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Handy Art Reference Tool

Belief Engine
3D Lit Reference for Artists!
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Developer
Belief Engine
Language
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Size
258
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Apple ID478643661
Bundle IDcom.beliefengine.handyapp
SellerSeller
Min iOS11.0
Min macOS11.0
Device familiesiphone, ipad, ipod
Released2011-11-11
Copyright© Belief Engine
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What’s New Version 5.1.1

YIKES! Well, we really apologize for that last update that was causing Handy to crash on launch for a lot of you folks. Despite our rigorous testing, we're still trying to diagnose and figure out what exactly is going wrong there and reproduce it on our end. In the meantime we are reverting Handy back to the previous 5.0.7 version (Apple still makes us call it something new, so it's technically 5.1.1 yada yada). Anyways, very sorry about that. If YOU encountered the crashing, and want to help us diagnose and figure out what might be going on via some TestFlight beta testing, PLEASE reach out to us at contact@handyarttool.com!

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

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Version history 25 versions

Build 879504201v5.1.12025-11-05 23:54:48
YIKES! Well, we really apologize for that last update that was causing Handy to crash on launch for a lot of you folks. Despite our rigorous testing, we're still trying to diagnose and figure out what exactly is going wrong there and reproduce it on our end. In the meantime we are reverting Handy back to the previous 5.0.7 version (Apple still makes us call it something new, so it's technically 5.1.1 yada yada). Anyways, very sorry about that. If YOU encountered the crashing, and want to help us diagnose and figure out what might be going on via some TestFlight beta testing, PLEASE reach out to us at contact@handyarttool.com!
Build 879280378v5.12025-10-30 21:55:23
Handy users, thank you for your support! Here's a general update to dust off Handy and keep things working - Re-tooling the iCloud integration behind the scenes to hopefully make it much smoother and no longer cause long load times - Fixed an issue where links would no longer be able to opened in iOS18 or later - Fixed an issue where the rotation UI would not be aligned correctly on certain devices with skinnier aspect ratios
Build 872143465v5.0.72025-01-31 22:34:07
- Emergency bug fix for purchases suddenly locking up Handy Thank you for your support!
Build 856640144v5.0.52023-04-27 21:54:27
- Fixed an issue where images would sometimes fail to save to Photos with transparency. - Slight improvement to the Save Scene/Light Rig UX flow - Minor bug fixes Thank you for your support!
Build 846630430v5.0.42022-08-03 20:47:04
- Fix added for rotation getting stuck when using iPad OS gestures - Fix for some characters in Japanese & Chinese languages not appearing correctly
Build 840360505v5.0.32021-02-05 16:48:58
Reworked the selection outline effect for better performance
Build 840273258v5.0.22021-02-03 20:53:00
Reworked the selection outline effect for better performance
Build 838133954v5.0.12020-10-10 21:18:04
5.0.1 Fix for iPadOS screenshot sharing not working Welcome to the Handy 5.0 Update! Some new additions to this version include: - You can now load multiple models! - Upgraded lighting and rendering methods to PBR standards and with sub surface scattering effects - New category: Props! Knife, Pistol, Pipe, Sword, and Katana - Material Editor! Want to turn off the model's textures? Or edit the material to be more shiny? Or just want to color tint it? No problem - iCloud sync now enabled for your Saved Scenes and Light Rigs across devices! - Darker skin variants for hand / leg limbs - 2 new high res fully textured head busts added - Dynamic rendering quality for lower-end phones - Some expanded camera controls like being able to lock the light rotation to the camera rotation, or lock the axis of rotation (when in landscape mode) - Localization fixes. Better fonts for Japanese & Chinese Simplified languages
Build 836829705v5.02020-09-28 18:10:20
Welcome to the Handy 5.0 Update! Some new additions to this version include: - You can now load multiple models! - Upgraded lighting and rendering methods to PBR standards and with sub surface scattering effects - New category: Props! Knife, Pistol, Pipe, Sword, and Katana - Material Editor! Want to turn off the model's textures? Or edit the material to be more shiny? Or just want to color tint it? No problem - iCloud sync now enabled for your Saved Scenes and Light Rigs across devices! - Darker skin variants for hand / leg limbs - 2 new high res fully textured head busts added - Dynamic rendering quality for lower-end phones - Some expanded camera controls like being able to lock the light rotation to the camera rotation, or lock the axis of rotation (when in landscape mode) - Localization fixes. Better fonts for Japanese & Chinese Simplified languages
Build 826103997v4.22018-03-06 20:44:11
Female foot now available! It's automatically included alongside the Male Foot IAP, so if you've already grabbed that you'll get the female foot for free!
Build 825285804v4.1.42017-12-12 21:08:58
Fixing a crash that would occur on iOS 11 when saving a screenshot
Build 825173539v4.1.32017-12-05 07:32:19
Fixes splotchy shadow rendering errors occurring for iPhone 8/X users
Build 823386811v4.1.22017-08-23 08:29:13
New in 4.1.2: - Quick fix to a graphical glitch that would appear in the shadowed sides of lights. New in 4.1: - HUGE update to the Animal Skull Pack: Now includes a Chimpanzee, Boar, Raven, Turkey, Opossum, Sabertooth, Tufted Deer and Bear skull! - Two additional human heads: Female Planar and Old Man - Can now save transparent screenshots without a background - Localization! Now available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, French, German, and Spanish! As always, thank you for using and supporting Handy!
Build 823367100v4.1.12017-08-21 18:13:27
- HUGE update to the Animal Skull Pack: Now includes a Chimpanzee, Boar, Raven, Turkey, Opossum, Sabertooth, Tufted Deer and Bear skull! - Two additional human heads: Female Planar and Old Man - Can now save transparent screenshots without a background - Localization! Now available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, French, German, and Spanish! NOTE: There is currently a possible graphical glitch that can appear in the shadowed side of lights (like a weird glowing circle). A fix for this is currently in the App Store submission process.
Build 823249277v4.12017-08-19 19:00:16
- HUGE update to the Animal Skull Pack: Now includes a Chimpanzee, Boar, Raven, Turkey, Opossum, Sabertooth, Tufted Deer and Bear skull! - Two additional human heads: Female Planar and Old Man - Can now save transparent screenshots without a background - Localization! Currently available in Japanese (Chinese Simplified, Korean, French, German, and Spanish will come very soon in an update the following week) As always, thank you for using and supporting Handy!
Build 817665097v4.02016-07-22 03:54:55
- Hand / Foot pose-ability ! - Ability to screenshot and save to device gallery or share it - Landscape view layout support - iOS Split View multitasking support - Can now save head positioning - Rotation sensitivity is now adjustable in settings
Build 815402643v3.12016-01-13 08:52:26
NEW FANCY HEADS graciously provided by AnatomyNext - Female Erin - Male Planar - Male Topology - Male High-Res - Skull High-Res ANIMAL SKULL PACK [IAP] Great for animal/creature reference and inspiration! - Cow - Dog - Cat - Goat MISC STUFF - A bonus simple planed head for simplified light/shadow reference - Fixed some awkward geometry on the old male head, and up-res'd it a bit - Big improvements to the controls when two finger pinch-zooming and panning - Direct camera controls! Now you can adjust the zoom and the FOV easily with on-screen sliders - Skulls (those with a lower jaw anyways) now have on-screen sliders that allow you to open the mouth Thanks for using Handy! Your reviews help not only what needs to be focused on, but also keep Handy alive, so keep em coming!
Build 811778036v3.02015-05-01 16:29:27
- By popular demand, [male] foot now available as IAP - Two finger touch and drag will now move model around the screen - Lots of minor bug fixes. Also lots of re-writing stuff! So hopefully things are still running smoothly. Please leave a review and let us know what you think of Handy !
Build 810769460v2.4.12014-12-14 19:06:57
Light 1 now does cast shadowing. I'm working on getting cast shadows for all lights, but because of rendering technical limitations it's a bit involved. So until then, I figured I'd update with the one light. Handy is also in the middle of some restructuring for better lighting/material systems. I appreciate all your patience and support!! Help keep Handy going by leaving a review!
Build 278972639v2.3.22014-01-02 20:52:35
Re-implementing the fixes to the male & female hand rigs. If you experience any odd problems with this version please don't hesitate to contact us at contact@handyarttool.com ! And happy new year!
Build 251142686v2.3.12013-12-18 17:30:35
Fixing an bizarre flickering issue with iPhone4 / Touch4
Build 229554176v2.32013-12-12 23:30:39
Fixes to the female and male hands.
Build 84712705v2.22013-10-24 18:38:52
- Happy Halloween! I got you this HUMAN SKULL - New hand poses! - Some small fixes and optimizations
Build 23352638v2.12013-09-13 15:40:36
- A female hand! - A female head! - Fixed a bug with the saved light rig lists that could cause a crash, and an additional bug that could cause them to order incorrectly in rare situations
Build 13487045v2.02013-01-19 04:09:39
NEW FEATURES AND STUFF IN 2.0! - Now includes a 3D MALE HEAD model, for all your tricky angles and lighting reference needs! - Can now customize your light rig! Rotate each light individually and easily change it's color and intensity! - Like that customized lighting and hand position? Save it! - Bunch of new poses! - Major re-write fixing a lot of bugs, bad deformations, and wonky looking fingers
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Change log 29 changes · ZM

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releaseNotes updated
YIKES! Well, we really apologize for that last update that was causing Handy to crash on launch for a lot of you folks. Despite our rigorous testing, we're stil
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description updated
"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!"
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subtitle updated
3D Lit Reference for Artists!
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name updated
Handy Art Reference Tool
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Version 5.1.1 released
YIKES! Well, we really apologize for that last update that was causing Handy to crash on launch for a lot of you folks. Despite our rigorous testing, we're still trying to diagnose and figure out what exactly is going wrong there and reprod
◆
Version 5.1 released
Handy users, thank you for your support! Here's a general update to dust off Handy and keep things working - Re-tooling the iCloud integration behind the scenes to hopefully make it much smoother and no longer cause long load times - Fixed
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Version 5.0.7 released
- Emergency bug fix for purchases suddenly locking up Handy Thank you for your support!
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Version 5.0.5 released
- Fixed an issue where images would sometimes fail to save to Photos with transparency. - Slight improvement to the Save Scene/Light Rig UX flow - Minor bug fixes Thank you for your support!
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Version 5.0.4 released
- Fix added for rotation getting stuck when using iPad OS gestures - Fix for some characters in Japanese & Chinese languages not appearing correctly
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Version 5.0.3 released
Reworked the selection outline effect for better performance
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Version 5.0.2 released
Reworked the selection outline effect for better performance
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Version 5.0.1 released
5.0.1 Fix for iPadOS screenshot sharing not working Welcome to the Handy 5.0 Update! Some new additions to this version include: - You can now load multiple models! - Upgraded lighting and rendering methods to PBR standards and with sub
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Version 5.0 released
Welcome to the Handy 5.0 Update! Some new additions to this version include: - You can now load multiple models! - Upgraded lighting and rendering methods to PBR standards and with sub surface scattering effects - New category: Props! Knife
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Version 4.2 released
Female foot now available! It's automatically included alongside the Male Foot IAP, so if you've already grabbed that you'll get the female foot for free!
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Version 4.1.4 released
Fixing a crash that would occur on iOS 11 when saving a screenshot
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Version 4.1.3 released
Fixes splotchy shadow rendering errors occurring for iPhone 8/X users
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Version 4.1.2 released
New in 4.1.2: - Quick fix to a graphical glitch that would appear in the shadowed sides of lights. New in 4.1: - HUGE update to the Animal Skull Pack: Now includes a Chimpanzee, Boar, Raven, Turkey, Opossum, Sabertooth, Tufted Deer and Bea
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Version 4.1.1 released
- HUGE update to the Animal Skull Pack: Now includes a Chimpanzee, Boar, Raven, Turkey, Opossum, Sabertooth, Tufted Deer and Bear skull! - Two additional human heads: Female Planar and Old Man - Can now save transparent screenshots without
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Version 4.1 released
- HUGE update to the Animal Skull Pack: Now includes a Chimpanzee, Boar, Raven, Turkey, Opossum, Sabertooth, Tufted Deer and Bear skull! - Two additional human heads: Female Planar and Old Man - Can now save transparent screenshots without
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Version 4.0 released
- Hand / Foot pose-ability ! - Ability to screenshot and save to device gallery or share it - Landscape view layout support - iOS Split View multitasking support - Can now save head positioning - Rotation sensitivity is now adjustable in se
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Version 3.1 released
NEW FANCY HEADS graciously provided by AnatomyNext - Female Erin - Male Planar - Male Topology - Male High-Res - Skull High-Res ANIMAL SKULL PACK [IAP] Great for animal/creature reference and inspiration! - Cow - Dog - Cat - Goat MISC STU
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Version 3.0 released
- By popular demand, [male] foot now available as IAP - Two finger touch and drag will now move model around the screen - Lots of minor bug fixes. Also lots of re-writing stuff! So hopefully things are still running smoothly. Please leave a
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Version 2.4.1 released
Light 1 now does cast shadowing. I'm working on getting cast shadows for all lights, but because of rendering technical limitations it's a bit involved. So until then, I figured I'd update with the one light. Handy is also in the middle of
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Version 2.3.2 released
Re-implementing the fixes to the male & female hand rigs. If you experience any odd problems with this version please don't hesitate to contact us at contact@handyarttool.com ! And happy new year!
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Version 2.3.1 released
Fixing an bizarre flickering issue with iPhone4 / Touch4
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Version 2.3 released
Fixes to the female and male hands.
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Version 2.2 released
- Happy Halloween! I got you this HUMAN SKULL - New hand poses! - Some small fixes and optimizations
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Version 2.1 released
- A female hand! - A female head! - Fixed a bug with the saved light rig lists that could cause a crash, and an additional bug that could cause them to order incorrectly in rare situations
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Version 2.0 released
NEW FEATURES AND STUFF IN 2.0! - Now includes a 3D MALE HEAD model, for all your tricky angles and lighting reference needs! - Can now customize your light rig! Rotate each light individually and easily change it's color and intensity! - Li
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