well, I was working more on updating Magical Mania before I got around to updating Aurorean Tales today, when I realized that the pictures where I tried to have my guy cradle the main girl in his arms, ended up looking really odd.

and I tried google like I always do if I'm not doing an pose right.. but for some reason I didn't come up with such good results.

so that got me to thinking.. what are the sites that you often use for refferences if you're stumped on poses?

I go to deviantArt. There's bunches of stock photgraphy people there who post hundreds of pictures of people simply posing. Even if you don't find a pose you like, you can use the pictures to check your proportions.

ah, but the problem with Devart is that it lags a lot on my comptuer even though I have cable..

yep I have. I think the problem is in the fact that it's pretty much an graphic site, even the layout itself has tons of images. or it could be in the coding.

Hmm, I would suggest searching around Webshots.com or Flickr.com, which would take some searching, but it is easy on the graphics. (I run dial-up and webshots.com loads pretty fast.)

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Aurora Moon
ah, but the problem with Devart is that it lags a lot on my comptuer even though I have cable..

Very true. Lag is the thing I hate most about deviantArt. Also, all the art theft and silly dramas going on. Also, the whole "devious" theme they've set up, as if we can't enjoy doing something unless we think we're being bad.

But if you set yourself up an account you can customize it a little. You can greatly reduce the amount of graphics to load by disabling thumbnail shadows and deselecting signatures and avatars so that they aren't shown. I also like to set it so I'm automatically taken to the zoomed-in artwork.

But aside from that, I've often found the poses I'm looking for by doing a Google image search. I just type in "jump kick" or "jogging" and I eventually find something that's at least close to what I want.

Hawk
But aside from that, I've often found the poses I'm looking for by doing a Google image search. I just type in "jump kick" or "jogging" and I eventually find something that's at least close to what I want.

Ive been using Google a lot recently. Its a really quick way to get the reference picture you seek, be it people, clothes or buildings.

I like myspace. Lots of wierdos on myspace.

I usually just use google. Sometimes deviantart is cool though.

This place is the BEST: http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/home/homeCreative.aspx

Specify ANYTHING you need with human pose referances gettyimages has it.

And... if you are looking for some nice guy poses: http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/

I watch 1970s-1990s science fiction movies, old episodes of star trek and doctor who, mainly for story purposes though, character design tends to be based off storm troopers and other armoured sci-fi Goons, should the subject of weapons arise http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm [world.guns.ru] is my first choice, possibly the most detailed libary of guns in the world.

I find photo sharing sites like Flickr.com are really good, you can group things by keywords, filter keywords and peoeple post TONS of photos!

Comic books.

Srsly.

Street Fighter comics? Rock my socks.