{"id":110,"date":"2023-01-04T22:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:13:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/?page_id=110","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Connecting <strong><em>experienced<\/em><\/strong> Chicago-area people that figure model for pay or pay for figure models.&nbsp; Two Directories.&nbsp; Accessable <strong><em>ONLY<\/em><\/strong> by Registry members.  Look up figure models or figurative artists that you would like to work with and contact them.  It&#8217;s that simple!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apply for a listing on the Registry when you can provide your headshot (&#8220;Avatar&#8221;) and verifiable Chicago-area references (email addresses).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memberships are good for twelve months and are free. To keep your name in a Directory, you need to update your listing and renew your membership each year. This helps to keep the Directory listings accurate and current.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are new to figure modeling, <strong>The Art Model&#8217;s Handbook<\/strong> is an excellent resource for professional models.  More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/artmodelbook.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"artmodelbook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artmodelbook.com<\/a>.  Available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Models-Handbook-Classes-Artists\/dp\/1442169699\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22J5SNBU6UKN2&amp;keywords=the+art+model+handbook&amp;qid=1676076974&amp;sprefix=the+art+model+handbook%2Caps%2C94&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-art-model-s-handbook-the-naked-truth-about-posing-for-art-classes-and-fine-artists-andrew-cahner\/9787630?ean=9781442169692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bookshop.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#00ff00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">ED<\/mark><\/strong> &#8211; If you haven&#8217;t seen this tribute to figure models, a 2015 Sheridan College graduate thesis animation by Taha Neyestani, you owe it to yourself to watch it.  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qsxm4mUjf4w?si=XLQFfFDhUCZ2AjMD\">&#8220;ed&#8221; &#8211; Animated Short Film | Sheridan 2015<\/a>. After you watch it once, be sure watch the posing sequences again, <strong>but at 1\/4 speed!<\/strong> Taha demonstrates all the figure rendering techniques that I&#8217;ve ever heard of!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting experienced Chicago-area people that figure model for pay or pay for figure models.&nbsp; Two Directories.&nbsp; Accessable ONLY by Registry members. Look up figure models or figurative artists that you would like to work with and contact them. It&#8217;s that simple! Apply for a listing on the Registry when you can provide your headshot (&#8220;Avatar&#8221;)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/?page_id=110\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rofmaa.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}