How can I put this...
Reference sites and search engines have become too artificial for me. Everything is extremely symbolic, stereotypical, posed.
I want to find natural-looking images of regular people.
Does /ic/ have any solution for that? The best I can think of is stalking some Facebook public accounts.
>>2292966
Don't even bother, go outside and sketch people in their natural environment. Sports games, transit cafes anywhere really.
Fucking can't even use photo refs anymore, I can reproduce from them but making a piece contain life is a ton harder.
>>2292966
G-go outside?
> The best I can think of is stalking some Facebook public accounts.
Why do you think this would be any better? It's all people knowing they're being photographed or photographing themselves, there's nothing natural about it.
I do get sick of a lot of reference images looking stiff and posed, though. Or are just in really impractical, stupid poses to begin with. I get it when you're trying to learn anatomy these can be useful but they're shit as references for anything else. I notice this most when I'm trying to find fighting poses, all of them are complete garbage.
>>2292966
Movie stills, videos of your family
>>2292966
No they aren't, it's just that your google skills suck shit. If you are using chrome you can right click and do a reverse image search on the image you posted and you'll also get similar images which brings up a TON of private photos. Finding reference images is a skill like any other. Be more creative with your keywords.
>>2292979
He shouldn't use reference photos because YOU suck shit at using them? Great logic there anon. Don't blame photos man up your game instead.
Go outside and sketch people or take a camera with you.
>>2292966
>...search engines have become too artificial for me.
>Sounding this pretentious. Being this bad at google.
>go outside
As if getting mugged was any help.
It's not like I can find people acting naturally on the streets, it needs to be family photos, home photos, a christmas party, a barbecue...
>>2293008
I don't mean I have leveled up or something, I mean search engines have become too literal. Type in "barbecue party" and all you get are models posing and smiling, while a few years ago a lot of blog and family pictures would show up.
Help with searching more regular photos is exactly the point of this thread, so if you think I'm being pretentious, drop the pretentiousness yourself and offer some help.
>>2292997
That goes somewhere, good to know. But this is still a workaround. Any straight way of doing it?
I just remembered two methods, if I can find how to access them I will post it here.
>>2293018
>It's not like I can find people acting naturally on the streets, it needs to be family photos, home photos, a christmas party, a barbecue...
>people have to act the specific kind of natural i want
>what the fuck does natural mean, clearly i have no clue
>>2293018
"Workaround"? Huh? It literally takes seconds to make a google image search.
>>2293018
People aren't acting naturally in fucking family photos or any photos where they know they're being photographed you moron.
What you seem to be looking for is people posing for photos but not in an artistic way, or something.
i started taking creepshots of random people on the subway this year
>>2293037
Are you honestly going to tell me there is no difference in how people act between these two pictures?
Of course both are posed, but the second one is still a natural event - ugly people, actual family, their personality actually shows. Faces are common, instead of pretty, you can mine a lot of character inspiration from just that.
But hey, don't get so hooked by a single term I used on my secondary post, about "acting naturally". What I really want is REGULAR PEOPLE in their REGULAR ENVIRONMENTS.
Even a renaissance festival or a Chinese new year event could look regular, as long as it shows how things are, without much artistic filtering, yes.
Here is one source I could think of:
https://rand.pics/
The best one though was a method for searching for unprotected pictures in Google Plus, but I can't seem to find how it was done anymore.
I remember we entered a date and it would start from there.
>>2293055
You're comparing a shitty stock photo of a posed "family" of models who have never met each other with an actual family photo. No shit they're gonna look different.
>>2293055
Photobucket might be another good place for amateur photos
I typed in barbecue party there and there's a lot more family photos instead of model type photos like in google.
Collect images from videos if you want ppl in natural action, except if it's a fighting scene kek
>>2293063
Good stuff.
try looking up candid photography if you want natural
I like this site very much:
http://candidheaven.blogspot.de/
too bad it only features women
>>2293105
Hey, this helps a bit. Thanks.
>>2293117
that's pretty creepy
>>2293131
welcome to the internet newfriend.
>>2292966
It's really simple
>go on vimeo
>search "christmas party" or whatever
>sort by longest
>???
>profit
screen shots of television or movies are good.
>>2293092
There is a lot on flickr as well:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=family%20pictures&sort=date-posted-desc
just make sure to sort by upload date
>>2292966if ur in college draw ur teachers during class. I understand what u mean when u say photos arent good enough. Photos are slightly different and warped and are on 2d plane so they will be different. Also u can draw other objects if u cant find people. Drawing from life is much better than drawing photos and will be much better for bettering ur skills
>>2293191
wow u so smart u rly now how 2 captur the feelin im lookin 4 thx u
>>2293197
Huh?
OP here.
I just realized it wasn't exactly Google Plus, but the Picasa service for Android.
I still can't find it, but it's possible to search for common pictures name both in Google Images and 4shared to find stuff.
Examples:
IMG-20151002
DC00007
WA00001
This is the origin story of a voyeuristic stalker who seeks to capture reality in the quiet moments in life when people don't know they're being watched. Of course he'll be a photographer or an artist by trade, but that is only coincidental, a means to an end he doesn't yet understand.
>>2292966
Well, at least this issue doesn't seem to be as bad with animals, they don't understand cameras so much.
>>2292966
Life drawing/go outside.
If you're too NEET to do that, movies.
>>2292984
>Or are just in really impractical, stupid poses to begin with.
Man, I get that. I understand some of these poses are purely for anatomical reference, but sometimes I just want a reference of someone sitting or walking and that can be a lot harder to find sometimes.
>>2293018
>It's not like I can find people acting naturally on the streets
The fuck are you talking about? Are the people in your neighborhood all working at the Ministry of Silly Walks?
>>2293299
I like to draw people on the street but this thread is giving me second thoughts.
I just need references, m8.
>>2293058
that was actually the point of his claim
that there were more stock images than family photos in search results
>>2293449
>The fuck are you talking about? Are the people in your neighborhood all working at the Ministry of Silly Walks?
No, but they will be walking, not doing menial stuff. Unless I go to some festival, exhibition or something. I don't even know how to go to these places, I've always been a shut in.
Apart from some photobucket and flicker mining, I was able to find lots of ordinary people by watching documentaries.
I was specifically looking for male asians (female were easy to find at PB and Flicker), so Comiket documentary for young men and a Factory documentary for older men.
>>2293299
Actually I'm doing some background character designs, and if I don't want everyone to look like a pretty protagonist - thus making the universe kinda flat, I need some fuel from the ordinary.
But on the voyeur part, you've got one point - it's pretty nostalgic to look at all these happy people living life, it gives me a mix of warmth for the happiness and concern for my future.
imgsrc.ru is in english and has all kinds of photos taken from all kinds of people. some albums are labeled "ez" and require a password, if i'm not mistaken it's always 12345.
>>2292984
>>2293449
Shit like pic related drives me crazy.
90% of these models do poses like these and they might as well not bother. You'd never see any actual sword(wo)man stand like that.
Even stocks with good production values do this shit.
>>2293623
Also in case you needed a reference of someone sitting in a chair.
>>2293634
That sums it up pretty well.
paparazzi photos are pretty good because they're so candid.
>>2293634
good one lol
Go to nursing homes for the aged. Food courts are also good.
>>2293117
Moar
I used to use a website that had a large archive of pictures from some kind of a country fair. The people in the pictures were super rednecks, but that's also what made them interesting.
It was a pretty stellar archive but I can't remember the name of it anymore. I remember the url having something to do with astronomy/planets or something, like "mars" or whatever
>>2292966
You want great poses? just draw from porn. Porn is free, abundant and best of all you can search for close ups, point of view angle. There are clothes fetishes for your folding needs. If you want male, then use gay porn.
I just use a flash downloader so that I can stop, skip ,etc... in vlc. And use deskpins to have vlc on top of photohsop.
>>2294650
I applaud your sacrifices for a good anatomy!
>>2293634
great. ANOTHER fucking thing I thought I was doing right all this time.
>>2294650
lots of picsets
>https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?page=1
documentaries and youtube videos, reality tv (think a&e specials not jersey shore), news reports
not just what the camera is focusing on but people in the background too
if i want people eating having a good time ill check out maybe nightmare kitchens or some related programs, just as an example
>>2292984
Just study movie stills, actors are trained to not look at the camera. If you're gonna say unnatural poses, then don't look at films with superheroes and the like.
>>2293117
>candid
>"i just saw this cosplayer casually walking with a machinegun"
>>2292966
If you're just looking for natural poses and don't need perfectly clear and proper reference, use google maps.
Here's a goldmine:
>https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2320864,-110.951743,3a,75y,179.75h,83.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s6aRq80NrcPZruNokC4abIA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D6aRq80NrcPZruNokC4abIA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D175.91554%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
http://oh-hi.info/2015_9-12/?from=2015-12-31.jpg
did anybody post this
>>2297793
are you fucking kidding me? i'm sure he was referring to references of people. there are barely any people on google maps and if you do see a blurry silhouette all it does is walk/stand/run.
>>2298464
>mfw
>>2298559
love me some oh-hi.info
>>2298464
This gallery is taking me places never, never ever imagined.
I'm scared.
>>2298464
>implying bad anatomy
>implying needs more loomis
>>2298464
those guys look really cool to hang out with and I'm 100% serious
>>2298464
>>2301366
What? What is this?
>>2292966
go to life drawing
>>2293117
Damn.
>>2298464
Oh shit it's Bones.
>>2298464
after the party there's only hipsters and cringeworthy art
>>2301568
Then a random babe shows up.
>>2298464
>tfw you'll never be dumb enough to fit in with people who are capable of having fun ironically
>tfw you wasted the best years of your life alone in your room thinking things would get better in college, after college, after I got my first real job...
>tfw no qt white attainable girlfriend who is down with drinking cheap beer around the campfire instead of with the vapid parent-approved girl you will marry and hate yourself for and insists on going to "independent" establishments and shopping at trader joes
fug...
>>2301589
*unironically
>>2298464
This site is pretty good senpai
wouldn't a good idea be one of those sites that will load up 100 random images from photobucket or something?
