Y’all I have sent artists some SHAMEFUL doodles as refs along with regular old photographs for color and texture and they nail it every time because they are ARTISTS. PAY THEM
Some alternative resources for creating character refs:
Hero Forge (free)
Picrew character creators (free)
Dress-up & doll maker games (free)
Photos, photo collages & mood boards (free)
Self-drawn doodles (free)
RPG character creators (Dragon's Dogma 2, BG3 etc)
Character image packs by creatives
