NyxNaiaStock

Follow @team for weekly art tips and monthly challenges from artists you love! Today we're giving you a glimpse into the work and life of an individual who has lifted up artists on DeviantArt for 15 years: @AdorkaStock! If you're unfamiliar with her (and if her past username SenshiStock doesn't ring a bell), you're missing out on an extensive library of free pose reference resources. She's also now offering subscriptions! And don't forget, we also feature her answers on our official Facebook page. Let's hear your superhero origin story! Why did you begin making reference photos? How many years ago was that? I graduated from college in 2006 with a fine art degree. I took four years of life drawing classes and it improved my art dramatically. Suddenly, out of school with no access to live models, I started crawling around DeviantArt looking for pose references. At the time, the Resources and Stock community was heavily focused on the photomanipulation crowd. Most people providing

There's a lot of great stock and resource accounts here on DeviantArt and today I'm going to highlight a few friends who are doing amazing work for artistic reference! 🧑‍🎨✨ @NyxNaiaStock Formerly Sinned-Angel-Stock, my 'stock sister' Courtney has been doing some excellent work lately with beautiful lighting and cool costumes. Because we're good friends (and because I support her on Patreon) I've been getting some sneak peeks about what's coming up and I am very excited!! Follow NyxNaiaStock here on DA as well as on Twitter for beautiful and inspiring reference images! @theposearchives ThePoseArchives is run by Hamish and Izzy! They take photos together and apart with some really fun props, expressions, and angles. I love to see what new ideas they're going to come up with next. You can follow them here on DA and check out all their shops and socials from their LinkTree. @JookpubStock Ahhhh Jenny! I have SO much fun watching the imaginative stuff that comes from