TrueRef by Abbey Esparza
@trueref.bsky.social
A community project delivering you new pose reference packs monthly. Both free & premium! ⦿ Learn More: trueref.io ⦿ Follow Us: www.instagram.com/trueref.io ⦿ All refs are fully clothed. ⦿ All posted refs are free to use.
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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I forgot to post the winners today, but I will 100% tomorrow! 🙏
TrueRef by Abbey Esparza@trueref.bsky.social · 4w agoTrueRef Draw This! 015 ❤️🔥 July's Draw This! challenge has started. We provide a pose reference, you draw it! More info below. Two winners will be chosen to receive a free membership to TrueRef+! ⦿ Use #TrueRefDT015 to enter.
Happy 2nd birthday to TrueRef! 🎉 ⦿ 35% off EVERYTHING all through August ⦿ A new pose pack every week ⦿ Weekly freebies in the mailing list ⦿ A super secret fourth thing Look: trueref.io TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.
404 Media@404media.co · 22h agoMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
Meet Silas Styx!! he is one of my beloved dnd blorbos- a classic nobleman with a huge family and a bit of a bratty attitude. this particular painting of him has been in my WIPs for a looong time, but im glad to finally get it done!
I bought some reference packs from @trueref.bsky.social for their birthday! and now I'm doing pose studies.
Marshmallow the Tiefling, Lancer pilot time! She can be trusted with heavy machinery! Pose is from @trueref.bsky.social, a good source for poses. :D #LancerRPG #art #illustration
Hope everyone had a great #Artfight run! Whether for atttack or defense, it was a pleasure drawing up each of your ocs. Also a shoutout to @trueref.bsky.social; the subscription helped these pieces feel so much more dynamic. Very much worth it! #Artfight2026 #TeamMystery #ShareMyAttack2026
This is old, maybe PBS has backed away from it, but regardless the reality is your kid’s education is constantly being sold and baught. The same way Google successfully bought your kids.
hiksmash@hiksmash.blacksky.app · 2d agoWhat is PBS Kids doing telling 3rd graders to use Ai to write a poem???
Happy 2nd birthday to TrueRef! 🎉 ⦿ 35% off EVERYTHING all through August ⦿ A new pose pack every week ⦿ Weekly freebies in the mailing list ⦿ A super secret fourth thing Look: trueref.io TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
[Oc] Practice drawing from one of the refs from @trueref.bsky.social 🥰 enjoyed working on this a lot
It's started! It's officially our 2nd birthday. 🎉 ⦿ 35% off EVERYTHING all through August ⦿ A new pose pack every week ⦿ Weekly freebies in the mailing list ⦿ A secret fourth thing Look: trueref.io TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
TrueRef by Abbey Esparza@trueref.bsky.social · 5d agoSneak peak at one of FOUR upcoming packs! We're doing one new pack each week of August to celebrate our birthday! It's leo season, ya'll. ❤️🔥 TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
I feel a smarter person can flesh this out more, but I feel this is related to how sexualized women's feet have become. So much so that they feel uncomfortable showing them. Reaffirming that it is inherently sexual. Eventually leading to YT deleting channels based on "feet are boobs now."
Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d agoa bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...
The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us
Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d agoa bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...
A Mushroom is pleased to introduce to all of y'all, the MC of my novel (that I swear I will eventually write), Fai. 💁 Reference is from @trueref.bsky.social. Background and a lot of other things are from the ibisPaint repositories. Not entirely sure I'm happy with his face. 👀💀 #AMushroomDraws
Having a chill Saturday after being sick for a couple of days. Cleaned and reorganized my desk, drinking iced vanilla lattes, and sketching using some @trueref.bsky.social photos
Oh! Today is my 11 year anniversary of starting my Patreon! 🥰 That's rad!! I wanted to keep doing pose references but I had just had a kid and I was trying to figure out how I could keep prioritizing it and I decided to try to make some money doing it. Thanks for helping me do this weird job. 😁💕
I use 7 bajillion for best quality online. Industry standard.
Amalas@amalasrosa.bsky.social · 5d agoI saw someone use 5000dpi for their illustrations and this baffles and enrages me so much
Another round of gestures based on @trueref.bsky.social poses this week
It's started! It's officially our 2nd birthday. 🎉 ⦿ 35% off EVERYTHING all through August ⦿ A new pose pack every week ⦿ Weekly freebies in the mailing list ⦿ A secret fourth thing Look: trueref.io TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
TrueRef by Abbey Esparza@trueref.bsky.social · 5d agoSneak peak at one of FOUR upcoming packs! We're doing one new pack each week of August to celebrate our birthday! It's leo season, ya'll. ❤️🔥 TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
QRP with your most popular piece on Bluesky! Probably this one, and for good reason, because it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever made. Also nothing like most of my other work 😬 Ref by @trueref.bsky.social , featuring the exquisitely expressive @theaaronpalmer.bsky.social .
Davis Bickford@davis.social · 5d agoQRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~ I have some others that were more popular, but they were mostly meme doodles and not full illustrations (e.g. Jimothy!). So this one's the top "piece" ☺️
Don't sleep on participating in the various "QRP with your XYZ art" threads. I discover and follow so many artist from them every time.
Sneak peak at one of FOUR upcoming packs! We're doing one new pack each week of August to celebrate our birthday! It's leo season, ya'll. ❤️🔥 TrueRef: Just the reference you were looking for
"The Taunting Huldra" for #Truerefdt015 #Scandinavianfolklore
TrueRef by Abbey Esparza@trueref.bsky.social · 4w agoTrueRef Draw This! 015 ❤️🔥 July's Draw This! challenge has started. We provide a pose reference, you draw it! More info below. Two winners will be chosen to receive a free membership to TrueRef+! ⦿ Use #TrueRefDT015 to enter.
I emerge onto bsky to lean into the mic and say "What if... autumn? But it was blue :)" #TrueRefDT015 #bskyart #digitalart
We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year
doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me
