#antisignia

My best guess is that the weighting for the arm is all on the x-rotation bone. Either that, or there’s something up with the child-parent order structure, and the strength of the x-rotation bone [since it’s a magic bone]. I honestly wouldn’t know because I have never run into x-rotation bone problems, so I’m really sorry I’m unable to help. I was searching for tutorials that might match your problem description, but the ones I found were out of date/had feedback that didn’t prove to help much. I’m really sorry I can’t give you anything concrete. I hope the other mods/other people who see this pose might know something that is more helpful.

EDIT; I found something that might help you? It didn’t show up in my initial search, but try cacti-sloom’s turotial on rotation bones.

Idk about you but it took me ages to learn this in PMXE :’D When using the selector tool as you’re working with material/parts, bones, physics, joints, you name it, Shift+Click = adding to what you’ve already selected Ctrl+Click = deselecting from what you have selected.

I did not know what was a thing.

I know this sounds super cheesy, but it’s simple!

Lots and lots of practice. I know you’ve heard this thousands of times from artists of all sorts of mediums but it’s true! References, tutorials and practice is how every artist grows from a beginner to a master. No one starts out as amazing as their eventual potential will be. No one starts out knowing how to pose like a god. No one starts out being able to edit like a professional. No one starts out being able to create complete professional-grade models. It’s all a part of trial and error.

For me, it took me eight years to get to where I am today. I was slow at the start and, since two years ago, my progression has skyrocketed. I still have plenty to learn and I am learning something new every single day! But so long as you keep an open mind and you strive for improvement, I know you’ll get there in time.

My advice is, try to master multiple mediums before trying to model things. I promise you, it will help you in the long-run if you already have a fair grasp of anatomy and a sharp eye for detail. But please don’t try to rush yourself. The key to improvement is lots of time and patience. Good things come to those who wait.

Please don’t give up on your dream, your job or your hobby- but please also don’t stress about yourself not doing enough. Take it at your own pace. Don’t let anyone tell you that you are not good enough. Everyone started from the bottom (and now we’re here!). So long as you stay in good spirits, I know you’ll make it far.

Thank you for asking me, Xeliicious~! <3 -Howl

Additional from Mod Antisignia;

I agree with the "learn multiple mediums before modelling" thing. I got good at life drawings/drawing from life, which focused on realism and shading/values, which got me to have the tutorial for adding cheekbones to models via texture editing.

Practice is always gonna make perfect, I guarantee, and the more time you put in, the better the final result (*cough cough* like my model Etienne). As for posing, I'm a broken record with saying this and y'all are prolly sick of me, but references/acting it out yourself are the ways to go. Really study the way the pose works, find the "s" and "c" shapes in your references and once you have the movement of the pose down flat, you just do the details.