These are my first ever digitally drawn character poses. Character posing has always been a favorite of mine. In my view, both the fluidity and strength of a pose can influence a piece of art substantially and can evoke much emotion. I thoroughly enjoyed translating this to the digital form having first explored this area first in pencil.

In my first attempt I wanted to explore a wide range of emotions. I chose four opposing emotions to create an interesting group of characters. I then attempted some light rendering to help bring them to life. Please see below some initial sketches of alternate poses, use of foreshortening, close-ups and a few hand pose sketches I did alongside these.