CreativeFandomMinds

This just randomly popped into my head while watching stock photos of poses on my watch feed. It made me wonder about a few things, like characters in motion. That's one thing that can make or break a picture by looking stiff and 'fake'. (and no amount of speed lines or blur effect is going to save it. About.) My point is: outside of static poses for characters whom are actually not moving, it's better to find video references where people (humans) are actually doing the thing for real: walking, running, jumping ect. (NO NEED TO WATCH THESE I JUST SLAPPED THEM HERE AS EXAMPLES!) Want to draw people having a sword fight? Find videos of fencing tournaments for example. Or any other competitive match like with different martial arts that uses weapons. I have studied archery this way for art piece. I found several good tutorial videos about how to hold the bow, how to shoot it, how to HURT yourself when doing it wrong. Same with medieval great swords, nunchakus, sticks fighting