Animation Poses Reference

First year Animation Mentor students do an exercise of putting a simple character rig into poses that express various emotions. This is a collection of some great examples for reference and inspiration.

• Body dynamics.

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• Physical strength
  

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• Balance
  

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• Happiness/Excitement

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• Devastation
  

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• Exhaustion
  

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• Boredom
  

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• Concern
  

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• Pose from real life sketch - go outside, sketch a person in an interesting pose, and then pose character using this sketch as a reference.