Blocking a female samurai character. Some anatomy help would be really nice.

Charles1234

Hello there.
I'm currently blocking a posed character trying to make her anatomy as accurate as possible. Since I couldn't find a reference with the exact pose I'm going for, I kinda have to wing it. So I'm sure there must be quite a lot mistakes you guys can spot especially the arms, which were really a nightmare for me to sculpt. Feel free to comment and critique. I'm waiting and listening right here.







Turntable:
https://youtu.be/P3cBRAJLF6A

Brian "Panda" Choi

I wouldn't worry about the anatomy just yet, focus on the gesture of the pose. I'd make sure your "line of actions" are dynamic and follow curves. Right now, your side view reveals the pose to be very stiff. Get her more gesturally posed overall, and you'll have less to fix and make up for later on.

Leinadien

What you could do is to attempt to take that pose yourself, then you'll feel how far back that shoulder can go etc. The proportions are also off, her head is too tiny.

Anchang-Style

Are you going for realistic or campy? because if it's realistic, her boobs are just like 2 flying melons on her torso...not really what it should be.

lotet

Legs look very stiff and awkward at the moment, other then that its a solid base!  but yeah, you should really try to nail the pose before diving into detail.

Charles1234

Thanks a lot for the suggestions from your guys. I'm trying to get the pose to look natural first. Will post new wips again.

Charles1234

New progress today. Did a few more adjustments regarding to the pose and proportion. Let me know if you guys can still spot anything obviously off. will get into shaping the silhouette and muscle forms after I make sure the overall pose looks good.
 

cyborgguineapig

I'm not quite sure what action your character is about to do. Lunging? Running? Jumping? The weight is off at the hip. The current pose reminds me of how someone (sorry for the graphic description) would run if they were about to shart their pants and trying to hold it in. The duck waddle run. The right hip should be lower than the left and the left leg should be be closer in to the body almost certainly as that next landing of the foot would throw the character off balance?

cyborgguineapig

Sorry for the bad edit, cant download software at work so I used something to edit online. Left shoulder down and back. Right shoulder up and forward.

cyborgguineapig

Again apologize about the roughness of the paint over.

cyborgguineapig

You posed the legs and arms but not the hips or Shoulders in the other dimensions also. No wonder it looks stiff. Mimic the poses with your own body, note where your bones and joints are inside of you. It looks funny but it helps to think about.

lotet

just a quick addition to what @cyborgguineapig is already saying, and which I agree with to a 100%.

you need to exaggerate your flow/shapes a lot more. there are to many either straight lines, or things going of in different directions. you need to make one clear line of action.
made a little PO:

PyrZern

lotet hits the nail right there IMO. Bend those joints (like ankles and knees and such) some more to create the flow.

Charles1234

Thank you guys so much for the advice. Those editing you guys show there really give me a clear idea where to fix next. Do appreciate doing that. Definitely pushing the poses to a more extreme flow. Looks like I gotta slowly take my time now correcting the pose first before I ever go into detailing.