Tag: poses

grizandnorm:

Tuesday Tips – “Pick A Side”

To create appeal and clarity in your figure drawing (or any character drawing), try to simplify an overall side of the body and to keep the details (limbs sticking out, face profile, body compression) to the other side. Your posing will becoming much more dynamic and interesting to look at, creating an organic asymmetry to the overall silhouette of the body.
-Norm

munchanka:

Last night, Paul Mendoza and I spoke to our animation class about the concept of “Simple vs Complex,” and I thought some of you might find this useful. The idea is to balance a strong pose by contrasting simple and contrast forms.  The simple (stretching) side of a pose is usually your main line of action, while the complex (squashing) side is where you get most of the interest and the focal points of the pose. “Simple vs Complex” also works for individual parts like a flexing arm or a hand pose. This concept enhances clarity, appeal, and energy in any pose.

Bruce Timm’s style illustrates this concept best, but great actors (like the Python troupe) display this kind of posing all the time.

Have at it!

helpfulharrie:

i havent seen a post about it yet but what was previously artists.pixelovely.com updated in november & has it been rewritten from the ground up!

now line-of-action.com, it’s now mobile friendly & has cool stuff like custom timers and huge improvements to the ui. you can find out more here:
https://line-of-action.com/welcome-new-site/

if you’re not familiar with the website, you choose a time & it will display a random image for the duration before changing to another one, making it a really great tool for practice & studying.
it also has a class mode with slowly increasing durations & scheduled breaks!

spacemuffinz:

nvaderxim:

SO THERE’S THIS THING CALLED ANATOMY360.

The vimeo video page says:

Imagine having 1000s of life models on your desktop or your tablet, being able to change the lighting or viewing angle to anything you like, you will be able to change the angle whilst you sketch or sculpt turn the texture on and off to get a look at the underlying forms.

No more working from photographs or studying poor quality hand made 3D models This is 3D photography these are not sculptures or interpretations they are real people in real poses captured using 140 Canon DSLR’s

THE FUTURE IS NEARLY HERE.

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OMG

(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)