getting better at being an artist's model...

~crewelandunusual Jun 18, 2012 Professional Photographer

i'm a professional portrait and wedding photographer, but i've always loved being able to be the subject of painted/sketched/etc. artwork and am working hard on becoming a better artist's model. i'm uploading mostly self-portraits to my page for this reason and would LOVE for people to use my photos as inspiration.
i'm open to doing any conceptual photos, as well as offering points (which i keep a steady supply of) in exchange for work in some situations.

thanks!

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*tursiart Jun 20, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

What KyteGlory said. I love drawing and sketching from photos, but there is nothing in your gallery remotely interesting to me or useful to my needs. I mean no offense by this, I'm just saying there is nothing dynamic or original about any of your current photos, OR they simply look like artistic photography and not a resource.

None of your photos that I clicked on are in the stock categories. They are in things like artistic nude, portrait, etc... It's generally bad form to use non-stock photos stock, so a lot of folks won't use your photos for that reason alone. If you want people to use them as stock, move them to the appropriate stock folder. (And also, take photos that look like stock.)

~KyteGlory Jun 20, 2012

If you want artist to draw you, take useful stock photos. Lay off the filters and the wacky cropping. Take crisp, high resolution shots of yourself in doing normal human things like sitting, walking, crouching, knitting, or whatever--artists already have more "girls posing sexy-like" stock than they'll ever need. Show the same pose or scene with multiple variations in posing and perspective. Try to light the pictures so as to help artists see the shape of your body. Put your entire body in the shot. Artists can crop the picture themselves if they want to, but they can't draw body parts that you didn't include in the picture to do begin with. Keep makeup to a minimum, so that artists can see your face.
And remember, good stock photography is simple, straight-forward, and as true-to-life as is possible. It's the artists job, not the stock providers', to dress the image up and make it 'artsy.'

~Daws3 Jun 19, 2012 Professional General Artist

Have you modeled live for people as an art model? just curious... I use to a bit and am thinking of going back into it in a couple months

~MischiefofRats Jun 19, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I don't quite understand what you're getting at. You want people to use your non-stock photos as stock?

*LudwigvanKickass2 Jun 19, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Try not moving so much.

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