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Figure Reference Poses for Artists

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PoseSpace—What you Get (in 100 words or less)

PoseSpace is a big collection of figure reference photos (“Poses”) that we’ve been shooting for over twenty years. Think of it as your never-ending life drawing, sculpting, painting class — but you can pause and see every angle.

  • You can browse all 7,000+ Poses for free in the PoseTool.
  • A Pose is usually a full turnaround — 24 photos so you can see all sides.
  • Art you make is yours to share or sell (just don’t re‑share our photos).
  • Buy a Pose and the hi‑res photos live in your Library forever — download again any time.

Our nude models are photographed from multiple angles to serve as a pose reference for artists.

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The absolute best resource I have come across, as close to being in a live studio as you can achieve.
PoseSpace gives you the best at a reasonable price!

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Whether you’re a pro, a student, or just sketching for fun, you’ll work from high‑resolution, professionally lit figure Poses trusted by artists, studios, and educators for over 20 years. Every set is shot to reveal detail and form you can actually use — not just pretty pictures.

  • Advanced search with powerful filters help you zero in on exactly the Pose you need
  • Angles and turnaround sets that capture nuances generic stock can’t
  • Fresh Poses added — building a library that grows with you

PoseSpace offers artistic pose reference photos of nude models—captured in full rotation and professionally lit for figure drawing, painting, and sculpture. Whether you're sketching, sculpting, or studying anatomy, you'll find studio-grade material trusted by artists and educators worldwide.

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Art Models 1–10 Collection

Endless inspiration for your next project—get all the figure reference photos from Art Models 1–10. See all 900+ poses from the companion disks for our first ten books in one enormous collection.

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We’re adding to the catalog all the time — the same careful, well‑lit sessions we’ve been known for since day one. Every new shoot goes into the Newest Poses section as soon as it’s processed, so there’s always fresh material to work from. Over time, your Library becomes more than a collection — it’s a reliable, evolving resource you can build projects around with confidence.

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See how artists bring their work to life with PoseSpace figure references.

Jackson Konyango’s demo features five dynamic poses for portrait and full‑body drawing. When you buy a Pose you can zoom in, change the view, and study the details that make each pose unique.

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Discover how artists around the world use PoseSpace to create finished works of art.

From sketches and paintings to full sculptures, explore real results from real creatives — each piece inspired by our high‑resolution figure references.

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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.


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