Compiling an Art Bible
Once you have collected your reference material, you will need a way to organize it, or it’s going to be a nightmare trying to find what you want when you need it. Putting the images online into a wiki or ftp site is be a great idea— though you will need to scan the images from the printed material. This is probably what you will have to do if you are working on an indie project with multiple artists across the country (or world). However, you want more than just a catalogue of images. What you want is a something like an Art Bible, which is a collection of images, colors, moods and other visual reference for artists to use. This is the job of the art director, so if there is one on your team, you can assign it to them (or just work on it yourself).