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Skelly - Art Model app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 5920 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: Proko
6.99 USD
Current version: 2.01, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 10 May 2015
App size: 104.2 Mb

Hey artists! Tired of scouring the internet for reference material? Does the NSA think you’re a weirdo for looking up all those skeleton pictures? Got no-body to pose for you? Its going tibia ok, the Skelly app is just what you need! With the Skelly app you can literally pull the inspiration you need right out of your pocket anywhere, anytime!

Skelly is a fully poseable, anatomically correct reference skeleton for artists. A simplified version of the skeleton is also included, named “Robo-Skelly”. These figures were created to make the study of anatomy easier and more enjoyable for students and professionals without leaving your wallets bone dry. They can also be used to inspire poses for drawing, painting, sculpting, illustration, animation, comics, manga, storyboarding, twerking, and to fully understand the anatomy of the human skeleton. No need for super gluteus, Skelly comes pre-assembled and ready to pose as soon as you launch the app!

Learning the structure of the human body is the skeleton key to drawing the figure in an anatomically correct manner without having to clear your browser history to avoid awkward conversations with your loved ones. Whether you want to make works like Michelangelo or Miyazaki, Skelly will help you focus on your art and let you personalize his poses, rather than searching for reference material and hiring models. Learn to draw the skeleton from any angle without the inconvenient and morally questionable need to go grave robbing.

FEATURES:

Anatomically correct skeleton
Simplified “Robo Skelly”
Proportions based on the teachings of Dr. Paul Richer
Skull fits perfectly into a “Loomis Head” as taught by Andrew Loomis
Poseable joints
Pose Library - choose from pre made poses and save your own
Movable camera
Adjustable light source
Choose light or dark background
Reset to neutral “Anatomical Pose”

PEOPLE LOVE IT:

James Gurney, author of ‘Color and Light’ and ‘Imaginative Realism’ Says:

"Bend him, twist him, contort him! The Skelly app lets you put a virtual human skeleton into any pose, and to see him from any angle, and in any lighting. It’s a great tool for art students or professionals wondering what the skeleton is really doing beneath a life pose, or for anyone wanting to visualize a pose from scratch. The interface is intuitive to learn and easy to use, without sacrificing any of the nuances of the human body’s complex range of movement. Skelly is a big improvement over the old wooden mannikin."

- Chris Oatley, Director Of The Oatley Academy Of Visual Storytelling Says:

"Skelly is the fastest, most fluid anatomical reference I have ever seen. I was shocked at how easy it is to pose the figure and direct the light source. Finally! It’s the app visual artists have been waiting for."

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Pros and cons of Skelly - Art Model app for iPhone and iPad

Skelly - Art Model app good for

Stan Prokopenko continues to put out educational refernce material of the highest level - this app is no exception. A must own for art students looking for quality reference to support their efforts.
The app is very smooth, easy to operate and intuitive. Im a Registered Massage Therapist and an armature artist. I will enjoy using this app to explain treatments to my clients so they can visualize what I am talking about anatomically. For the last 15 years Ive always had to draw it out for them if they could not visualize the anatomical problem areas. This will also be handy for drying as well. I would like to see one of the 3-D wooden dummy versions of this, perhaps as a third option to the skeletal system and the basic frame of the body.
Wow this is really amazing. Helps me with coming up with poses. Using this and watching Proko on YouTube.
Dont get me wrong, I adore this app. But if you were to update it again, there should be an option for muscles! If not, still an amazing app I love using!
Love this app so far! I wish I could adjust the jaw though, hopefully in a future update.
I will be very appreciated in next update for saving poses option.

Some bad moments

This costs more than "Infinity Blade" a full 3D ios game, and After purchasing "ArtPose" app for more than 1/2 the price with 4x the amount of content and features, or more, this skelly app is bare bones. Buy artpose. Avoid buyers remorse.
Hands down the best anatomy app for creative purposes. The ease of manipulating poses separates this tool from all the others Ive tried. The simplified structure view mode is also a great feature that makes drawing a lot easier for artists in training like me. Smooth graphics. Its great!
Without exaggeration, this is one of the best art resource apps I have ever purchased. Ive been watching Stan on YouTube from the beginning and have purchased many of his other resources, much to my enlightenment and education; and this one is no less incredible. In less than a minute I had the skeleton layout--in perspective--for my latest commissioned character. The handling is both intuitive and easy-to-learn, and theres also a universal lighting feature which allows you to change the direction of the light source. Im so thrilled!
This is exactly what Ive been looking for for months now. Its simple to use, providing just enough features to be a powerful tool, without the burden of a learning curve. For the price of a wooden mannequin, you get something thats infinitely more posable and useable.
easy to pose, realistic view of joint movement. much better than the other posing apps ive used.
I love the fact you can change the lighting in the app! The only thing I wish it had was constraints on the bones. I know they exist on the ankles but you can turn the arms and neck 360 degrees around. And I also noticed that there is a floating bone near the front neck area? Otherwise I would definitely recommend this app to any artist!