I think it's handy, but it shouldn't be the be-all-end-all draw-it-exactly-like-you-have-the-doll posed thing.
Even the great old masters used a few tricks like the camera obscura and the viewfinder. And/or good knowledge about anatomy.īut we shouldn't feel bad for "cheating" a little and using tools like this. It will never beat a good reference photo, but it can get the job done very well.Īs previously mentioned, if you need to draw realistic skin and muscles I think you really need some more resources to work from. Usually when I can't get the proportions right when drawing from my own head or when I need a certain pose and I can't find the right reference photo. I use it from time to time in my other projects too. There are also quite a few Designdoll poses in my new book. Last year I did a project based on silhouettes where I decided that I should try to use Designdoll for most of it. And I really like how you can tweak all the different parts of the figures.
And when it comes to finding the proportions and the right perspectives I think it works very good. But for drawing people with clothes on, this becomes less of a problem (but it still is important of course). In terms of muscles, skin and all those sort of things it is lacking in my opinion. I have used it quite a bit (the freeware version).
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