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WidowmakerReaper01 - WiP01

Hey,

before animating, I obviously need to decide on a pose. I always dread this step, cause it's just trial and error and you don't really feel like you're getting anything done and then you're afraid to commit, cause you'll be stuck animating this for quite a while and it's all just ugh ...

Maybe you never realized it, but stylized characters like these can be quite restrictive. Poses that work fine in real life, don't necessarily work very well with these characters, cause the proportions can be very strange. The most common issues are legs that are too long and hands that are too big. The former results in awkward poses and the latter can block the view and just generally makes the hands always get in the way.

Anyway, here's an album of various poses I've tried so far. Some of them I tossed right away, some of them are a bit more refined and some are just very strange or forced. The first one, also pictured above, is my current favourite. Haven't yet decided to go with it though. 

My criteria for a good pose for this shot are: good/decent view on her butt, face visible, possibility for some rough lovin and a natural/comfortable pose. 

WidowmakerReaper01 - WiP01

Comments

Thanks for the detailed response! It's funny reading it like that ... sounds like you're having the same inner monologues as me when making these poses :D Kinda sucks that every pose has its pros and cons. It's rare to find one that has everything. That being said, I may have an idea to work around that, which I'll explain in more detail in a new post real soon.

I'm hearin ya!

Thanks, you too!

No, sorry. I don't think the characters look like themselves fully nude. At this point the full nude models are just a stepping stone to get the skinning done and then transfer it to the clothes.

Your fantasy is running a bit rampant there, I feel! :D I get it though, there needs to be some rough pounding that sends the jiggly bits all the way to the moon.

#2 is my personal favourite, if not that #1 also works just fine.

PettankoPls

I'm liking that last one in the album #5 if you can also render it from an angled top-down perspective for a view of the chest bounce. It lets you go to town animating that ass from the current perspective and would be a good view of the chest from another. Good hair physics would also make #5 very primo. She also seems very nonchalant which I think is fitting. It may not be as aggressive, but in doggy, Reaper is being the aggressive one so she's taking it either way. Potential new pose? #1, #2, or #4 with her grabbing HIM instead. Not sure where she would tug though without having to animate a pull of his coat. The shotgun shells on his chest? Otherwise, I feel like #2 in the album would have a good view of the ass-bounce if the right arm was positioned differently. #3 has a lot of reaper for not much more of dat ass without a transition to #2. It's always tough getting a good bouncy ass view in doggy without having a first-person or top-down perspective which would ruin your beautiful renders of the background (one of the reasons you are my sole contributor of NSFW content for my wallpaper slideshow and have impossibly compelled me to post). Of course, this is an animation so it may be less of a concern. #2 is close. I really like #1 and #4, but I don't think it has enough booty to really do your model justice. That said, it may not be one of my choices but the view of her pose in #4 is super hot. Maximizing force. Just sayin.

Fred

Trust me....you show do a reverse cowgirl.....there isn't enough of that

Dark Owl

4 is my favorite, and U R awesome. really

Really like 2, your previous Widowmaker animation was absolutely amazing and this is shaping up to be as well. Also, is there any chance any of these animations will involve them fully nude rather than wearing modified costumes?

My choice is obvious number 3 but if It's bad pose to animate then 1 and 2 is also very good.

Hope Zero

The first 3 are my favourite. The 4th looks too uncomfortable with Widows crazy long legs. XD I like 2 the most, because of Reaper holding her ponytail, like keeping her on a leash, showing her who is boss, but not dominating her violently...it looks like amazing sub/dom sex. I can see how well it could work when he pulls at the right moment and she cramps in ecstasy similar to your Mercy & SOldier scene. But her Widow cannot move away, she is bound by his hand. I would even say 3 i like a bit more, because Reapers other hand is not in the way, but you can't see as much of Widows boobs and she has so perfect boobs, you just wanna look at them when they bounce around while she is getting pounded. Damn...

Kubus-Sc7

I like this pose. It's rather original. 2 and 3 are good too.

Aleksandr

Those are exactly my thoughts!

Nooo, it's too soon for hype! :X

I did! And I like it :p

5 is a lost case I think ... wouldn't animate as well as some of the other poses. 3 I like, but not in the current form. Trying a few more things with it.

1&4 and 2&3 both seem like poses that could flow together in animation. 5 gives a good view but imo would be a little boring compared to the others when animated

Ingenuity

I agree that the first pose isn't the most compelling one, visually. But I have to think about whether or not a pose would animate well. 3 and 5 are out for that reason. The characters are stuck in their poses and can't change much. 2 is one of those poses where the proportions screw me over. The legs are already split more than 90 degrees and the knees are STILL clipping into the floor. I like the general idea of number 3 though and think I can save it.

try cowgirl pose, imo widow is all about booty

I love your work, but the thumbnail definitely isnt the best pose in this album... 2, 3 and 4 Are my top picks in that order. 2 is beautiful 3 Tells a nice story 4 is a refreshing angle, and more booty :3

TheDirtyMonkey

3 and 5 are nice also. The expression for Widow in 3 is great

Nefarious

Yeah that pose looks alright, but the problem I have with it is that she has to contort really hard to even face the camera .. .she couldn't stay like that the entire time. Also she'd be very passive in that pose, which wouldn't fit her character very well, I think.

I'm liking the 5th pose in your imgur album, it has the best view of Widow's Ass. Have you consider an over the Shoulder Camera angle (Sort of Behind Reaper) so it gives the best view of Widowmaker. Just a Suggestion, but good luck on this new animation, no matter what pose you go with.

Christian Herrera

I actually love all the poses you made, except maybe the second-last which is okay. New animation hype!

Stonebrow


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