About Handy Art Reference Tool
If you're an artist and ever wanted just quick and easy drawing reference for hands, heads, or even feet* 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: http://handyarttool.com/ 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 Follow HANDY on X http://twitter.com/HandyArtTool/
What Handy Art Reference Tool Is Used For
Handy Art Reference Tool appears to be a drawing reference app for artists who want quick visual guides for anatomy and posing. Based on the metadata, it focuses on rotatable 3D models of hands, heads, feet, and skulls so users can study angles, proportions, and pose ideas without needing to pose themselves or search for separate reference images.
The app also seems geared toward lighting and material studies, since it includes adjustable 3-point lighting and model material controls. That may make it useful for comic artists, painters, sketchers, and anyone working on character design or creature concepts. Because it is a phone app with USB storage and network permissions, it may also be used to save content locally and access online or update-related features, though the metadata does not specify every connected function. Some model packs and features appear to require in-app purchases.
Common uses
- Use 3D hand, head, and foot models as drawing references
- Rotate models to study poses and anatomy from different angles
- Adjust lighting to observe shadows and form
- Customize or edit poses for hands, feet, and skulls
- Explore head busts for face and head shading practice
- Use animal skull references for creature design or anatomy studies
- Save or manage app content on your device storage
App Details
Package:
com.beliefengine.handyapp
Developer:
Belief Engine
Version:
5.1.2
Updated:
Dec 12, 2025
Min Android:
6.0
Age Rating:
Teen
Contains Ads:
No
In-App Purchases:
Yes
Official Listing
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Official listing available on
Google Play
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Package name:
com.beliefengine.handyapp
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Age rating:
Teen
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How to Download Handy Art Reference Tool
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