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Action/fighting Poses
Hey everyone,
I was wondering would anyone here happen to know a good place for action/fighting poses stock? I really wanted to challenge myself and try some new things but I'm just having such a hard time...Any other tips about such poses would be greatly appreciated!
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First thing to come to mind.
http://action-stock.deviantart.com/
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Try action poses out with a long mirror.
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Movies and martial arts (UFC has some cool ones) are great. Also, look at sports. Ive found some really cool poses in footage of the olympics.
Last edited by Saraiva; July 11th, 2012 at 08:55 AM.
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Action figures at the local garage sales.
Thunnder Empress Arshes Nei
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You can find pretty good action when you go to stores that have "amazing" deals or when parents fight over the cool toy for Christmas.
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Level 12 Gladiator: Laqueatores
Sketching soccer games in the park yields some pretty interesting poses... Especially if the players are all high...
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The anime series Samurai Champloo has lots of great fight scenes. Interesting choreography and so on.
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Are you thinking in single-image terms or sequences, like comics or storyboards?
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Originally Posted by QueenGwenevere
Sketching soccer games in the park yields some pretty interesting poses... Especially if the players are all high...
Hahahah.
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She hangs in the Village.Hahahah.
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Queen of All She Surveys
Level 12 Gladiator: Laqueatores
Prospect Park, actually. Watching the local Jamaicans play soccer right after passing a joint around is quite a treat...
The local hipsters can be equally entertaining. Especially with their new tightrope-walking fad.
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No net I hope.Prospect Park, actually. Watching the local Jamaicans play soccer right after passing a joint around is quite a treat...
The local hipsters can be equally entertaining. Especially with their new tightrope-walking fad.
USEFUL STUFF!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=192127"Everything must serve the idea. The means used to convey the idea should be the simplest and clear. Just what is required. No extra images. To me this is a universal principle of art. Saying as much as possible with a minimum of means."-John Huston, Director
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Oh yeah! Shoot, I forget what it's called, but I totally had some friends like 5 years ago who got really into that.
And OmenSpirits - no, no net. It's like two feet off the ground. Super badass.
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FACT: With the original run of the cabbage patch dolls, one of the parents
ended up with a broken leg during a riot and a store manager had to
defend himself with a baseball bat.
Source: Just Can't Get Enough: Toys, Games, and Other Stuff from the 80s that Rocked by Matthew Robinson and Jensen Karp
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Then WTF is the point?
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They're hipsters, there is no point.
Diamond Bullet
Level 16 Gladiator: Spartacus' Retiarii
Action in art is a graphic illusion. If you copy a photo you will get accurate anatomical strain and imbalance and lighting and everything required to make something look real, but the odds of you getting the illusion of movement is very low. It is a great way to learn anatomy and get a feel for the real.
Quick gesture sketches from life or from the imagination, enhanced by reference will get you closer to your goal. Imo.
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