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Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists]
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Stock photos and resources for artists ✨ Reposts may be NSFW
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Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists] @sambestock.bsky.social · Apr 22
With the rise of AI, it can be hard to find legitimate stock photos to use as references for your art. But us stock providers are still around! Use real photos taken by real people for real artists 😎

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A set of various photos of architectures with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Buildings, Architecture, Cities A set of various photos of different type and color blankets from the stock photo pack with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Fabric Folds 1 A collage of three example photos, all of a human skull. The text reads: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Skull Pack A set of various photos of hands in different poses with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Hands #4 (Wild & Impractical)
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sambestock.bsky.social
Wake up artists, new drawing challenge just dropped. Draw the team!
Screenshot from Fenix Minerva on Bluesky in response to the quoted post of hoodie stock references that reads: "Red assassin. Green assassin. Gay assassin. Cute assassin. Fur assassin. Blue assassin. They all look pretty cool though."
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
sambestock.bsky.social
Wake up artists, new drawing challenge just dropped. Draw the team!
Screenshot from Fenix Minerva on Bluesky in response to the quoted post of hoodie stock references that reads: "Red assassin. Green assassin. Gay assassin. Cute assassin. Fur assassin. Blue assassin. They all look pretty cool though."
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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tendermiasma.com
Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 21h
The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
It's hoodie season, y'all! ⛄

Hoodies #1: ko-fi.com/s/b563fc45b2
Hoodies #2: ko-fi.com/s/4a531eb086

#stockphotos #artref #artresources #reference
A set of three photos cropped together of a person wearing different hooded clothing items with text overlaying that says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Hoodies #1 A set of three photos cropped together of a thin white femme wearing different hooded clothing items with text overlaying that says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Hoodies #2
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
Only a few days left to get 25% off with code: NOV25
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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trueref.bsky.social
Gift cards are back on TrueRef!

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Give the gift of inspiration with the TrueRef Digital Gift Card! Perfect for the digital artists, photo editors, and illustrators in your life, this gift card provides access to our collection of high...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
I had way too much fun getting this shot. (I took loads, each one being different was super cool!)

Any waterbenders in the house? ;D

💧 ko-fi.com/s/b35abcc2d5

#stockphotos #artref #artresources #photography
A stock photo of a close up of water droplets in the air (from a fountain, unseen in photo). The water is grouped together in parts making interesting shapes, and others are regular droplets. In the background is a blurry, out-of-focus building.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.

When the sales drop, please remember that!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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braverobynart.bsky.social
Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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lineofaction.bsky.social
#drawingref #artmodel #artref
Model Rosali poses in a grey body suit. The Line of Action logo is at the bottom. Text reads free to use for art reference. See line-of-action.com for other terms and more poses.
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
sambestock.bsky.social
It's hoodie season, y'all! ⛄

Hoodies #1: ko-fi.com/s/b563fc45b2
Hoodies #2: ko-fi.com/s/4a531eb086

#stockphotos #artref #artresources #reference
A set of three photos cropped together of a person wearing different hooded clothing items with text overlaying that says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Hoodies #1 A set of three photos cropped together of a thin white femme wearing different hooded clothing items with text overlaying that says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Hoodies #2
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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grafitstudio.bsky.social
We’re crushing HARD (and sharpening our pencils), because honestly… being him should be illegal.

Perfect boyfrie — ahem, sketch material.
50% off with BFSALE50: gum.co/u/asvyrpzu
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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adorkastock.com
It's holiday season!🎄🎄 Time to get those OCs celebrating! This $1 pack includes 103 Commercialized Holiday Festivities including sipping drink, candy cane, holiday tree, and more. Get it now on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/s/bde9fbf711

#Pose #PoseRef
Majority orange graphic that reads "Pack alert! Commercialized winter holiday pack. 103 images. $1+. Ko-fi.com/adorkastock" and features two images of a white woman in an aqua suit, one holding a massive candy cane, and the other of her sitting wearing a scarf and hat and holding a mug in hand.
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
Draw your Frierens from this angle. 👀
sambestock.bsky.social Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists] @sambestock.bsky.social · Aug 9
Anyone want to do some perspective practice? Definitely a photo I love 🥰

🏙️ ko-fi.com/s/56c970bf9e

#stockphotos #photography #artresources #artref
A stock photo of a skyscraper seen from the ground, rather imposing in the photo, with the sun shining behind it, partially peeking out on the right side with some clouds swirling around, and the top of a palm tree poking out on the bottom right.
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
Can I make it to 2000 followers before the end of the year? :o
sambestock.bsky.social Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists] @sambestock.bsky.social · Aug 20
Mmk, I'll do a giveaway for ANY stock pack of mine once I hit 2000 followers, and I'm 334 away! 👀

Want to support a real human stock & resource provider for artists? Share this post + give me a follow! Get goodies for your work and level up your art! 💪✨

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A set of various photos of nature with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Greenery A set of three cropped photos of OP wearing various shoes, showing from the knees down. The first with a furry boot, the second with tennis shoes, and the third with fancy gold sandals. The text overlaying says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos Shoes 1 A set of three photos cropped together of a human skull with flowers and text overlaying that says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Skull Pack 2 (Flowers) A set of various photos of a person, seen only from the hips up, wearing different shirts from the stock photo pack with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Tops #1
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
sambestock.bsky.social
Draw your Frierens from this angle. 👀
sambestock.bsky.social Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists] @sambestock.bsky.social · Aug 9
Anyone want to do some perspective practice? Definitely a photo I love 🥰

🏙️ ko-fi.com/s/56c970bf9e

#stockphotos #photography #artresources #artref
A stock photo of a skyscraper seen from the ground, rather imposing in the photo, with the sun shining behind it, partially peeking out on the right side with some clouds swirling around, and the top of a palm tree poking out on the bottom right.
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
sambestock.bsky.social
I had way too much fun getting this shot. (I took loads, each one being different was super cool!)

Any waterbenders in the house? ;D

💧 ko-fi.com/s/b35abcc2d5

#stockphotos #artref #artresources #photography
A stock photo of a close up of water droplets in the air (from a fountain, unseen in photo). The water is grouped together in parts making interesting shapes, and others are regular droplets. In the background is a blurry, out-of-focus building.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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doodlemancy.com
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html

🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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sambestock.bsky.social
I've got you covered from head to...toe! 🦶 ;D

✨ ko-fi.com/sambeawesome...

#stockphotos #artref #artresources #kofi #shop
A set of various photos of a person, seen only from the hips up, wearing different shirts from the stock photo pack with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Tops #1 A set of various photos of a person, seen only from the chest down, wearing a skirt, jeans, and shorts from the stock photo pack with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Bottoms #1 A set of three cropped photos of OP wearing various shoes, showing from the knees down. The first with a furry boot, the second with tennis shoes, and the third with fancy gold sandals. The text overlaying says: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos Shoes 1 A set of various photos of feet in different poses with text overlaying them reading: Sambeawesome's Stock Photos, Feet #1
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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sambeawesome.bsky.social
I saw this AI image shared in a Discord I'm in & was inspired to make the real thing. There are a LOT of fake crochet patterns out there, I wanted to give (especially beginners) a real pattern instead. Support real artists making real work, not AI.

Get it FREE: ko-fi.com/s/cdf844790c

#noai #art
A real photo of a white person's hand holding up a crochet snake (light pink with blue and creme stripes, with a red tongue and blush, and brown eyes) in front of a nature background with bushes, a tree, branches, and a pond. The person is wearing an off-white knit sweater with light pale pink nail polish. The "disgusted meme" with the top being an AI generated image of a crochet snake that looks like garbage and the person being grossed out. Then the bottom image being the real thing with the person being interested. Support human artists!
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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jookpubstock.bsky.social
Side Profile References ✨

The full set is available for free here: ko-fi.com/s/bdf69a869e

#posereference #artreference #poseref
A drawing reference photo of a model in side profile. A drawing reference photo of a model in side profile. A drawing reference photo of a model in side profile. A drawing reference photo of a model in side profile.
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
Spent all day editing photos instead of taking photos cuz it's still too cloudy to do a shoot ;o;

But please enjoy how delicious this photo came out tho omg I am in love 😍 Those little flecks of blue are everything like wow

#stockphotos #photography #artref #artresources
A stock photo entirely of greenery with fern-like leaves filling hte frame. The highlights are a saturated light green it gets more and more blue in the shadows, with some lighter blue flecks sprinkled around. Really high contrast photo. Looks so pretty.
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
sambestock.bsky.social
Spent all day editing photos instead of taking photos cuz it's still too cloudy to do a shoot ;o;

But please enjoy how delicious this photo came out tho omg I am in love 😍 Those little flecks of blue are everything like wow

#stockphotos #photography #artref #artresources
A stock photo entirely of greenery with fern-like leaves filling hte frame. The highlights are a saturated light green it gets more and more blue in the shadows, with some lighter blue flecks sprinkled around. Really high contrast photo. Looks so pretty.
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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sambestock.bsky.social
PS Reminder that for the rest of this month, my ENTIRE shop is 25% off :D

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sambestock.bsky.social Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists] @sambestock.bsky.social · 20d
BLACK FRIDAY SALE begins now! For all of November, get 25% off my ENTIRE shop with code: NOV24

✨Stock photos, textures, art tutorials, worksheets, ebooks, brushes, & more!

❤️ ko-fi.com/sambeawesome...

#shop #blackfriday #shopsmall #KofiDiscountChallenge
A pink themed graphic advertising the Black Friday sale, showcasing several stock photo packs. Code is NOV25 for 25% off. Text reads: Over 14,100 stock photos. Textures, brushes, art tutorials, & more.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
sambestock.bsky.social
Some really cool and detailed reference photos of a squirrel skull! Could be great for studies or dark artworks :)

#stockphotos #artref #artresources #reference
fallenlights.net Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 5d
sketching squirrel skulls today in-between layers of paint drying.

www.patreon.com/posts/142845... (you can grab some ref images here, too :) )
close up photo shot of a squirrel skull. It's only bones. Warm colors.
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM