Getting anatomical reference for children and old people

#1

Hi, I’m starting a project which requires me to draw and model a person in several stages of life, from birth to old age. The problem is, I have no idea where to start to get reference for it. Young to middle aged men are not a problem, but old people and children tend to be photographed naked or nearly naked less often. I don’t think I can just google “naked young boy” either.

If anyone knows of any books or anything that would prove good reference for anything from babies to old people, that’d be great.

#2

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=286293

The model for this Open Figure Drawing Workshop, Ron Eyre, is older. I can put you into contact with him if you would like more images. I don’t believe he has a public website for his images, but he is quite willing to have his images used for artistic purposes.

I am out of town atm and only checking the forum / email infrequently. But feel free to PM me and I will contact Ron, then have him contact you.

Also check out the References Sticky thread on the Anatomy Forum (one of the top 6 or so links there). Link to the Anat Forum is in my signature.

Hope this helps! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#3

Strange that you have posted this thread. I, too, am doing a piece that the main focal point is a bust of baby. I for the life of me cannot draw a baby’s chest. So, I Googled/Yahooed/MSNed/Useneted/Archived everything that involved such a thing. I felt dirty doing it, and only came out with 5 helpful sources (and two in photography books I have). They are very very small images, but refs nonetheless. The biggest source came from completed artworks by others, which I didn’t want to rely on. I need the skin tone and density as it would appear in a natural setting. So, with those lil’ images, I’m gonna try to complete the piece the best of my capabilities.

Wish you luck!

#4

Just Google something more generic, like “swimmers”, “boy/s” etc. You may have to trawl thru more returns, but something like that search term is too specific.

Cheers,

~Rk

#5

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