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AdorkaStock – Providing Pose References by Artists, for Artists

Since 2007, AdorkaStock (formerly SenshiStock) has been working as a pose reference model and photographer to bring the artistic community work-safe reference photos. Reference photos are an integral part of creating realistic works; artists for thousands of years have utilized in-person models and later photographs to help them understand anatomy, foreshortening, and proportion to give their artworks life.

While the idea of stock photos for artists is not new, AdorkaStock provides reference photos you would not find elsewhere: the AdorkaStock free pose gallery is dedicated to providing diverse images of people of all genders, all races, and most importantly, of all body types, making it easier than ever to create artwork exactly as desired. Better yet, because all of the AdorkaStock resources are safe-for-work, they can (and have!) be used in teaching environments for artistic exercises and practice.

11th Annual Month long Drawing Challenge. Starts June 1st! Sign up at AdorkaStock.com

Draw Everything June! Starts June 1st

It’s time for my 11th annual, month-long drawing challenge! 🎉

The challenge is to draw every new AdorkaStock pose that I submit to the Draw Everything June gallery between June 1, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Draw every pose submitted to the AdorkaStock Draw Everything June gallery between June 1, 2026 and June 30, 2026 (22 drawings total, some references will include multiple models) for a special prize. Sign up to get the new pose emailed each day! 

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This site is your hub for the latest AdorkaStock drawing reference poses. Here, you can do a lot of things, like:

There’s so much more to help you in your drawing journey and new features will be added regularly.

a model carrying another model away who is reaching out to another model trailing behind trying to grab that model's hand and there's another model on the floor grabbing the carrying model's leg
A woman in a two piece black bathing suit, head touching the surface of the water, one knee touching the bottom of a pool, appearing to sink.
  • SunnyRay diving down

Free Stock Photos

New images are added frequently on site. Browse themes like: Pairs, Foreshortening & Perspective, Life in General, and many more! Poses are added Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

All images are released under a Creative Commons license so you can use them for your personal and professional art!

View Latest Poses
  • Exploring the seafloor
  • Two mermaids underwater
  • Reaching to the water’s surface
  • Merman scooping up a underwater woman into his arms

Who uses AdorkaStock Poses?

Mintywolf // Website
Butterfly // Website
Aimee Cozza // Website
Kristina Gehrmann // Website
Mochibuni // Website
See more use examples

Popular Themed Packs

Digitigrade Unguligrade Legs Premium Pack preview image showing a model wearing digitigrade legs

Digitigrade Unguligrade Legs Pack

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Preview sheet that says "Character Reference Sheets" featuring a white woman standing in an aqua body suit.

Character Reference Sheets

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Preview of the Chair Pack, pose references of a thin, white, female model in a grid suit sitting on a chair in various ways

Chair – Sitting Poses

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Three images of a white tattooed man, some in heels, doing cutesy poses. Text over top reads "Babygirl pack."

Babygirl Pack

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Two latino men looking at each other, one sitting on a bench and leaning down towards the other. Text over top reads "Tico & Seven."

Tico & Seven – Gay Romantic Poses

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Deprecated Pose Gallery

The old pose gallery contains thousands of free poses you can use for your art! Poses will be moved over onto this site, but in the meantime, you can access the pose gallery on DeviantArt now.

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Your contributions help me make helpful references for artists just like you around the world! More patrons means more packs, more diverse models, more settings, and more of what you want to see. Becoming a patron is easy and comes with lots of perks.

Benefits include:

  • Anytime critiques
  • Direct pose requests
  • Unreleased stock goodies
  • 360° turn around video references
  • Instant access to 8+ years of Patreon archives
  • Discord access

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