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Silly reference photos for ALLby *shoomlah

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Do you take embarrassing photos of yourself as reference for character poses/expressions? Well, I know I sure as hell do, so in light of

's fantasticpiece about the importance of dynamic expressions in art [link] , I'm posting a video of my stupidly embarrassing reference photos for you to peruse:

Video! [link] Video!

It's very silly-looking, but we should all be doing it.
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~Amedyr Mar 19, 2011

LOL good to know I'm not the only one feeling stupid doing that XD

~theangrybee Mar 17, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

oh god this is exactly what i do too... XD

~Hipster-Coyote Feb 15, 2011 Student General Artist

It's time to go do crazy shit with my camera in my room 8'D
I'd considered using a mirror before but never thought about using the timer feature, haha

~NightFox Feb 7, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I think people would be too self-conscious about taking reference photos of themselves. Well, that is until they spend a hour or so doing it. Then they'll just go crazy with poses and clothing reference.

Very good idea to remind artists that if they can't find reference, use themselves!

~sah65 Feb 3, 2011

Shoolah, you rock.

~VonToten Feb 2, 2011

Hahah I use a mirror sometimes, I like your idea much better

~lovers-and-fighters Jan 26, 2011

_{Hell yeah this is awesome! I take a lot of goofy video reference, so do a lot of other animators of course. It's super helpful for breaking down movement. If nothing else, getting up and feeling through the poses is also really helpful of course.}

~aedifico Jan 25, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hahaha, I totally do this! It's super helpful, I should probably start taking photos to use as reference later.

*Argema-Brassingtonei Jan 23, 2011

epic win

~gastave Jan 22, 2011

That's the sole reason why I bought my first digital camera back in like, 2002! Excellent video, it made me laugh. (:

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