Hi,

 

I've been working on a project that requires dragonriders posed on their repsective beasts.  Of course, a lot of research comes from these forums but I found the best source for creating poses and animation in a book I recommend, "BioMechanical Riding and Dressage: A Rider's Atlas".  Last time I checked, it's available on Amazon.

 

In my humble opinion, that book is an amazing reference.  Below is one of many illustrations in the book.

 

 

I'm passing this along as I hope it benefits the community.

 

-George

     That does indeed look useful for animators.

Poser 12, in feet.  

OSes:  Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64

Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5

It's very useful.  I have a copy from my days on the show circut.  It might help when the dragon is walking on flat ground (dressage is done in a flat arena) but I'm not sure how much help it will be when the dragon is flying.  The wings and their muscle movements might change things a bit but it's a good start.

The more research you do, the better so don't take my comments as negative.  I'd buy them.

ICP, I agree that it has limited use from the standpoint of flying dragons, however, the (awesome) illustrations for rider posture and position definitely came in handy here.