Clothed photo-set: Rik (Patreon)

We're welcoming Rik to the Draw Patreon with his first full photo-sets! Rik is a Brighton-based poet. I first met Rik competing at the Hammer & Tounge poetry slams back in 2009 and discovered he was an old friend of our photographer Olly, so this reference photo shoot became something of a catch up. We asked Rik to enact a regular summer day for us - as he's a keen runner and writer we have a series of reference image of him taking up a spot on a park bench to write, stretch, fuel up on bananas and coffee and set off on his run. We hope some of the action shots will be useful to our illustrators and animators! We have a whole load more summer sets coming out soon, where we're heading off to the beach with Evita and Kiwie...

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About the model

• You can follow Rik on Instagram HERE

• You can find Rik's portrait replay HERE

About the photographer & photos

• The photos were shot by Olly Hearsey at his own palatial studio in New England House. You can tag him on Instagram here.

• You can find the release schedule for our summer photosets, along with preview images of all of the sets HERE 

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Use the Draw Patreon Navigator to find any of our past photosets and take a look at our blogs on how to gather, manipulate and translate photo reference.

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Guidelines for using the photographs

Please do:

• Download these pictures to your own computers and devices, downloading the Zip files for all images, or saving individual photos.

• Use the pictures to draw, paint, print and sculpt from, being as realistic or creative as you like

• Share the artwork you’ve made with us and the world - in books, in exhibitions, on social media, or on your fridge

• Tag us in work you make (@drawbrighton / #drawbrighton) – you don’t have to, but we love to see what you’ve made!

• Edit the photo files as reference for your own drawings - you can change the contrasts, colours and backgrounds to provide more tailored reference for yourself.

Please don't:

• Share these pictures with anybody else – they are between you and us

• Share the photos themselves online – thanks for respecting our models’ privacy

• Edit the photo files themselves for artwork – we want to see original work you’ve made

Thanks!