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RefStage
A mood board and practice log app for artists and designers
RefStage - Your creative reference workspace. Organize references, build mood boards, and bring your art to life.
Hey Product Hunt, I made RefStage.
I'm a software engineer by day, and at night I draw a comic. For years my references were scattered everywhere. Some lived in folders on my Mac, some in my camera roll, some on Pinterest boards I could never find again. When I sat down to draw, I spent more time hunting for the right photo than drawing.
So I built the app I wanted. RefStage keeps your whole reference library in one place, on your own device. Point it at the folders you already have and it indexes them where they are. Or import them into the app directly.
Version 1.1 just shipped, and it's the biggest update so far:
- A built-in browser that collects images from any site as you scroll
- Video, 3D models and PDFs sit in the library next to your images
- Search your whole library by color
- Mood boards with sketching, shapes, connectors and palettes
- Study Mode for timed drawing practice, with value tools, grids, streaks, and a count of the references you've never drawn
- Pop-out windows on Mac, so a reference can float over your drawing app
A few things I care about: there's no account and no subscription, and it works offline. You only pay once ($14.99). It runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android, with Windows and Linux on the way.
It's just me building this, so every piece of feedback goes straight will make its way into the code. I'd love to know how you organize your references today, and what always gets in the way when you sit down to practice.
About RefStage on Product Hunt
“A mood board and practice log app for artists and designers”
RefStage was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #65 on the daily leaderboard. RefStage - Your creative reference workspace. Organize references, build mood boards, and bring your art to life.
On the analytics side, RefStage competes within Android, Design Tools, Art and Graphics & Design — topics that collectively have 345.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how RefStage performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted RefStage?
RefStage was hunted by Samoremi LLC. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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