Pose it · Peel it · Draw it

The anatomy app designed for artists

Turn any photo into a poseable 3D écorché, peel through skin, muscle, and bone, and study the pose you're drawing from every angle — on iPhone, iPad, and Android.

Free to download — the full model is free to explore.

Art Anatomy peeling the 3D figure from skin down to the skeleton, layer by layer

“The best anatomy app for all levels of artists.” — App Store review

Made for artists

One model. Every layer.

Match a difficult reference pose, check where a muscle attaches, make sense of a foreshortened limb — with real anatomy underneath every line.

Pose · 01

Instant poses from any photo

Pick a photo of a person and watch the écorché snap into the same pose. Pose detection runs entirely on your device — no upload, no account, no internet required.

Art Anatomy matching a reference photo of a dancer to a 3D écorché figure in the same pose

Layers · 02

Seven layers, color-coded

Move from skeleton to skin through seven color-coded layers, and see exactly what sits beneath every pose.

Color-coded muscle layers on the 3D figure with the layer slider

Motion · 03

Animate any muscle

Isolate a muscle and scrub from lengthened, through the pose already on screen, to contracted. Watch the bones move with it — and see the muscle belly bunch as it works.

The rectus femoris moving the hip and knee as the muscle changes length

Light · 04

Artist-studio lighting

Drag the light around the figure to study how shadow, highlight, and plane changes describe the form. The studio stays fixed as you orbit, so it feels like turning a model under a real lamp.

Studio lighting moving across the 3D anatomy figure to reveal different planes of the form

Gesture · 05

Pose it yourself

Grab the drag handles and build any gesture by hand. Every joint respects real anatomical limits, so you can make any pose you need — and never an impossible one.

Fine-tuning a pose by dragging joint handles on the 3D figure

Anatomy · 06

Every muscle, named

Tap a muscle for its proper anatomical name, or reveal the whole visible layer at once. Add an optional second line to study the same anatomy in two languages — with ten languages to choose from.

The 3D figure with anatomical labels pointing to every visible muscle
Every visible structure
Muscle labels shown in English and Traditional Chinese at the same time
Second language

And more

Built to go deeper

Your gesture library

Save the poses you build and grow a personal library of gestures to draw from again and again.

Male & female figures

Two professionally sculpted écorché models, so you can study the differences and draw either body with confidence.

Private by design

Photos are analyzed entirely on device. Art Anatomy never uploads your images and never asks for an account.

Reviews

Artists are drawing with it

Five-star reviews from figure drawing artists and students on the App Store.

Questions

Good to know

Is Art Anatomy free?

Yes. Art Anatomy is free to download on the App Store and Google Play. The complete 3D model, both figures, tap-to-identify, and single-muscle isolation are free to explore, so you can begin studying immediately. Art Anatomy Plus adds every dissection layer, muscle motion, extra render styles, movable studio lighting, the full label overlay, and unlimited photo poses. Plus is optional and available as either a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase.

The écorché figure lit by the movable studio light, an Art Anatomy Plus feature
How does pose-from-photo work?

Choose any photo of a person and Art Anatomy detects the body landmarks, then matches a fully rigged 3D écorché to the pose in seconds. From there you can orbit the figure, refine individual joints, change the anatomy layer, and save the result as a reusable drawing reference. The entire analysis runs on your device: photos are never uploaded, no account is required, and the feature works without an internet connection.

A reference photo with detected pose skeleton next to the matched 3D figure
What is an écorché?

An écorché is the classical “flayed figure” used in art schools: a model of the human body with the skin removed so the muscular forms can be studied directly. Artists use écorché figures to understand the masses beneath the surface, where muscles attach, and how those forms change with pose and viewpoint. Art Anatomy includes professionally sculpted male and female figures that you can pose, peel through, light, and study from any angle.

A traditional sculpted écorché showing the muscular forms of the back, shoulder, and arm
Traditional écorché
The Art Anatomy écorché with color-coded muscles visible in the app
Inside Art Anatomy
Who is Art Anatomy for?

Art Anatomy is made for artists and art students working in figure drawing, life drawing, gesture studies, illustration, comics, concept art, sculpting, and animation. It is useful whenever a reference photo hides the anatomy or a pose becomes difficult to understand in perspective. Rather than starting with medical terminology, the tools begin with artistic questions: matching a gesture, checking an attachment, comparing silhouettes, and making sense of foreshortening.

Building a custom gesture by dragging the figure’s joint handles
Which platforms does it run on?

Art Anatomy is available for iPhone and iPad through the App Store, and for Android phones and tablets through Google Play. The interface adapts to both compact phone screens and larger tablets, while keeping the same pose, layer, labeling, lighting, and reference tools. Once installed, the core anatomy reference does not require an account or a constant internet connection.

Art Anatomy running on phone and tablet
Can I learn the muscle names?

Yes. Tap any visible muscle to identify it, isolate it from the surrounding anatomy, or turn on the complete label overlay for the current view. Labels follow the figure as you orbit, helping connect the name to the three-dimensional form rather than to a flat diagram. You can also add a second language beneath each label and study the same anatomy side by side in any of ten supported languages.

Muscle labels shown in two languages at once