Hi !!! I Wanted To Know If You Have A Few Tips On How You Do Your Poses ? Im Not The Greatest At Them

hi !!! i wanted to know if you have a few tips on how you do your poses ? im not the greatest at them and want to see what others have to offer ^v^''

also , i absolutely ADORE your art ! it motivates me a lot

first of all thank you sm!! poses are literally my favourite thing to plan out so ill try my best to explain ghdfskl

so i usually break the body shape down like this

Hi !!! I Wanted To Know If You Have A Few Tips On How You Do Your Poses ? Im Not The Greatest At Them

the body is basically like a 2-part rectangle which i can push in whatever direction i want to lead the pose- i like to exaggerate the shape to emphasise the uhh force of that push ig? i just play around with it until i get the energy i want

for idle/straight on poses i try to make them seem like they're doing something so that the pose forms more of a trapezium than a stiff rectangle, let the characters have some fun!

at this stage i don't really mind if the anatomy isn't completely accurate since i can fix that at the lineart/2nd sketch, im just focusing on getting the flow down so i let my lines be loose, just as long as i know which limb goes where then im good

also back poses!! most of the time you see the front of the character so drawing the back can be refreshing for me :) they flow just as well as the front ones too!

the same pose can be drawn in different angles- sometimes i put down a (very freestyled) perspective grid to define the space around the character and see where they can stand, and imagine a floating camera depending on where i want the focal point to be

you also don't really need to fret about following the grid to a T, just as long as they look grounded and the angle seems right

i like to slap down a few random grids to see how the character can interact with them, and they don't even need to be touching the character- they're just guidelines after all

for me i think of poses with a main line of action and a secondary contrasting motion (though sometimes one main line is enough), the second line adds a little flair and weight while the main is what you see at first glance

use references also! i can't emphasise that enough!! there's always pinterest or (especially for action poses) fight scenes from storyboards or from the finished film, which i love looking through frame-by-frame bc the keyframes and in-betweens are gold mines for inspiration- lego monkie kid is one of my go-to's for high energy poses!

aand that's all i got for now, hope this helps ^_^

More More More Theories Part.7

So after the events of Evolution SMP, the Watchers as an organisation were and are still perceived as an evil presence that hurt and kidnapped the players of the Life Series. Starting with the indoctrination of Grian into the Watchers at the end of his POV for Evo SMP.

But my theory is that the Watchers aren't inherently evil but just an ethereal presence that interfered too much with the lives of the players. Their actions such as punishing Grian and the other members for thier mischevious deeds during the earlier events of Evo and, indoctrinating Grian into becoming a member of the Watchers could be percieved as evil(and is commonly percieved as evil). But what if their actions were just to help them expand their presence and keep the players they were meant to "watch" in check.

And so because of their actions, they interfered too much resulting in a domino effect of the players discovering and exploring their presence developing in the Watchers being antagonised.

But this also dominoes to effect the Listeners seperate godly beings who deciede to exploit the situation and act as the "good" force by rescuing Martyn from the Watchers' interference and promoting him to be the like a frontman for the Listeners to display their good deeds. Further promoting the idea that the Watchers are evil and the Listeners are the good forces in the world of Evo and further.

Hiding the fact that these etheral beings are neither good or evil or, can be defined by words of mortals because of their actions taken during their lifetime. Their actions that can be loosely described as good or evil depends on the players or others viewing them and with their almost infinite life-span time streches rendering definte adjectives useless.

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pain this took 5hrs writers block be tought D:

Theories and Headcannonious Pt. 25

So this weekly theory inspired by one of @/cocoabats art post, that explores how Pearlescent Moon and GoodtimewithScar are eerily similar is Double Life and Secret Life respectively. Besides both being the victor for each of their respective seasons, both Pearl and Scar share a plethora of similarities that closely link their storylines, character develops and relationships.

This theories stems from the fact that both Scar and Pearl in both of their respective series are considered alone and isolated from their suggested and initial allies. Pushed away by their alliances from their own destructive actions that torn their passive reputation and ruined any other teaming with the surrounding participants. From adventuring that lead to the seperation from her soulmate to the progressively antagonsitic tasks given by the Taskmaster, every action done lead to stumble upon stumble. Causing both Scar and Pearl to be outcasts and acting as the antgonist or local-mad(wo)man.

Through other external factors, Scar and Pearl began on their downward spiral towards insanity and bloodlust. One driven to madness from the loss of a beloved and sleep and the other prodded and pressured to act sadistically towards others. Eventually forming fragile bonds with remaining contestants but when it came to the final duels, they overcame victoriously. Soaked in the blood of the deceased.

One final similarity between Pearl and Scar is the final duel between these two contendors in the season of Secret Life. As both Peral and Scar commenced the determining battle, Pearl just fell into a nearby crevice. Ending her journey and Secret Life and commencing Scar as the next victor. Similar to Grian's death back in Third Life and could be seen as a symbol of a purposeful sacrifice for Scar. An act of remorse for the fallen to the newly crowned, Scar.

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new life series came out yipe

Art post referred to : https://www.tumblr.com/cocoabats/753004871276544000/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same