Reanimation: Stu slouching alternate pose

Stu slouching alternate pose

Posted by West on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 5:40 PM

I took some of the feedback and altered Stu's pose slightly. His right hand is now closer to his side and is in a relaxed fist (which I noticed is how I do that when sitting). His legs have changed with the left leg more outstretched and the right at more of angle. Finally I lengthened his neck slightly.

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback. Let me know how this one works.

PS I changed the color of the couch so I can quickly keep track of which version is which. So you can call this the blue version and the other the red version.

9 comments:

Jeff said...: I dig this a LOT more, West. That left arm reads way better to me now. No more confusion about what's supporting the weight now, it's clearly his upper back.; April 4, 2011 at 8:30 PM
West said...: Thanks, that is what I think too.; April 4, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Max Gariépy said...: Great improvement West! Like Jeff said, you can really feel that the upper back is support the weight. Really liking this one! :)

It's nice seeing your work; April 4, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow! West, this pose is amazing. I really like the revisions you've made to it. It is truly impressive you have the assignment completed so soon. I just finished watching this week's lecture. See you in class tomorrow.; April 5, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Unknown said...: Hey West, nice pose you have. I like it very much...
The only thing I think you should change is.. You should turn on the shadows - because now the head looks floating and a bit broken.; April 5, 2011 at 6:36 AM
Tung said...: I love this pose, i have an idea to try to put right heel Up by using FootRoll with RightFoot. ;) Now I'm trying to Pose in Maya T_T. :D; April 5, 2011 at 12:29 PM
adam said...: I like it! Feels pretty natural to me. I would tend to agree with Tung in that maybe you could play with the feet (if I understood correctly) Maybe one of his ankles is rolled a little to the side or something to show he's been sitting there for a while and has relaxed his feet since he first sat down. Nice work!; April 5, 2011 at 5:47 PM
Adam said...: Im going to be controversial here West, i hadnt noticed the previous comments about whether the hand/arm was supporting the weight or not but im going to stand by my guns and go with what i feel would look better.

To me it feels like nothing is holding him to the chair i cant feel the weight to me it looks like he would just slip off, i personally preferred it with the arm supporting the character.

Heres a visual on what i mean, the angle of the shoulders bieng the main element to show the weight.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18843775/westcrit.jpg

This is completely personal preference and i dont mean to offend or undermine anyone elses comments - Adam; April 5, 2011 at 6:39 PM
West said...: Thanks for the pic - that helps a lot. I am going to step away from looking at my pose today so that I can have a fresh eye tomorrow and I will look for what you are seeing. I appreciate your comments.; April 6, 2011 at 1:23 PM