you draw characters in a lot of different poses all the time- how did you build up familiarity with weird angles that you might not have a reference for, and stuff like that?
Ohhhhh i do a looootttt of in person figure drawing sessions in general and back in university which trains your eye/instinct for overlap and form which helps a lot ! Heres some poses that i pushed that specific skill set
I think knowing shoulder and neck anatomy helps me a lot too because when im starting a pose i almost always start with the angle of the jaw and where the collar bone line is in relation to it. You can kinda tell in these ones that i lead with that and the rest of the pose/expression is just a result of that initial jaw angle
I took an anatomy for the artists class that helped with this a lot since my teacher really pushed how muscles connect and interweave, but mostly the simplification of the forms help when im coming up with poses! This is actually my old teachers website and he has free handouts on muscles and form that made it a lot less daunting to understand :]
Also if you dont have any live figure drawing sessions around you, i lived and breathed this website in college hahsgsafa
But thanks for asking ! At this point i dont actually use a lot of reference anymore for finding poses since its kinda ingrained in my process to explore and push different things to make it work for me. But that just comes with time and a lot a lot a lot of practice :]
