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Colossal Collection of Action Poses by Buddy Scalera PDF
Colossal Collection of Action Poses by Buddy Scalera PDF
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Action-packed with 1,200 poses!
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4403-0922-9
ISBN-10: 1-4403-0922-1
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1 Select a Photo
For this demo, Buddy asked me
to take a look at a set of photos he
had done featuring a male figure
holding a bow. I chose this pose,
2 Build a Rough Sketch
First I blocked out the pose roughly,
the overall gesture and proportions.
trying to capture
When drawing
I just set the photo
which I thought had a very nice from photos, I don’t use a light box;
r to it.
dramatic quality because of the next to my drawing paper so I can refe
. I dropped in the
foreshortening and the model’s I made a few adjustments as I drew
tions on the archer’s
backward lean. arrow, and I adjusted the finger posi
the idea of giving
right hand a little bit and toyed with
it, as it were).
the figure pointy ears (going elf with
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2 Rough a Sketch
Make some rough sketch lines to get a sense of perspective and pro-
portion. Don’t worry about getting the pose perfect at this point; you
are
just trying to see how these pictures can be merged. The figure and the
background exist in two different three-dimensional worlds, and all you
have to work from are two-dimensional representations of those worlds.
Figure out how far this person is from the building. Based on the width
of the sidewalk and the photographer’s position in the street, this person
would be at least 30 feet (9m) from the building. The head is placed slight-
ly higher than the roof line to keep the focus on the character.
Don’t overlook opportunities to change hair and clothing.
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Action 60
DEMONSTRATION: How to Choking 62
Use Photo Reference Crawling 64
by Sean Chen 6 Flying 65
Jumping 70
Men
Norman A. Kellyman 10
Kicking 74
Kneeling 76
Lifting 77
Punching 82
Loukas Papas 11 Pushing 88
Rory Quinn 12 DEMONSTRATION: The Body in
Jarrett Alexander 13 Motion by Matt Haley 89
Mark A.S. Dolson 14
Anthony Catanzaro 15
DEMONSTRATION: Character
Design by Rafael Kayanan 16
Clothes 21
Cape 22
Dressing 28
Police 33
Street Clothes 34
DEMONSTRATION:
Create Mood by
Mitchell Breitweiser 36
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Weapons 108
Blasts 110
Bow 112
DEMONSTRATION: Watercolor
Painting From Photo
Reference by Mark Smylie 117
Guns 120
Knife 128
Nunchucks 130
Staff 130
Swords 132
DEMONSTRATION: Team of
Heroes, Collage-Style by Jamal
Igle 142
Women
Haydee Urena 146
Vanessa Carroll 147
Chanel Wiggins 148
Pamela Paige 149
Zoe Labella 150
Ridada Elias 151
Veronica Bond 152
Clothes 153
Boots 154
Cape 155
Street Clothes 159
Dressing 164
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DEMONSTRATION: Think 3-D
by Terry Moore 166
Dressing, cont. 170
Gloves 172
Hair 173
Weapons 254
Blasts 255
Bow 257
Expressions 176 Guns 258
Angry 177 DEMONSTRATION: Draw a
Happy 179 Character on a Background
Sad 180 by Paul Chadwick 262
Skeptical 182 Guns , cont. 264
DEMONSTRATION: Draw a Knife 266
Beautiful Woman by Greg Nunchucks 267
Land 183 Sticks 268
Scared 186 Swords 270
Surprised 192 DEMONSTRATION: Evolution
Wounded 194 of a Cover by JG Jones
DEMONSTRATION: Work from with cover designer Terri
Studies by William Tucci 200 Woesner 274
Swords, cont. 278
Action 204
Crouching 205
Climbing 207
Flying 208
Jumping 212
DEMONSTRATION: Tracing
(Yes, Tracing) by
Michael Oeming 216
Kicking 220
Lifting 222
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Pitch Art by David Hahn
284
Battle 287
Drinking 292
Loading a Gun 294
DEMONSTRATION: Use
Photo Reference to
Create a Cartoonish Figure
by Fernando Ruiz 296
Phone 300
Romance 302
Slapping 306
Smoking 307
Special Lighting 310
Dedications
To Janet
You’re still my favorite.