Tools for Artists

While doing my daily blog surfing, I found a couple of online tools that can be really useful to any artist. I discovered both tools on the Academy of Art Character and Creature Design Notes Blog. 
Did I mention that they are all free?

The first tool will help you with your gesture drawings. It is called the 'Human Gesture Drawing Practice Tool'. It is featured on a website called Pixelovely, and you can find the link to the tool here.
Basiclly this tool generates random images of humans in different poses, so you can practice drawing them. You can even customize the settings, such as choosing different time intervals to switch between images, choosing the gender of the models, and choosing nude models or clothed models. They even feauture an 'Animal Gesture Drawing Practice Tool', where you can choose mammals, birds, insects, rodents, and aquatic animals to draw. It it a great tool to start practicing your gesture drawing skills. Even if you a beginner like me, I still recommend to at least try and draw some of the pictures it features. There is nothing to lose, because all you can do is move forward.

The second tool is called the 'Color Scheme Designer.' You can find this tool here. This tool lets you pick and choose different colors, but it restrains you to different color schemes, such as complementary, triad, tetrad, analogic, and accented analogic. This is a great tool to play around with, and it will definitely help you when deciding on a color scheme for a design or art piece.

 

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

You should definitely check both of these tools out. What is there to lose?

-AA