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[Cathar]

Edit : Posted in the wrong thread, which emphacize how much a break was needed

[Parsely]

I added a resources section to the OP. Feel free to share resources that are already freely available (i.e. YouTube videos, NOT a Google Drive full of PDFs of books).

[TD1]

Good idea! The one that was invaluable to me:

Draw a Box

[Jopax]

Right, time to dump a metric art-ton of random stuff that I've used/have yet to use over the years (bit of a hoarder it seems)

First off, youtubes:
Scott Robertson, great designer with incredibly good technical skills, good for bashing your head in with perspective
Moderndayjames, similar to above, except, if life was pokemon this guy would be the charmander to the above charizard I guess, still, pretty useful
James Gurney, a damn fine traditional artist, also happens to be a good instructor and overall a coold dude, has a blog too which deals with theory from time to time
Anthony Jones, digital focus here, damn good teacher, does lots of random stuff, has some good gumroads and the like
Marco Bucci, digital/traditional mix, has some really nice short vids that can help push you in the right direction when it comes to stuff like compostions, colors, styles, etc..

Some other stuff:
Dropbox with a bunch of old master painters for reference use (yes these are all public domain and free to use, yes there's a whole lot of them)
Muddy colors, blog on art, has good articles, wether it be specific issues in art or a more general, meta approach to things like creativity or productivity
Some WW2 photos
Some encyclopedic illustrations of flora/fauna
NASA and all of their phtos, also good for refs of various things

That's about it for now, seeing as I'm kinda slacking by posting this, I'll try and put together some other free books and such eventually that I have lying about the place.

[Parsely]

Thanks Jopax! Added them to the OP.

[Jopax]

Necro for a useful web tool that can get you various animal head references in the pose you selected. It isn't perfect since it can only get you what's on the web, but it makes it way easier than having to manually search for a fox that's kinda looking to the upper right.

[TD1]

That's absolutely brilliant

[Parsely]

Necro for a useful web tool that can get you various animal head references in the pose you selected. It isn't perfect since it can only get you what's on the web, but it makes it way easier than having to manually search for a fox that's kinda looking to the upper right.

Good necro, thread daddy approves

Is there something like this for human heads though???

[Jopax]

AFAIK there isn't one. Tho something that could serve the same purpose would be Daz3d, which last time I checked had a pretty nice free component which allowed you to pose pre-made bodies and render them with some rudimentary lighting. Nothing fancy, but perfect for a simple anatomical reference.

[Parsely]

Can anyone redline this bad boy for me?? For whatever reason the perspective on this body is a disaster and I'm having a hard time diagnosing the problem

[Shook]

It's the furthest leg. :v

Not nearly as bad as you might think though, it's just a bit of an odd pose for a leg sticking that far back to be both planted firmly and facing more towards the viewer than the nearest leg, and the hip isn't quite turned far enough to comfortably have a leg at that angle.

Spoiler: redlines (click to show/hide)

also don't be like me and draw the furthest foot bigger than the nearest one

I hope you can make sense of the scribbles. Also, the hips seem a wee bit exaggerated, but that might just be your style.

[Parsely]

That really helps a lot Shook, I appreciate it!!! And yeah I can't help making the booty pop

[Superdorf]

Resurrecting this to post some resources!
https://alexhays.com/loomis/
The collected works of Andrew Loomis. Covers a range of topics, but especially good for learning your way around the human body.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wsmufautdeemd1/%5BMichael_Hampton%5D_Figure_Drawing_Design_and_Inven%28Bookos.org%29.pdf?dl=0
An alternative human construction guide, a bit more advanced than the Loomis books. Focuses especially on visual anatomy: bones, muscle groups, and the like.

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/12/items/PerspectiveMadeEasy/Norling%20-%20Perspective%20Made%20Easy.pdf
An old introduction to drawing things with three-dimensionality. Slow-paced, but plenty of tricks later on for the practiced artist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-LKm9cgqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFjvNF1U4eM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMalQC4KTZI
A video series on constructing the head via the Reilly abstraction. Good followup for the Loomis head exercises.

https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/art/Drawing/Ken_Hultgren-The_Art_of_Animal_Drawing.pdf
A former animator for Disney documents the construction of various animals, with an eye to caricature and motion.