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Old 10-17-2002, 10:51 PM   #4
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Yeah, that portrait section is pretty good as well.

I like the female posing section because it's really good for figure study. Most live models cannot hold some of those poses for long. Those are the kinds of poses that help with foreshortening and general spontaneity in figure studies. However I do feel that a lot of the poses are not something that would be confined to glamor and can be used a lot in portrait work. Some of these poses are similar to the poses in William Whitaker's work. Example

I try to do portraits in a way that makes the subject look more relaxed and not so tense. Although this isn't apparent in all of my work, I try to achieve this anyway.

One thing in a lot of portrait art that I find is lacking is interesting poses. Most seem very rigid. Although, I don't speak of all portrait art, I do speak of a large number that I've studied.

I just figured I would share this resource as it's helped me a lot in photography and in portrait/figure art.
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