Is there an app for posing models where it’s about objects rather than people?

[JoshRaed]

I want to get a reference for a car from a certain specific angle, but I can’t find a picture of that car from that angle.

[thepenmonster]

Go to your local toy store or department store. Buy a Hot Wheels toy and use the macro function on your phone or camera.

Like so...

Use it as a base for your drawing. If you don't have access to a toy store mug a kid.

[Katzalcoatl]

Which car? Which angle? More information might help us help you. Have you tried looking for a video of that car on youtube?

Youtube is a great place to get references from all angles. There is a video for everything.

If you want 3D models. You can download EasyPose. It has plenty of objects. Cars are a DLC that costs money though.

Videogames like Grand Theft Auto can also help to get references of the angles you want.

[ohno-mydear]

Turbosquid (.com) has been very good to me in the past for that need. Thepenmonster's suggestion of getting a hotwheels (or other figurine) is my usual go-to if Turbosquid can't help me, or Youtube reference, as Katzalcoatl said. If it's a specific high angle, sometime a parking garage or upper-level apartment can provide good views too. Good luck!

[theyrebothakilogram]

I tend to use sketchup.com, it's nice because there is a large gallery of items. A lot of the objects vary from quality because many of them are made by the user base. But you can cut them up in different ways to get inside angles of the object. example:

[river121693]

Sketchfab has lots of models that you can view for free as long as you dont trace it since it's someone elses model)

[cherrystark]

It's called outsi.de. Some of the models are hard to find but it has reference guides for any object you want and all guides are pretty much free of charge.

[Lensing]

I use Homedesign 3d and Sweet Home 3d.
They both have different objects, mostly for architecture stuff, apartments,
but they also have cars. The good thing about the programs is that you
can place characters etc next to it. Something you can´t do with sketchfab for
example

[JoshRaed]

What drives you to make a comment like this in this kind of tone? I can’t imagine ever doing this sort of thing, but I keep seeing it happen.

[Lazy-Gamer]

I think someone pissed in his cereal bowl this morning.

[LunarScyphozoa]

Oh y’know, kids on their lawn.

[Katzalcoatl]

What tone? I think you are adding a tone to it. It is easy to misunderstand others on the internet as we cannot see their facial expressions nor hear the tone of their voice.

As general advice I suggest you to read everything with a neutral tone. While you probably read said comment with a rude tone. I actually saw it as a playful sarcastic tone. And in reality the only one who knows what tone they used is the author of the comment.

Going outside to look for reference is actually solid advice. Taking real life images gives you great angles and ideas of what you can do.

[aqua03]

Seriously bro, the ducks in the park are free. Just head to a nice spot of where you think you want to draw and just... draw the stuff.

[thepenmonster]

Making your own reference files is a long established practice in comics.

Not everyone is Jack Kirby and can get away with vehicles made of pipes and coffee mugs. If Captain America needed to ride a motorcycle in 1968 the artist either had to hunt down a biker mag or go out with their camera.

I can understand why anyone would want to avoid going around with a camera given how violent so many of our fellow citizens are, but IRL IS your best source.

[TroyVSTheWorld]

If all else fails, just use The Sims

[Legendofgenii]

Ah, memories.

[Lensing]

The soundtrack almost makes me cry

[Legendofgenii]

It’s 23 years old and I still randomly belt it out occasionally.

[Lazy-Gamer]

This may be true, but on the other hand I don't think it's a good look to be taking photos of some strangers vehicle from all angles. Looks kinda suspicious.

Also not everyone has the luxury to use real life references for that very reason. I don't know what it's like for others but, Where I live you definitely need permission to take references photos of another persons property.

As for the person's 'tone'. "It's called outsi.de." isn't exactly a friendly way to say "You can use real life references." so one can't help but read it in a negative light.

[cherrystark]

As for the person's 'tone'. "It's called outsi.de." isn't exactly a friendly way to say "You can use real life references." so one can't help but read it in a negative light.

But she was right about tone and that I meant it to be playfully sarcastic. I'm sorry people didn't understand my joke.

Also not everyone has the luxury to use real life references for that very reason. I don't know what it's like for others but, Where I live you definitely need permission to take references photos of another persons property.

Asking for consent is always a smart move, no matter where you live. But there is a point in every artist's life where they have to stop relying on apps and start collecting their own references. They are called morgues, but in internet terminology, they are often called "inspo boards".

When I learned about lighting and shadow, we did to the "sketch a sphere with a light on it" but my professor also took us outside, so we could study how shadow affects real-life things. I doubt I would have learned that a "natural" shadow has blue tones if I didn't see it firsthand.

In every art/design class I've ever taken or heard of, the instructors stress getting your own references. Pinterest is a great tool for that. I even made morgues for my main series with sub-boards for each main character so I knew the "vibe" for each one prior to starting to write.

Maybe I shouldn't have made a sarcastic comment, but there is a time in every artist's life when they have to step out on their own and make it work. Young artists, especially young female artists, get themselves into trouble because everyone wants them to be "friendly". I am not going to sit worrying about if I'm being "friendly" enough for a random person online.