POSING TUTORIAL: NATURAL POSES
Hewwoo!! Welcome to posing tips & tricks with Bee vol. 2! (You can find the first one here [x] ) This time, I gathered up some tips for natural looking poses. Let’s go!
Do you see the difference between this and this?
Yes, I can see that too. The Clavicle points make all the difference my friends. They are your friends, they are nice, they are good for you. So please use them. Let’s start over, step by step:
Bend the spine gradually. That’s all. (At least it’s easy to remember lol)
These points should look like they are bent gradually, I mean, unless you’re into that…
When making poses with height difference, the most important thing is stretching multiple points subtly, so the overall proportions can be preserved.
When selecting symmetrical points, like ankles, first select one and then, holding shift, select the other one, then use the blue arrow to stretch them simultaneously (so that they would be even).
I don’t usually do that, but having reference pics are good when you’re making complicated poses.
After adding your reference picture, you can make your complicated pose easier.
Okay, this is maybe the easiest but most crucial tip: If you’re trying to bend or twist something, and Blender makes it look bad, it’s most probably because what you’re trying to do is anatomically incorrect.
Let’s say, if you want to twist a hand, you should start twisting it from the shoulders, again, gradually.
Another crucial tip especially for making couple/group poses, don’t make them touch each other tightly. If you leave a subtle gap between them, you can prevent clipping in game.
There are two reasons for that, first, the psychical features of your sims are usually different than these rigs’, and secondly, these rigs are (almost) naked, you gotta leave some space for clothes.
Okay I know it’s not exactly a blender tip but try to rest your eyes in every 30 mins, and by resting, I mean look somewhere else, stand up, take a walk to the kitchen or bathroom, open a window, look at the sky. Staring at all these little dots is tiring for your eyes so try to give them a break once in a while.
That’s all for today, hope it was helpful!
Take care guys :)