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About Me Deviant Member Ariel Stater22/Female/United States Group group avatar #Monster-Inside-You
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My number one reference is porn, no joke. I've tried Posemaniacs and such. There's something so bizarrely stiff and inhuman about those 3D models that I don't find it particularly helpful. I don't particularly like stock photos either, because... well, photos. They're one-dimensional. If you want to re-position limbs you have to use your imagination because photos (even a series of photos) only provide so much information.

I dig porn as a reference because it's helpful to see the same body from all angles. Allllll the annnglllesss LOLOLOLOL WINK WINK
No but seriously, porn is so fake and totally lame that I find it easy to view it, uh, objectively? Is that the right word? Y'know, just mute the volume and draw. The only problem with porn is that... it's... inappropriate and awkward? Like, I can't be sitting in class with that shit all up on my PC screen, y'know. There's gotta be some kind of rule against that. But there probably isn't, now that I think about it. Art students, jeez, haha.

I wish there was a website out there that just has videos of naked people, like, stretching and puttering about a room. :'C

So the point of this journal IS - *drumroll* - WTF do you guys use to reference anatomy? Full-body stuff. Posemaniacs, anatomy books, stock photos, skin flicks (I can't be the ONLY person out there who does this) - OTHER? What is the other? Is there other? Please instill whatever wisdom and/or advice you can offer. And you know I am just straight-up curious as to what other people reference.
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Current Residence: North Carolina

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~hondje2 May 11, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Hey! Do you have a tumblr?

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Nope! Always considered it, but I don't need more reasons to get on the internet, hurgh. IDK though. A lot of my favorite artists on here are getting them, so. I might cave.
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Happy Birthday! :heart:
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:iconmensjedezeemeermin:
Get through your birthday as you get through everything--with style! A very happy next year's orbit to you!
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=AngryKoalas May 10, 2012  Student General Artist
:cake::heart::party: Happy Birthday! :cake::heart::party:

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~POISON-FREE May 10, 2012  Student Filmographer
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~Raineve May 10, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Happy Birthday!!

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~feather-queen May 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Happy birthday to you,
your too old for the zooo.
I called the museuummmmmmmm...
But they said no too.D:
teaasssiing <3 happy birthday. 8'D :iconbirthdaypieplz:

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Mood: Joy ~DarkDragon247 May 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Happy B-Day! :D Enjoy it! :squee:

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag! :D Genieß ihn! :squee:

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:iconstaceyquay:
Happy Birthday!!!! :party:

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~DjinnWolf Apr 29, 2012  Student General Artist
Your work is fucking incredible! You have an exquisite taste in color and a knack for forming shapes and figures. There is a lot of unity in your pieces. I'm in North Carolina as well.
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:iconpaimonerra:
Whoa man, thanks so much! :'D Nice to meet a fellow North Carolinian. You going to school here, or..?
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~DjinnWolf Apr 30, 2012  Student General Artist
I was at a community college for a little while. I'm going to attend Western Carolina in the Fall for Art. I got into NC State, but not the design program since I only applied for Anthropology, I hoped to get into that program and then try to double major and get into the College of Design at NC State. I took a detour and decided to do Art up at WCU.
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Oh neato! I have a friend who's in the architecture program at State, but I haven't heard anything about their design program? Is it supposed to be good? WCU seems like a great choice! ... As I'd rather be in Cullowhee than Raleigh hahaha! /biased

I'm at UNCG, myself. Finishing my fourth year, not quite done yet. :\ I'm not a fan of Greensboro, either. I'm jealous that you'll be near the mountains and I won't!
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awesome gallery!
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