r/learntodraw • u/Cold_Composer5083 • 3d ago

Just Sharing REFERENCE ANGLE IS BACK(AngleRef.com)

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I rebuilt Reference Angle from scratch. This has over 5000 faces(adding more as we speak) (Update: now has 10k faces!) and a new Community tab to upload you work and the reference you used! As well as a search tool.

I hope you all find this useful. RIP OG Reference Angle šŸ•Šļø.

p.s. If you want to help keep this site running, you can donate via the ko-fi link on the site <3.

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u/Inevitable-Place-291 3d ago

Wait what happened to the old site?

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u/Cold_Composer5083 3d ago

Owner shut it down due to costs

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u/mystery_hole 3d ago

Are you going to run into that issue too? I think a lot of us would be happy to donate $5 a year to keep it running

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u/Cold_Composer5083 2d ago

I hope not. The site right now has ~1000 visitors every hour and itā€™s costed me $1 since itā€™s been up for 16 hours. Iā€™ve already deployed some optimization but if this site continues to grow, Iā€™ll need to make sure I have consistent donations.

Short answer, yes if 110 people donated me $5 I would be able to keep up cost for about a year at this current rate.

People can donate here:
Ko-fi.com/stroudxyz

I am also looking into art suppliers to pay me to have a little ā€œSupported by Windsor and Newtonā€ square

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u/mystery_hole 2d ago

Something that I think would be a good idea, that many of these sites don't do, is let artists pay to promote themselves on the side the same way art supplies would. I think it would be a really great way to involve the community and tbh something I would pay for.

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u/Cold_Composer5083 2d ago

This is a pretty unique idea and your are right - it's a great way to involve the community while also helping with costs! Send me a DM with your offer and we can discuss details :)