Announcements

New Model Anastasia

Anastasia is originally from the Ukraine but is visiting New York. She recently traveled to New England (coincidentally with Candace, another model with whom we have worked) which gave us the opportunity to work with her. We are very glad she did! Anastasia is a very talented model who thoroughly understands art modeling. So much so, she designed almost all of her poses and improvised her expressions. Having a model with so many wonderful creative ideas was a real pleasure. It allowed us to throw away our pose plan and just go with her ideas.
In addition, she has a slightly different figure from many of our models, giving her a wonderfully natural look that adds variety to our catalog. Her face is very classical, reminiscent of Classical Greek sculpture, 30's era film stars and, not surprisingly, current Eastern European stars like Mila Jovovich (also Ukrainian). Because Anastasia had new ideas as fast as we could photograph them, she has a huge collection of poses from her one session, as seen here in the Pose Tool. 5/09/20122

New Model MonikaS

For people interested in the appearance and form of the body in pregancy, we have another maternity model. When we shot in March, she was due in May. Because MonikaS is ordinarily so petite (5' 6" and just 108lbs), she provides a really striking example of the changes while carrying a baby. In particular, you can see the increase in the size of her stomach and chest while everything else, like arms, legs and face, remains slim. When we worked with our other maternity model, Carolyne, we intentionally chose many poses that were not typical for a pregnant model. For this shoot, however, we focused on traditional maternity poses. 4/26/2012

More MikaM

We try to answer customer requests whenever we can, so we were happy to work with Mika, a model specifically requested by a customer. We also did several poses that the customer wanted (mika017, 018, and 019). He sent a few quick sketches as a reference. You can see those poses and all of Mika's other work in the Pose Tool.
If you know a model we should work with, have ideas for poses we should do, or other projects you'd like to see contact us and let us know.
4/18/2012

New Model Krystal

As previously mentioned, people have been asking for more variety in body types. Last year we photographed several people who do not have the extra slim body type of a typical model. Krystal has a more natural "average person" figure, with several marks left from pregnancy. We had her do a wide variety of poses from ordinary everyday activities (krystal010 and krystal028) to the more artsy poses ( krystal012, krystal013) and some more contrived poses that show the body in a variety of configurations (krystal039, krystal041). Krystal can be found in the Pose Tool and will soon have two session downloads. 3/29/2012

All Adrina Photos Available

We recently completed Adrina's entire first session and her poses are now available in the Pose Tool page. They will also soon be available in the Session Downloads page.
3/20/2012

Art Models 7 Companion Disk Available

The Art Models 7 Companion Disk is now available for download. This is our largest Companion Disk to date and includes 175 poses! At just $24.95, it's possibly the lowest price per pose of any product we have offered to date. The physical disk can be found on this page . You can see all the included poses at either of the two pages.
3/12/2012

New Model JenC

People have been asking for more variety in body types. We heard you, and last year photographed several models who do not have the typical model extra slim body type. With Art Modles 7 mostly complete, we have been able to concentrate on editing some of those models' photos. JenC can be found in the Pose Tool and will soon have two session downloads. 3/5/2012

Now on iTunes

We've hit a new milestone—Art Models eBooks are now available in the Apple iTunes store! Because they contain nudes, I thought it would never happen. But there they are (you can see them in the iTunes index here). 2/29/2011

New! Art Models 7 Low Res Preview Available

Art Models 7 is now available for download (right-click and save) in a low resolution preview. The design is based on customer requests and the discussion at the Live Model Books Forum. We'd love to know what you think and would appreciate any feedback, especially any errors you might find. You can post comments at the forum (the forum uses a different login system, so you may need to register) or use the Contact Form.
2/15/2012

New Model MikaM

A customer wrote to us about a woman he works with as an artist's model and requested that we hire her for the Art Models project. She happened to be traveling to the greater Boston, MA, USA area and was willing to work with us. Happily, she was just in time to help us with some poses we needed for Art Models 7.
We try to answer customer requests whenever we can so we were happy to do this shoot, and Mika turned out to be a great model! 2/3/2012

New Male Models

By popular request, we have two new male models. Mark is a professional body builder who, of course, has the 'heroic male' figure. Dave is an actor and brings intensity and emotion to his posing. We did motion studies with both of them as well as a few of our rotational figure studies. More of their work will be made available as we finish editing it, which will happen after we finish the next book, Art Models 7 Dynamic Figures for the Visual Arts. Many of their poses that do not contain full rotations are available for a reduced price. Hover over a pose thumbnail in the Pose Tool to see the price. 1/23/2012

Beginning Motion Studies

We are beginning to experiment with stop-motion photography. Our first set was shot with our standard studio equipment. We used fixed lights that required a high ISO setting (resulting in a grainy picture), a low Aperture setting (resulting in out of focus pictures when Ana moved toward or away from the camera), and a relatively slow shutter speed (resulting in blurring when the motion was too fast). Despite these problems, we thought some people might be interested in the results so they are available in the session downloads area. This first attempt contains about 200 photos of Ana going through several quick motions like jumping and falling.
After this session, we immediately bought a faster flash that significantly reduced all of the problems for our next session, with Lola. 11/28/2011

Every Model in One Place

We have added a page showing every model in the Art Models project. If you want a quick overview of all the different models who are available, the Model's page could be a good place to look. 11/17/2011

New Model AnaIv

Ana has a background in theater, gymnastics, and dance as well as other performance arts. She is helping us with poses based on dance, motion, and drama. Her first session featured mostly poses based on dance movements that could be held for a rotation. We also spent some time practicing photographing rapid motion such as leaping and spinning. Future sessions will include Ana in motion photograhed front, back, and side. This is in preparation for book 7, which is being discussed in the forum. See Ana on the Poses Page. 11/08/2011

New Sessions Available for Vaunt

Both halves of the Vaunt session are now available for download.

New Model Eva

At just 5 feet 1 inch tall (155cm) and 100lbs (45.36 kg), Eva is a very petite model but still has well-defined muscles. We mostly used side and spot light for her poses. Her ethnic background is strongly Italian.
It is common for women to wear heels and heels significantly change the posture and form of the body. Because of this, we frequently shoot several poses with the model wearing heels (it's not an attempt to make the model look sexy). The effect on Eva is particularly dramatic
compare evae001 to evae014 .
More of Eva on the Poses Page. 9/28/2011

New Model Vaunt

Vaunt has a classic pin-up style figure with broad rib cage and hips and a narrow waist. She also has strong, classic, and beautiful facial features. We accentuated all of these with a strong side light. Vaunt worked collaboratively with us on the pose selection. Poses Page. 8/29/2011

New Model Sarahann

This has been a busy summer for new models. While we continue to look for local male models under the age of 35, the traveling models who come to our area continue to be the more typical young and beautiful women. SarahAnn is certainly no exception. She is a New York fashion model, with the dramatic look and posing of a fashion model. Many of Sarahann's poses were designed by her. Poses Page. 8/16/2011

New Model VNixie

Vnixie adds an interesting body type to our catalog, super thin but still having a very curvy figure (5'7", 100lbs, 32"C/23"/35") is really unusual. Even though people have been asking for more everyday activities, Vnixie's flexibility and expressiveness led us to poses that tended to the artsy and abstract. Poses Page. 7/21/2011

Eliot Poses finished

All of Eliot's poses are now finished and available in the pose tool. 7/15/2011

Artists

See some of the artwork people have created using our art models as a reference. This is an experimental feature that's still in testing and development. If you have any suggestions for it, please let us know. 7/5/2011

New Model Nedah

People have been asking for more variety in body types and ethnicity. Nedah adds a tall, thin, female African American to our catalog. Her poses are available now in the Poses Page. 6/15/2011

New Sets by Jenni/Misha

The duo poses by Jenni and Misha have actually been finished for some time, but we overlooked uploading them. Apologies for that! All their poses are now available in the Pose Tool page and as a session in the Session Downloads page.

New Sets by Ginger

We recently completed Ginger's entire first session and her poses are now available in the Pose Tool page and as sessions in the Session Downloads page.

New Sets by Jenni

People have been asking for more "natural" poses. We took the opportunity of having Jenni here to photograph a model doing fairly natural things. We started by bringing in a prop we've never used before, a bed, and asked her to do some things she might normally do in bed. She did different sleeping postures, moved on to taking her night clothes off, reading in bed, etcetera. We also put a few artsy poses in there (we just can't seem to help ourselves). Later in the set she moved on to some sports related activities; some pushing, pulling, moving poses and some more artistic poses. At the end, we finished with a completely free form Expressions Session, in which Jenni did a creative and fabulous job! You can see the poses as they are finished in the Poses page.

New Model Eliot

People have been asking for more variety in body types. We worked with Eliot to add a thinner male and an Asian male to our catalog. His poses are becoming available now in the Poses Page.

New! Art Models 6 Downloads Now Available

Art Models 6 brings richer shadows to a large collection of female-only poses. Features include 24 views per pose on the Companion disk or download (front and side views in the book), plus detail views for several of the models. See all the poses and get the Companion Download on the Companion Downloads page. If you prefer the eBook, with just 2 views per pose, it is available on the eBooks page. On either page, you can preview every pose in the book.

New Model Paris

People have been asking for more variety in body types. As a response, we worked with Paris to help round out our catalog of female figures. Her poses are becoming available now in the Poses Page and will be part of our next book, The Female Figure in Shadow and Light.

New Sets by Mandy

These are the first new sets of Mandy since July of 2007. Previous sets were photographed at 12 megapixels or lower with our old lighting. These new sets were shot at 21MP with a variety of new lighting techniques to produce even higher quality images. More sets will be added to the Poses page as we finish editing them.

New Model Ginger

Ginger was photographed with a variety of light sources. We used low, medium, and high contrast from a variety of directions. The high contrast light was a spot light overhead to the right. Medium contrast light came from a wider spotlight at shoulder height to the right. Low contrast light came from a softbox about 60 degrees to the left and slightly elevated. You'll notice how the shadows and the catch light in the eyes tell the story of the light source. Poses page.

Many New and Old Sessions now Available

We're finally catching up on several years of editing and some of our very first models are now available: Ximon, Lisa, Mary and Daphne. We've also finished and uploaded some newer sessions from Maxine, BeccaDaniel, Candace, and Jenb session 3. All of them will be available in the Poses page and the Session Downloads page.

New Model Trisha

Trisha is a naturally beautiful model with whom we worked several months ago. She was photographed in a mix of medium and high contrast light. Her poses have finally been edited and are now available on the Poses page.

New book by James McElhinney

of the Art Students League of New York looks interesting. It's called " Classical Life Drawing Studio: Lessons & Teachings in the Art of Figure Drawing"" and is published by Sterling.
We're also working on a book with Sterling tentatively titled Figure Drawing Studio.

New Model Luana adds Asian (Cambodian) ethnicity.

Luana is a local model who adds some welcome diversity to the Art Models project. We photographed all her poses in a high contrast light which produces rich shadows. A little bit of floor-level fill light was added to keep the figure as evenly lit as possible as we rotated Luana through a full 360-degree rotation. Many of the lower poses have several overhead views. Be sure to click the "Show All Angles" link above the Zoom Viewer to see all the included views. Her work can be found in the Pose Tool.

Now Available! Art Models 5 Book with Companion Disk

Now you can get Art Models 5 before it becomes available in stores.
The Art Models 5 book and DVD-r has over 60 poses and includes 12 all new models. The product page shows a full list, including a preview image for every pose. The content for AM5 was chosen by readers and website visitors as the best from our entire catalog of poses as of January 2010.

Livemodelbooks.com and Posespace.com are running on a new server.

If you experience any problems or weirdness, please let us know! You can use the Contact Form or email us at contact (at) posespace.com

New "Becca Dressing" session available for download.

This is a special session a bit unlike anything else we've done. It focuses on Becca getting dressed in three different outfits. It shows the motions involved in putting on socks, panties, bra, nylons, shoes, etc. Most of the actions and poses are shown in full rotation. Exceptions are 208, 210, 310 and 407, which show close-up details or partial rotations. We hope it will be a useful reference if you need a figure in the process of putting on clothing. You can see a list of all the included poses on the Direct Downloads page.
Please let us know how we are doing by sending us your thoughts from the contact page.

New Jenb sets available for download.

When Jenb was in our studio for a full weekend of shooting, she posed in every position from the book "Drawing the Living Figure" by Joseph Sheppard. The result is Jenb Session 1A and Session 1B, 67 dynamic and interesting poses originally used to showcase human anatomy. Individual poses from the session can be found in the Pose Tool.
Please let us know how we are doing by sending us your thoughts from the contact page.

Complete Krys sets now available for download.

Krys modeled for us several years ago in a clothed set (see Crystal in the Pose Tool) shortly before leaving the area. In this new (nude) set she repeats some of her previous poses and adds a great variety of additional poses photographed in clear lighting. You can see all of her work in the Pose Tool and download her complete session in two parts Part 1 and Part 2 .
Please let us know how we are doing by sending us your thoughts from the contact page.

New Model. Michaela is a very fit model from the Czech Republic .

Michaela's background in martial arts and excellent condition allowed her to hold some challenging poses with beauty and grace. Her entire set was shot using high-contrast lighting for deeper shadows. You can see all of her work in the Pose Tool and download her complete session in two parts from the Direct Downloads page.
You may recognize Michaela from her work with Jenni where she used the shortened version of her name, Misha. You can see that work in the Pose Tool by choosing JenniMisha from the list of models. Michaela is also a cover model from Art Models 5.
Please let us know how we are doing by sending us your thoughts from the contact page.

New Model. Cesar adds Brazilian nationality and look.

We were pleased to work with Cesar in response to requests for more male models, more normal physiques (Cesar has a construction worker's body), higher contrast lighting, and additional nationalities. You can see all of his poses in the Pose Tool. Let us know how we are doing by sending us your thoughts from the contact page.

New Model JenB adds Pacific Islander ethnicity.

We flew Jen in from the west coast of the U.S. to add a new ethnicity "Pacific Islander" to Art Models. Her first finished set is a collection of poses photographed nude and clothed intended to show how the figure causes clothing to drape. It's available as JenB Session 2 in the Direct Downloads page. Other sets include the often-requested higher contrast lighting as well as our standard lighting. We also have a complete set of poses inspired by the book "Drawing the Living Figure" by Joseph Sheppard.

New! Art Models 5 Companion Disk Now Available

After lots of discussion with customers, the new Art Models 5 pose selection is complete. See all the poses and get the disk on the Art Models Companion Disks page.

Choose the Poses for Art Models 5

Each year we ask you what your favorite poses are and we put the top 50-60 poses in the next "Art Models" hardcover book and Companion Disk.
Voting is now finished. See what people selected here.

Model Statistics Added

We have added Height, Weight, Chest, Waist and Hip size (in pounds, feet and inches) for many of the models. Unfortunately, we don't have information for all the models. You can see the info' at the Pose Tool underneath the Apply Choices button in the search pane.

New! Art Models Ultra: Becca

A detailed figure study of a single model—Becca—showing expressions, phonemes, hand positions, foot positions, extreme close-ups of the entire body and much more. A complete list with samples is available here.
AM Ultra was designed especially for digital artists, animators, game creators and video producers but will also be of interest to anyone who wants a truly thorough study of a female figure. Let us know what you think, should we make more of these figure studies? Contact Us

New Model

Felicia is a local model whom we could work with again, however, she has several tattoos. We would love to know what you think, should we work with models with tattoos? Are the tattoos too distracting? Let us know what you think by using the Contact Us link at the bottom of any page. We worked with her in August and her pose sets are now becoming available as downloads from the Pose Tool page.

No Waiting and No Shipping Fees!

Direct Downloads of books and Session Disks are now available. Choose your favorite book or model session and get it immediately. No waiting for it to come in the mail or clear customs and without the shipping & handling fees. Session downloads are the same price as the disk version and e-books are just $9.99 for a high-resolution, print-enabled PDF.   Visit the Direct Downloads page to see what's available.

New Model

Jenni is a new model who traveled all the way from the Czech Republic to our studio in New Hampshire, USA. We worked with her July 19th. Her pose sets are now becoming available as downloads from the Pose Tool page.

Now Available! Art Models 4 with Companion Disk

The Art Models 4 book and CD has over 60 poses -- the product page shows a full list including a preview image for every pose. The photos in AM4 were chosen by readers and website visitor as the best from our entire catalog of poses as of January 2009.

New Review of Art Models 2

at Art History Textbooks Reviews
"A lot of thought and effort went into the creation of this package to make it as useful to an artist as possible, and it very well implemented. I am VERY impressed with this package!"

Model Session Disks Now Available

By popular demand, we have created "Model Session Disks" containing all the photos from a single modeling session. Like the Companion Disks, each pose is shown in high resolution and in full 360-degree surround view with 24 photos per pose. The Session Disks, however, enable you to be more selective in the poses that you choose and they start at just $14.99, or $.50 per pose. Currently, Becca, Mandy sessions 1-3, and JesseShandra are available. Please see the website for details.

The Art Models 4 Companion Disk is now available!

New, faster server.

The Art Models 3 Hardcover Book with companion disk is now available.

NEW! The Art Models 3 Companion Disk is now available.