stahlratte opened this issue on Dec 02, 2006 · 130 posts
dalmatica posted Sun, 03 December 2006 at 2:22 PM
It's obvious by some of the replies in this thread that some of you haven't even bothered to pick up an anatomy book. If you had you would see right away the glaring problems that most of the Poser models possess. It's also the reason why Poser art is a such laughing stock in the digital arts community.
I myself have some formal art school training and the first time I saw Victoria I was ROFLMAO. Wonky arms, tiny head and what the he** is going on with her hips? Sure you can go in and correct her with morphs, magnets, etc. but if you don't know your anatomy how are you going to know what needs correcting?
To the folks who are saying, "Well, Loomis was from another era so those standards don't fit today's standards."
Ridiculous. Do yourself a favor a educate yourself about the human figure by buying some artistic anatomy books and see how much your artwork improves.
I am very new to Poser and purchased this software in order to assist me with my figure drawing. Instead I find myself a very frustrated new user having to scale down, morph constantly correct Poser model anatomy. I am shocked that a company whose original intent was to cater to figure artists cannot create an anatomically correct model!
I apologize if my post sounds confrontational but this is a very sore point for me. I refuse to spend any more money on this program until a decent model comes forward and I am eagerly looking forward to V4,M4. Hopefully the designers bothered to take some anatomy classes this time. For now I shall be happy with my pencils, pad, inks and anatomy books.
Rant over.