Gesturtle

Gesturtle is a desktop app for timed drawing practice using your own reference images.

Figure drawing practice sites like Line of Action and Quickposes are great, but you can only practice from their images. Gesturtle is for artists who collect their own references. 

Import your images, tag them however you like, and turn any part of your library into a timed practice session. 

Side Note: This was initially developed for something for personal use, but it grew into something more and I figured others might find it useful as well. I hope it helps anyone who gives it a shot!

Features:

• Flexible sessions: chain segments together, like 5x30s, then 3x2min, then 1x10min (save them as presets too!)
• Ramping timers: times that grow across a segment, for example from 30 seconds to 5 minutes
• Memory drawing: study an image, draw it from memory, then compare
• Study aids: flip, rotate, zoom, grayscale, blur, grid, and 2 to 4 tone value studies, all without changing the original
• Tags and filters: nested tags like animal / bird, And/Or/Exclude filters, saved views, and playlists
• Easy importing: drag and drop files, folders, or images straight from a browser, and duplicates are caught automatically
• Session review: look back over each image afterward and favorite or tag the keepers
• Portable library: one self-contained folder that you can back up, sync, or keep in git

On first launch, pick a folder for your library, import some images, and hit Start practice. To try it without your own images, download the example library and open it through Settings > Backup > Import archive…

For more info, view the project showcase!