Handy Art Reference Tool

Handy Art Reference Tool

Belief Engine·4.8 ★·$1.99

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Description

"Thanks to this useful app, drawing realistic hands can become a whole lot easier" - ImagineFX

"Pencillers, inkers, and colorists should all give this a look!" - Tony Moore, co-creator of The Walking Dead

If you're an artist and ever wanted just quick and easy drawing reference for hands, heads, or even feet (IAP) without having to awkwardly pose your limbs in front of a mirror, this app is for you!

HANDY® is an artist's reference tool, consisting of several rotatable 3D limbs with a variety of poses useful for drawing. You can also customize and edit your own poses for hands, feet, and skulls.

Fully adjustable 3-point lighting means you can get easy lighting reference when using any of the 10+ included 3D head busts. Handy if you’re painting and need to know what shadows the head casts from a certain angle!

Also available is the Animal Skulls pack. With over 10 different animal species, it's great for anatomical reference or creature design inspiration.
[Foot rigs and Animal Skull pack require additional purchase]

NEW in Handy v5: Edit the materials of models! Selectively turn off their textures, adjust their specularity, or tint them a certain color.

Perfect for comic book artists, painters, or just casual sketchers!

Featured in ImagineFX's Top 10 Must-Have Apps!

Check out the video demo:
https://www.youtube.com/@handyarttool

Sign up for the HANDY newsletter for information about new upcoming updates!
http://www.handyarttool.com/newsletter

Follow HANDY on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/handyarttool.bsky.social

Developer

Belief Engine

Developer ID: 478643664

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What's New

Version 5.2·Aug 24, 2026

HANDY users, thank you very much for your patience and supportive understanding. We’re ready to finally try applying our previous update once again. If you encounter any issues or problems, PLEASE do not hesitate to reach out to us at contact@handyarttool.com ! - Apple iCloud integration is completely re-written from the ground up, and (hopefully) should not produce any crashing or significant delays when opening Handy. - Fixing issues where links could no longer be opened in iOS18 or later - Fixing an issue where the rotation UI would not be aligned correctly on certain devices with skinnier aspect ratios. - Now supports swipe from left-edge Back shortcut gestures in the menus - Fix for not being able to individually adjust the Jaw sliders for loaded skulls

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.8

1,245 ratings

Google Play

4.7

4,584 ratings

50,000+ downloads

5★
81%
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13%
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2%
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4%

Recent Reviews

نوراء البلادي

Google Play

I used it once tbh it's not bad I will use it again but if there was more items I could use or if I can control their size that would be great. and if it's possible to add an option to only highlight one finger when I change it position instead of the whole hand it would be better and easier to use I had to change the angle of the camera multiple times to be able to choose which one I want to change.

Oct 14, 2026

Andrew Edwards

Google Play

pretty good. only one skin tone. all hands are black even if you select white.

Oct 9, 2026

Byron Pierce

Google Play

awesome!

Sep 21, 2026

Arvee Barbosa

Google Play

very helpful tool on-the-go

Sep 17, 2026

Oliver Ripplinger

Google Play

Usually don't really like "art helping" apps because they're always behind insane paywalls and barely have any mechanics, but this is genuinely a good app. they have hand reference with poseable fingers, and like 5 different heads you can rotate, change lighting, like literally anything. very good I highly reccomend

Sep 9, 2026

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