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Friday, October 17, 2008

Pose Maniacs (update)

Posted by Charley Parker at 10:21 am

Pose Maniacs
Pose Maniacs, which I wrote about in 2007, is a Japanese web site that features 3D models of human figures, rendered with superficial musculature, for sketching and drawing reference.

A high percentage of them are in an interface that allows you to turn them 360° on their vertical axis for a complete rotation of point of view (image above, original here).

Others are animation sequences that can be stopped in a particular position, say, in the middle of a run cycle, which can be very helpful for animators.

They have continued to add to their considerable catalog of hundreds of poses; and the site, which was originally only in Japanese, has been translated into English.

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  1. Comment by Paolo Rivera
    Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 1:58 pm

    Wow… what a great resource! Thanks for the link.

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