DeleD Community Edition

[Alex Huck]

Here is an idea I got from a feature from another 3D modeller (Wings 3D)

Reference images. Take a 2d rectangle, add a texture, and model on top of it, using it as a guide.
It also helps to Freeze it, so you don't accidentally select it.

Better yet, you can take two 2D rectangles, and make a profile, front and side.

[Jeroen]

Nice idea. You could also press the right-mousebutton in a 2D view and load a background image right there.