half Price Pose of the Week where
a $5.99 pose would be discounted to $2.99 for a week. Now, we're doing
something similar but with Poses on Kindle, iTunes, Nook, Scribd, Kobo,
etc. Check out the 3rd pose
Becca014 on Amazon
and please let us know what you think. If you like it, a review would be greatly appreciated!
The plan is to release one every couple weeks as long as people show an interest.
5/30/2017
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Get the BenP028 Pose for Half Price as an ebook.
When we first started we did a Half Price Pose of the Week where
a $5.99 pose would be discounted to $2.99 for a week. Now, we're doing
something similar but with Poses on Kindle, iTunes, Nook, Scribd, Kobo,
etc. Check out the 2nd pose
BenP028 on Amazon
and please let us know what you think. If you like it, a review would be greatly appreciated!
The plan is to release one every couple weeks as long as people show an interest.
5/16/2017
Half-Price Pose of the Week
Get the Anastasia005 Pose for Half Price as an ebook.
When we first started we did a Half Price Pose of the Week where
a $5.99 pose would be discounted to $2.99 for a week. Now, we're doing
something similar but with Poses on Kindle, iTunes, Nook, Scribd, Kobo,
etc. Check out the first pose
Anastasia005 on Amazon
and please let us
know what you think. If you like it, a review would be greatly appreciated!
The plan is to release one every couple weeks as long as people show an interest.
5/2/2017
New Sessions for InnaBg
Inna's classic figure works well with a variety of classical poses.
Her first set features standing poses such as the T-pose, A-pose, contraposto, and some action poses.
The second set has sitting and crouching poses and the third has sitting and reclining poses
plus a few expressions.
Some poses were customer requests (for example 'see no evil, hear no evil,
speak no evil'), others were spontaneously chosen by Inna and some were planned by the Art Models team.
Note, a few of the poses are particularly revealing in rotation,
so you might want to avoid the 3rd Session if that's an issue.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
3/17/2017
New Sessions for Saju and BenP
Figure drawing, painting, sculpting reference photos from Saju's 1st shoot and BenP's 1st shoot.
Saju's poses are mostly standing and usually photographed in a high contrast light,
although we did some in a soft light as requested by several customers. We aimed for
a mix of both artsy poses and ordinary, everyday activities (saju031). Some poses were meant
as a detailed study. For example, saju071-saju074 shows Saju's hands going through
the process of putting up her hair.
The BenP session has floor-level poses like crouching, sitting, and reclining with overhead
views.
For both models, many poses include alternate angles, close-ups, or portrait photos. See the
views count in the preview images at the bottom of the page and look for the poses with more than 25 views.
Click the thumbnail then the Show All Angles link and go to the second page.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
12/21/2016
New Sessions for BenP
Figure drawing, painting, sculpting reference photos from
BenP's
1st shoot. These first two Sessions feature standing poses and sitting poses.
Several poses include alternate angles, close-ups and portrait photos.
To see alternate angles, look for the poses with more than 25 views.
Click the thumbnail then the Show All Angles link and go to the second page.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
10/28/2016
New 50% Off Sale
Get 50% off the cover price when you buy these books
directly from our distributor. While supplies last.
Just $18.48 each. Price will be shown in cart.
Art Models 3
Art Models 5
Art Models 6
(Use the drop-down list to select the hardcover book type)
9/8/2016
About Pricing

A few people have asked about how we price the poses and various products. Here are a couple graphics I put together
for the more mathematically-inclined. Basically, the more pre-selected the poses, the lower the price.
On the other hand, if all you want is 1 pose, it's just $6.99; compared to buying a book at $36.99. Pose Credits
bring down the price-per-pose while still giving you excellent choice. Sessions are priced in the middle.
So it really depends on what you want. We have tried to be affordable for every budget.
9/5/2016
New Sessions for OliviaP
Figure drawing, painting, sculpting reference photos from
OliviaP's
1st shoot. These sessions feature standing poses, then sitting poses, and finally reclining poses.
Several poses include alternate angles, close-ups and portrait photos.
You can see the alternate angles on the Session Download page by clicking a thumbnail then the
Show All Angles link and go to the second page.
Some of these poses are
particularly revealing in rotation,
so please
skip this product if that is an issue.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
8/26/2016
More Pose Credit Flexibility
A customer asked about what to do with "odd" numbers of Pose Credits. There are lots of poses that cost
1, 2, 3, or 4 Credits, so that's one way to use them. In the Pose Tool, if you do: Sort By, # of Photos, Up
the
lower cost poses will tend to be at the top.
But, we thought it would be nice to give people the
choice of "topping up" their credits. As a solution, we added 1-Credit and 3-Credit packages.
Check out the
Pose Credits page to find them.
Thank you for the question! It lead directly to an improvement in the site.
6/7/2016
New Session for StephanieR
Figure drawing, painting, sculpting reference photos from the 2nd half of Stephanie's
1st shoot. This session features sitting and reclining poses, mostly nudes though a few
are clothed and many with multiple angles.
With about 800 photos taken at 50MP, it's a large download at 2.2GB!
You can see the alternate angles
on the Session Download page by clicking a thumbnail then the Show All Angles link and
go to the second page. Some of these poses are
particularly revealing in rotation,
so please
skip this product if that is an issue.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
5/12/2016
New Session for StephanieR
These are the poses in Stephanie’s 1st Session Download with standing and sitting.
This may be our first Session Download with the new 50MP camera. With 700 photos,
it’s big at 1.8GB!
We’re getting better about doing portraits and alternate angles. You can see those
on the Session Download page by clicking a thumbnail then the Show All Angles link and
go to the second page.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
Rather than having one large expensive download,
we break photo shoots into multiple sessions to make the cost lower. And we try
to group similar poses together to hopefully create useful collections—for a low per-pose price.
4/27/2016
New Sessions for Shoney
There's lots of casual, ordinary, everyday activities in the Shoney Sessions.
- Most of the standing poses in the first set followed a theme of ordinary activities like
shopping, sweeping, walking, waiting.
- The second set has lots of casual sitting poses and also a few more artsy "posed" poses.
- The third collection of art reference poses took place at ground level with more "posed" poses.
It also has the expression Poses, great for drawing or painting portraits, doing graphic novel
or comics, or any other work where expressive close-ups of the face and hands is important.
See all the poses on the Sessions page.
Rather than having one large expensive download,
we break photo shoots into multiple sessions to make the cost lower. And we try
to group similar poses together to hopefully create useful collections—for a low per-pose price.
4/06/2016
New Simplified Pose Sketches by PoseMuse
Please
let us know what you think!
The author describes these this way "PoseMuse offers simplified poses to help jump-start
your drawing and remove the anxiety of staring at an empty page."
PoseMuse poses have been
very popular and generated a lot of excitement on Tumblr, which is where we learned of them.
Just like Art Models' photos, they can be used, royalty-free, as the basis for your own art.
Sometimes the detail of
Art Models' high-res photos can be daunting. We're hoping PoseMuse sketches
can help people get started.
You can see the initial selection the same way as any other pose: in the
Pose Tool
or the
iPad App.
Just search for PoseMuse in the models list.
You can see all the views in a Pose collection by clicking the "views" links in the Pose Tool.
Whether we do more or not depends on you! So please let us know.
Are they useful? Are they priced right?
What do you think?
Thank You!
3/25/2016
New Poses for Shoney
The Shoney poses are now complete, all 85 of them! (It was a big photo shoot). There's a good deal of
variety for life drawing; reclining, sitting, kneeling,
crouching, laying down, standing, ordinary activites, as well as more typical figure drawing "posed"
poses.
See them all in the Pose Tool.
2/25/2016
New Sessions for ElenaS
ElenaS has a more normal figure than the super thin model types, making her a good choice if you're
looking for a more typical person as an art reference. We did a mix of casual and staged poses.
See them all on the Session Downloads page.
2/1/2016
New Session for SaraLiz
See all the poses on the Session Downloads page. These are the portrait poses for SaraLiz, including
over 180 photos.
1/22/2016
New Sessions for SaraLiz
See all the poses on the Session Downloads page. The portrait poses will be added later as a separate
session. Rather than having one large expensive download,
we break the photo shoots into multiple sessions with similar poses to make the cost lower. That's one
reason the portraits, for example, are done as their own session.
1/05/2016
New Model StephanieR!
We are just starting the process of developing and editing the photos, but you can see the
first pose now in the Pose Tool.
12/17/2015
For years, we have been doing one big book release in September with a 128-page hardcover
book. This year we're trying something new; publishing an eBook as soon as it's ready. Because
we're not doing a print book, we wanted to make the eBook as useful as possible and we've
created a
companion website to deliver more
material than can fit in an ordinary eBook.
Download a sample epub
to get all the details.
You can also read about it on these pages:
12/02/2015
New Sessions for Thea and Daniella
This is Thea's second session and Daniella's first. See all the poses on the Session Downloads page.
12/02/2015
New Sessions for MattB, KathyB and MonikaS
08/28/2015
New Pose Tool Viewer
The Pose Tool has been redesigned to eliminate Flash due to some recent security issue and diminishing
support across mobile devices.
- To see all the views in a pose, click the Views button underneath the
thumbnail. That opens a lightbox.
- When you click a thumbnail photo, the pose preview is opened in a lightbox.
- Clicking inside the lightbox moves to the next pose.
- When the end is reached, the lightbox closes.
- Clicking next and prev will switch between the contact sheets.
07/31/2015
New Melissa Sessions
Melissa is a fitness model and provides a great figure reference for feminine musculature. The Session
was divided into 2 parts - one with clothing (1A) and one nude (1B). Both have a mix of the artistic
and the mundane and each has poses using props that we hoped would provide more interest as an art
reference. Please let us know what you think, using the
Contact Us
form.
06/30/2015
New Chelle Sessions
Uploaded the Chelle Sessions—A mix of ordinary activities and some more traditional art poses
plus a few close-ups. Note: some of these poses can be revealing.
06/09/2015
Now in Stores
Sessions are now available through bookstores (we’re excited!). Until now, you could only get them from our website.
Check it out on
Amazon,
for example, and leave a review if you like it! We’ve been working with our distributor on this for a couple months.
06/09/2015
Free Tutorial by Samantha Youssef
A critique and lesson by former Disney Animator Samantha Youssef.
Her insights in this lesson are amazing. She takes really nice sample pieces and makes them
more dyanmic and lively in just a few brush strokes, on the fly. If you want to improve your
figure work, it's well worth watching!
She'll be using our photos in her upcoming book, Movement & Form
New Pricing
Prices have been adjusted for certain poses that contain more than the standard 24 views. There's no set formula
but, in general, poses that have many close-up views and/or portrait views have been increased slightly.
The Pose Tool has been updated to display the purchase price more prominently both in dollars and credits. Previously,
you had to hover on a thumbnail to see that information, now it is displayed under each thumbnail.
04/14/2015
Free Session Download
We’re doing a promotion for the new book. Buy it on the release date, April 7, and get a Session Download free!
Email us your receipt (admin the@symbol livemodelbooks.com) and you’ll get your choice of
Session Download (
under $25) from this website.
Limit 1 per person.
We’ll also honor any purchase before April 7. 03/24/2015
New Star Sessions
Uploaded the first Star Sessions. A mix of ordinary activities and some more traditional art poses.
The poses have been done for a while but we overlooked uploading the Sessions.
A thank you to the customer who requested them!
03/24/2015
New Bailey Session
All the poses from the Bailey bodybuilder Photo Shoot are now up in a Session Download. The photos
are largely unedited, straight from RAW camera photos through developing to finished photos.
Even though we usually do only a light editing to remove transient blemishes, no editing at all has
been requested several times by people who want natural skin textures, imperfections and all.
03/10/2015
New Kerri Sessions
All the poses from the Kerri Photoshoot are now up in 2 Session Downloads. The Kerri photos
are largely unedited, straight from RAW camera photos through developing to finished photos.
02/24/2015
A professional Ballerina directed by a Disney Animator
These two sessions have all the poses from the photo shoot directed by Samantha Youssef of Studio Technique.
They are divided into two groups. The poses
selected by IriniaV and the Art Models team
and one for the poses
selected by Samantha. Many of the poses
directed by Samantha focus on body mechanics that are relevant to learning animation and some of those
will be featured in her upcoming book "Movement & Form."
01/19/2015
New Special Sessions Available
Recently posed on Facebook about which poses seem to be the most popular based on downloads
per day. Someone asked if we had plans to bundle those top poses into a special package. Sounded
like a good idea, so here they are. We did one for
males and one for
females.
We chose them based on poses that had been available at least a year as of 12/31/2014 and
ordered by number of times they are downloaded per day. We omitted a few poses, such as ones that were
repeats of the same posture by different models.
01/04/2015
New Mobile Friendly Site!
The Beta version of our mobile-friendly Art Models website,
https://www.theartmodels.com,
is now live. It's a Beta, so things might break—please let us know. Now you can view your Library photos without
having to download and open a .zip file, just use your login from PoseSpace.com. You can also search
the whole Art Models catalog and buy and use Pose Credits. It works on a variety of screen sizes and devices.
Hopefully, we can get a lot of people trying it out, so please pass this on to anyone you know who might be interested.
Thanks!
12/23/2014
New CatH Sessions Available
CatH poses are now available in Session Downloads. One download contains a dressing sequence, plus details, and
close-ups.
The other has more conventional poses.
See all the poses at the
Session Downloads page.
12/23/2014
New AveryA Sessions Available
The Avery session had lots of close-ups and portrait style photos for painting and drawing, which has been a frequent
request.
Since people were asking, we did those as soon as we had a model back in the studio. Those were combined into
one
Session Download, while the more
conventional sets with 24-point rotations of the full figure were put together into another Session.
That one contains a mix of "posed" poses, casual, and some more painterly poses.
See all the poses at the
Session Downloads page.
11/18/2014
Movement & Form
Samantha is posting information about her book project,
which will use photos from the session she directed with
IrinaV. It sounds great. Very exciting!
11/9/2014
In the Studio with Samantha Youssef
Recently, we had the honor of working with Samantha Youssef of
Studio Technique . Her credits include Lilo &
Stitch 2, Bambi II, and Tarzan II.
She is an accomplished artist and animator who has been invited by top studios and universities around
the world to teach master classes to their top artists. She planned and directed a shoot with IrinaV,
a formally trained ballerina. Samantha is also trained in ballet.
With the two of them speaking a common language, combined with Samantha's knowledge of exactly what would
make a great art reference, the shoot went beautifully!
See the poses she planned and directed as they are developed in the
Pose Tool.
10/3/2014
New JohnyG Sessions Available
People have been asking for more male model poses in general and for JohnyG sessions in particular.
Here they are, all three parts of his
first session. We tried to do a variety of poses, from classical to modern, everyday and more unusual. The photos
were taken about a year ago and are finally finished editing.
9/23/2014
Updated Art Models iPad app Available
We've created an app for iPad to make it easier (we hope) to access and view the Art Models photos
when using an iPad.
Try it here.
Photos now loop around from first to last and last to first when swiping through views in the Library.
Much better than having to swipe through all the photos to get back to the beginning. Also, a number of
small improvements made and a bug fix.
8/28/2014
New GingerYoga Sessions Available
These are sets of Yoga based poses photographed in rotation as each posture is held. They are the same
poses Ginger did in the
video series.
Ginger is not a yoga professional, so it's not meant to be a teaching aid,
but rather a series of reference photos of an average body in yoga postures.
See the poses at the
Session Downloads page.
8/1/2014
New DanM Sessions Available
Both halves of DanM's second session are now available.
DanM excels at dynamic poses, like this sample, but we also mixed in some ordinary everyday activities (drinking
coffee, writing on a notepad). Many poses were inspired by Joseph Sheppard's Drawing the Living Figure.
Take a look at the
Session Downloads page.
7/30/2014
New Art Models iPad app Available!
We've created an app for iPad to make it easier (we hope) to access and view the Art Models photos
when using an iPad.
Try it here.
- Search the entire catalog of Art Models poses anywhere you have an internet connection.
- Keep track of your favorites.
- Download and view complete poses from your library right on your iPad.
- Zoom and pan the high-res photos.
- Add poses to your library using Pose Credits.
- Unclothed poses are hidden by default as a parental control. Log in using your existing
website username to show them.
- Once viewed, photos are cached for fast viewing without re-downloading.
It is version 1.1, so it may have a few bugs, but please give it a try and let us know
what you think by replying to this email.