/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4089299
Lmao just draw bro

>>4089299
What the fuck are you asking

>>4089310
Not op but basically "How do you keep coming up with new interesting poses?"

>>4089299
i'd love to know too. i wish there was some place i could find catalogs of poses

>>4089299
>Steal from Pixiv.
>Steal from (Your favorite character here) on Danbooru.
>Steal from Gatcha art.
>Steal from the Japanese tutorial book you torrented.

>>4089364
NGMI

>>4089338
>Have an idea of what sort of personality/mood the drawing of the character is supposed to convey (Wild, cheerful, cute, sad, angry, confused, etc.)
>Look at drawings and photos of people that convey the same or a similar mood if your visual library isn't strong. Pay extra attention to gesture
>Remix the elements you say in the drawings/photos you observed to create a similar, but original pose

>>4089348
This
>Google for poses
>Only omg so epic action jumping with sword poses show up
>Meanwhile the japanese have mountains of books filled with poses for every possible mood and action
>Can't buy them because they don't ship them here
>Can't find any of them online
It's like the world is trying to make us suffer

>>4090472

Or you could just, I don't know, use real life poses and translate those into anime proportions.

I use Flickr. I usually type in shit like "Indian woman" or something kind of specific. Usually helps to look for exotic shit, especially for cultures that have festivals, because you'll run across dancers, performers, etc. that will have very expressive poses.

Another great one is kids. Kids are super duper honest and their posture reflects that. Pic related.

>>4089299
Always keep in mind that for every pose you come up with, there is an infinite number of vantage points you can draw that pose from. For every one of those vantage points, there is an infinite number of framing and perspective distortion you can apply to it.

As for coming up with new poses, try including objects or other figures to interact with. You can never really run out.

>>4089299
Look at a pose, and rotate it. You do know how to rotate your figures in 3d space, right?

>>4090516
pyw and show that you can.

>>4089299
The question should be how do you come up with compositions. Clearly you've seen the pose in your OP pic a 100000 times. But what you haven't seen 10000 times is a girl holding up photos like that arranged strategically and sky blue eyes with sparkly space gradient and filter spam.

>>4090516
how big of a brain would you need to do that

>>4090499
Those are nice tips, and thank you! But the posebooks i mean feature real life people anyway. They usually show photographs of a person doing 1-2 poses from different angles per page, and i'd just be nice to have a lot of poses cataloqued for quick looking and searching, yknow

>>4090849

So make a folder, hell make a bunch of them. That's what all the professionals have. Honestly, would you rather lug a book around or just look it up on a computer/phone?

>>4090499
>Have photos of kids.
>When friends see your monitor they ask why you have pics of kids.
Thanks but I'll stick with >>4089364 instead

>>4089370
like you'd know

If all else fails, use a generic 3d model, pose it, and draw

>>4089299
TL;DR There are a finite amount of poses the human body can do. Focus on the framing and the message of the character rather than coming up with new poses.

OP there is a finite of appealing poses the human body can do. So coming up with a new pose that's appealing for every new painting is kinda impossible to do. What really matters is not the pose itself but the way you frame that pose. What is the character trying to portray? What type of emotion is the character conveying? Do you use a high or low camera angle? For what reason? What are you trying to show with this pose.

>>4089299
>>4089299
TL;DR There are a finite amount of poses the human body can do. Focus on the framing and the message of the character rather than coming up with new poses.

OP there is a finite of appealing poses the human body can do. So coming up with a new pose that's appealing for every new painting is kinda impossible to do. What really matters is not the pose itself but the way you frame that pose. What is the character trying to portray? What type of emotion is the character conveying? Do you use a high or low camera angle? For what reason? What are you trying to show with this pose.

>>4091356
shit I sent it 2 times how do I delete this?

>>4091339
where can i get one of those? have an idea for a picture i want to draw but the pose is awkward to the point where i cant find it on goggle

>>4091358
Design doll is my go-to

>>4091358

I'm a 3d modeler, but I'm picking up 2d art to help with my sculpting. I've never used a posing model (yet), but after googling "3d drawing program with 3d posing", a few that came up and looked decent were:

justsketchme
magicposer

aaaand... I know I saw a youtube video of a 2d sketching program (like corall painter) that had a built in 3d poser you could set up, along with backgrounds and an asset store. It looked fantastic, but I can't find it anywhere

>>4089299
OP, use old ass image/pose stock on deviantart, you usually find plenty of pretty interesting poses.

also
I HATE STIFF ANIME PORTRAIT POSES IT'S 2019 WHY IS EVERYTHING SO STIFF IT'S LIKE IT'S DRAWN BY ROBOTS.

>>4091401
>Kind of feel this myself.
>Feel that there’s some degree of symmetry to what I draw.
>Know other people would not see this.

>>4089299
Do you even know what a mirror is, OP?

>>4091356
>there is a finite amount of appealing poses the human body can do
spoken like a true beg

>>4089364
>Steal from ASG who is kind enough to have real life references for you.

>>4089299
Almost everyone in this thread sounds like someone who doesn't do their own stuff for fun, and unironically believes that loomis and 24/7 fundamentals is how you get good.
The trick is not to think of a pose then tell the image, you think of what you want to draw first /the composition, then draw the appropriate pose to best contain the emotion the character is emitting.
No person that actually consistently makes their own works from imagination thinks of a "pose" then what they want the character to be doing.

>>4092321
this desu

>>4092321
Choreography

>>4092321
>unironically believes that loomis and 24/7 fundamentals is how you get good
yes i believe practicing and studying is how you get good. prove me wrong

>>4093694
Proko.

>>4093697
>Proko
>objectively very good at figure drawing
>hugely successful
try again

>>4093694
studying is inherently fun if you're doing it correct. loomis zealots are miserable because they can't blur the line between study and enjoyment because their normal level of enjoyment is being mentally retarded.

>>4093694

You should, in my opinion, make finished work and practice at the same time. But the time should be divided with care. It should be 80/20 or 80% actually making art and 20% "studying".

>>4093703
Proko's kangaroo, imagine needing reference when someone at a convention wants to commission you for a physical drawing.

>>4093741
imagine asking a realist figure painter for cartoons.