v1.0 · Free & open source · MIT

Draw more.
Think less.

A minimalist desktop app for gesture drawing and figure study. Your references, your timer, zero friction.

Download for Windows Source on GitHub Linux install guide

100% offline · No accounts · No telemetry · Read disclosure

Poscure — Library
LIBRARY
Figure Studies
847 images
Gestures
1,203 images
Anatomy Refs
312 images
Life Drawing
Scanning…
2,362 images · 4 folders
Cols: 6 Medium
847 images 3 selected
Session mode

The whole screen. Just the image.

Controls fade away. The arc counts down. You draw.

34 / 120 ● RUNNING Figure Studies
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What it does

Built for the practice, not the setup.

Every decision is about getting into a session faster and staying there longer.

Your own library
Unlimited local folders, recursive scanning, orientation filter. Your files never leave your machine.
Timed sessions
Fixed or random duration per image. Presets for 30s gestures, 5min studies. Break system built in.
Fullscreen focus
Session mode fills your screen. Controls auto-hide after 3 seconds, return on mouse move.
Live transforms
Mirror and grayscale toggle instantly. Previous image history works even in random mode.
Hotkey-driven
Every action has a shortcut. Space pauses, arrows navigate, G/M toggle transforms. All remappable.
Smart caching
SQLite thumbnail cache. Next images preload in background. Fast even with 10k+ libraries.
Who it's for

Made for artists who practice seriously.

Gesture drawers
30–60 second timed sessions with fast image cycling. Build line confidence and speed.
30s / 60s sessions
Figure study artists
Longer sessions with structured breaks. Work through anatomy, proportion, and form.
2min – 10min studies
Illustration students
Load curated reference packs. Practice specific subjects — hands, faces, poses — with your own collections.
Custom libraries
Daily warmup artists
Quick sessions before real work. No account, opens fast, gets out of your way immediately.
Zero friction
Install

Up and drawing in under 2 minutes.

1
Download the portable .exe
No installation needed. Single file, runs anywhere on Windows 10+.
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Poscure.exe
~58 MB · github.com
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2
Run it
Double-click Poscure.exe. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning.
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If Windows SmartScreen appears: click "More info" → "Run anyway". The app is unsigned because code signing certificates cost $300/year. The source is fully open — read it before running if you prefer.
3
Add your image folders
Click "+ Add Folder" or drag a folder straight onto the sidebar. Poscure scans everything recursively and you're ready to draw.
→ opens file picker, select any folder
or
📁 Drag a folder here
Requirements
Windows 10+ or Linux
macOS works from source (untested in v1)
Python 3.10+ (Linux / source only)
Windows .exe is fully standalone — no Python needed
PySide6 + Pillow
Auto-installed via pip on Linux
~100 MB disk
App + thumbnail cache storage
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Open Source

Free to use.
Free to inspect.

Poscure is MIT licensed. The full source is on GitHub — read it, fork it, build on it, or just verify it does what it says.

No business model. No telemetry, no accounts, no monetization. It's a tool that needed to exist.

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lonemagma / poscure
github.com/lonemagma/poscure
Minimalist desktop app for gesture drawing and figure study practice. Python + PySide6 + SQLite.
License MIT
Latest release v1.0.0
Source files 23 files · ~5,200 lines
Platform Windows · Linux
Python · PySide6 · SQLite · Pillow
About

Who built this, and how.

The project

Poscure

A gesture and figure drawing practice tool. No cloud, no accounts, no noise. Built because the alternatives were too heavy, too expensive, or not private enough.

PythonPySide6 PillowSQLite
Credits

Built by LoneMagma ♥

Conceived, directed, and shipped by LoneMagma — part of the Pacify project family.

@lonemagma pacify.site poscure on GitHub
Disclosure

AI-assisted build

Most of Poscure's code was written by Claude (Anthropic), directed and architected by LoneMagma.

An architect doesn't lay every brick — the building is still theirs. AI handled implementation detail; every product decision was human.

On AI authorship: The majority of Poscure's codebase was generated by Claude (Anthropic's AI), through directed sessions on Claude.ai. This is intentional — one developer using AI can ship what normally takes a team, without sacrificing structure or intent. The architecture, UX decisions, and everything shipped are entirely human.

Tools used: Claude (Anthropic) — code generation and debugging · Claude.ai — development interface · Python, PySide6, Pillow, SQLite — runtime stack.