Body Language

[Anonymous No.2057675]

Does anyone know any good books on non-verbal communication? Most of them are too focused on like business communication or dating specifically. I want to know the anatomy of what makes a girl's pose 'cute' or what makes a person look 'like an asshole', etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCaMgGIeVVI

[Anonymous No.2057681]

I don't know why I said books specifically. Some nice videos on the subject would be cool too, if not preferable. I want to be an animator but I'm an autistic shut in so I don't interact with people enough to know what the fug they do or why.

[Anonymous No.2057688]

>>2057681
Perhaps the "animators survival kit could help you. It does go into some detail in character expression.

[Anonymous No.2057694]

S T U D Y F R O M L I F E

[Anonymous No.2057709]

>>2057694
Normalfag go

[Anonymous No.2057712]

your robo waifu a shit
drossel a top tier

[Anonymous No.2057721]

>>2057712
That's the equivalent of calling Bleach shit but praising Naruto.

>Drosselfag
Quit being as annoying as a furry.

[Anonymous No.2057725]

>>2057712
Jenny > Drossel

Any time, any day faggut

[Anonymous No.2057733]

Girly poses would be the opposite of many poses. Head tilted toward viewer, chin brought down towards chest, legs folded over each other...that kinda shit. Also look up betty page art books. Lots of sexy n cute girly poses.

[Anonymous No.2057764]

>>2057733
I understand that very vague and general theory but it's not very intuitive to me because I'm a sperg. I feel like I'd benefit greatly from not only looking at cute girls doing things but knowing why they're doing them and what makes them cute. I'll never make it in this field if I don't understand this concept that I'm so foreign to ( I probably won't make it either way but, you know, fug ).

[Anonymous No.2057765]

>>2057694
Not necessary. He can skip the step and study from masters who already mastered it. Caroonists.

[Anonymous No.2057767]

>>2057764
You can't draw emotions without empathy.
There is no scientific formula why that pose is cute. It is cute because that's what humans do when they are cute.

[Anonymous No.2057772]

>>2057767
Come on dawg there's gotta be something nig real talk don't hold out on me playa.

PLEASE

[Anonymous No.2057780]

>>2057772
Why does a smile make you feel good when you see it?
You can't break it down to graphs and curves.
It's a smile.

[Anonymous No.2057783]

>>2057772
he's right you oaf. It's just cute because that is what we as society have deemed that pose to be. There is nothing inherent about WHY it's cute. It just is.
It's like asking why is a smile a show of happiness universal across cultures? Because fuck it, it is.

[Anonymous No.2057785]

>>2057772
Having her body parts close together (as opposed to having them spread out) implies her being reserved/shy, which is cute. Looking up at a person is cute. Anything that imitates childlike/shy behavior is pretty much going to be cute.

[Anonymous No.2057817]

>>2057785
Thank you for a genuine response instead of bullying a dude like these other doo doo niggas up in dis piece. This is exactly the kind of shit I'm talking about. I know it's not completely intuitive, I just need to have this kind of stuff spelt out to me more than some other people might.

>>2057767 I'm not a full blown autist btw I'm a sperg son there's a hella difference when it comes to empathy and that sort of thing nigga shit.

[Anonymous No.2057820]

>>2057765

>drawing from stylized shit

It's like you WANT this place to turn into DeviantArt, you fucking plebian.

[Anonymous No.2057829]

Post your goddamn work-

[Anonymous No.2057834]

>>2057829

[Anonymous No.2057835]

What Every BODY is Saying By Joe Navarro. It's an amazing read, very easy to learn, taught by a former CIA interrogator

[Anonymous No.2057836]

>>2057817
take advice like that with a grain of salt, they're helpful generalities but if you don't actually understand body language you're going to end up drawing empty symbols. Like copying chinese calligraphy and not understanding the structure behind it.

[Anonymous No.2057849]

>>2057836
Take any advice from this thread with a grain of salt. Giving advice without the work in context is baseless; you might just need loomis and a few months in the beginner thread, but no one will know that. No one is about to give you optimal advice that will solve the immediate problems.

>>2057834
This is plenty cute already, OP

[Anonymous No.2057855]

>>2057694
Haha no.


oh my god this captcha is so fucking annoying making me match pictures and shit

[Anonymous No.2057865]

>>2057855

>implying most of the questions asked on this board (other than how do i get shekels) can't be answered with studying from life

[Anonymous No.2057873]

>>2057865
Observational drawing of nude figures and still lifes and shit will help someone articulate the idea of cuteness but will not explain anything about what is cute or why.

[Anonymous No.2057947]

pls help

[Anonymous No.2057950]

>>2057947
It should be clear to you and the viewer

[Anonymous No.2058018]

Ask yourself: Would I fug this character?
If not redraw.

[Anonymous No.2058055]

>>2057865
>implying that answer is actually useful

lmao

[Anonymous No.2058057]

>>2057950
why are her feet so purple and red? i wouldn't think she has diabetes? but maybe anorexia?

[Anonymous No.2058068]

>>2058057
purple and red? my fingers right now are black and purple towards black red in some regions (where the bones are closer to the skin)

that's what happen when you stay in a cold temperature without too much fat under your skin

[Anonymous No.2058071]

this thread is stupid

[Anonymous No.2058358]

>>2058057
halfasian here. Got the same feet. It's not obvious most of the time but the pigmentation fades towards the sole. And she probably has cold feet...

[Anonymous No.2058405]

>>2058071
your stupid and you're mom is 2

[Anonymous No.2058410]

>>2058358
I'm half asian too and my feet don't look like that. Though my grandmother's do. Also the bones look like thet were mixed around inside of her skin or something

[Anonymous No.2058414]

>>2057873

Its called figuring it out yourself. Holy fucking shit kids these days want everything spoonfed without spending years slaving over Loomis books like the real artists here.

[Anonymous No.2058454]

>>2058410
maybe your feet are more of the other half than asian half. Veiny feet are not the prettiest anyways...

[Anonymous No.2058616]

>>2058057

maybe poor blood circulation

[Anonymous No.2058686]

>>2058057
>I'm 12 and what are photo filters

It's red but the filter makes it more purple.

[Anonymous No.2059148]

i will bump this

[Anonymous No.2060442]

>>2057694
this. really anon, why do you want to be a character animator if you never talk to people or willingly observe what they do? animation is nothing but working in a team and observing human nature.

[Anonymous No.2060451]

[Anonymous No.2060452]

[Anonymous No.2060459]

>>2060442
I'm interested in the psychology of it. Why is a girl pointing towards her own face or mouth or whatever so cute? I can see that it's cute but I want to know why so I can more easily improvise cute poses on my own, that's all.

[Anonymous No.2060467]

>>2060459
>Why is a girl pointing towards her own face or mouth or whatever so cute?

Its got a questioning 'who, me?' sort of vibe to it, it gives the model a sense of innocence and naivety as such and that's cute.

[Anonymous No.2060483]

>>2060452
>>2060467
This is exactly the kind of shit I'm talking about. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.2060488]

>>2060459
It's just common sense. Most of these interpretation attempts are just guesswork or stating the obvious, like the one above where having your hands under your chin is a 'courtship pose' where the person is symbolically offering their face on a platter (what?)

[Anonymous No.2060776]

>>2060459
go google and buy the book Manwatching