Posemaniacs

If you are an artist who paints figurative pictures, you know how difficult it can be to work out poses at various angles. There are a number of aides that have been available and these have proven useful over the years. The old tried and true wooden mannequin has served artists for centuries and in more recent times, photography has been used to freeze an action or difficult to maintain pose, which a model just could not hold for any length of time.

One of the latest tools to assist artists in rendering life-like figures, is available on the internet, at www.posemaniacs.com. The site contains every conceivable pose from every possible angle, both in male and female forms. I find one feature of this site to be truly amazing. When you select a pose, you can then drag it with your cursor, and rotate it a full 360 degrees on the horizontal axis! There is no charge for the use of this material, but donations are accepted to finance the production of additional material.

Check out the site at www.posemaniacs.com, and prepare to be amazed by the quality and wealth of information available to artists interested in the human form.