About the AnatomyArchive
would be crazy if anyone actually reads this
- What is the AnatomyArchive?
- Terms of Use
- Contact
- 100% Free
- No Ads
- No Subscriptions
- No Cookies
- Reference Pictures Included
- Easy to use for Teaching
- Beginner Friendly
- Introduction Video (20 seconds)
What is the AnatomyArchive?
The Concept
The AnatomyArchive is collaborative just like Wikipedia, which means you can create your own pages and study other pages.
(page just means article)
How AnatomyArchive will Improve Your Art
1. By Teaching others (creating a page that others will look at) YOU will actually gain the most knowledge!
I realized this when tutoring some kids, and now im using this hack to make yall better artists :)
Therefore the slogan 'Learning by Teaching'
2. Over time AnatomyArchive will become a reference book, that you can flip open anytime!
Perfect for keeping you company while making art.
Read more about The Vision
The Vision
I wanted to create a learning website for artists that is free of distracting ads and even more importantly free of paywalls. Basically no distractions, straight to the point -> Art
Many times I found a cool website with useful information, only for it to be locked behind a subscription or similar. I think that's the trend right now and it's a little annoying. Let's change that with AnatomyArchive!
Supporting individual artists, if you like what they do, is of course appreciated, but the overall theme of this website is free.
The 'free to use' aspect
At the core this website is a source of information, so an easy way to spread this information is just as important. There should't be a big problem using any of this site's knowledge - here are my thoughts:
I saw a few of my professors at university cite Wikipedia in their presentations and I thought it would be cool if there would be a library for art teachers. I like the idea of learning with the AnatomyArchive for yourself but helping others improve sounds just as good. Thus I want to make it easy for anybody to use the content of this website for teaching and similar purposes. Doesn't matter if you just want to use a page you created yourself or the page of another creator.
I tried to implement this into the rules of this website by making all content free to use*, more about that in the Terms of Use.
Terms of Use
By using the AnatomyArchive you automatically agree to the following terms:
Overall, I want this to be a respectful place to learn, for everybody.
Free to Use
All pages of the AnatomyArchive are free to use for anyone - non commercially (and commercially*).
The 3 simple rules are:
- *The pages are free to use commercially, so that they can be used for commercial teaching (e.g. classes/lessons, videos, articles). But you are not allowed to sell pages or parts of them directly, unless you ask me beforehand.
- If you use an AnatomyArchive page somewhere always provide credit to the artist in some way. The minimum is to cite the artist's name.
- You are not allowed to use any piece of this website for machine learning purposes, AI model training and similar.
Explicit Content
The AnatomyArchive is meant as an educational platform for the whole human body but there are a few boundaries:
- You are not allowed to display genitals.
- The Reference Pictures have somewhat stricter rules, because there are real human beings involved. Read here (Creator only)
If you have questions about any of this -> contact me please
Contact
Founder
The AnatomyArchive is run by Elias "xlas" Klassen
Fine Arts student, Germany (Bonn)
Feel free to contact me via DM or Email
info(at)anatomyarchive.org
replace (at) with @
that's just to prevent bots from collecting my email
Official 'xlas' Socials
@by_xlas on most Socials:
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YouTube
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Official AnatomyArchive Socials
BookStack
This website is based on Bookstack. Check it out! Very cool!
100% Free
The AnatomyArchive is 100% Free, Forever
This project is not about money, it's about anatomy. Read more about this
No Ads
The AnatomyArchive is Ad free
No distractions, just knowledge. Read more about this
No Subscriptions
There are No Subscriptions available on the AnatomyArchive
We all have enough subscriptions to manage, lets not add another one. Read more about this
No Cookies
No Cookies are gathered on the AnatomyArchive
You can keep your personal data.
Reference Pictures Included
All Study Pages on the AnatomyArchive have Reference Pictures Included
This is very useful, if you want to get it right. Read more about this (Account required to view this site because of the partnerships with the picture studios)
Easy to use for Teaching
Pages on the AnatomyArchive are Easy to use for Teaching purposes
I would have loved an AnatomyArchive worksheet in school. Read more about this
Beginner Friendly
The AnatomyArchive is Beginner Friendly
Your are a Beginner? That's Perfect! Just choose a topic you want to study and create a page about it.
I promise you: You will improve more by creating this one page than by watching 100 hours of Art-TikToks! Why?
'I am not good enough'
Are you still considering whether you are good enough to post on the AnatomyArchive? I understand you, but no worries: We are all here to learn. No one will judge you. If anything, you will probably make new art friends ;)
Introduction Video (20 seconds)
(20 seconds)