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In this lecture we're gonna be learning about dynamic poses and what makes opposed dynamic.

So typically when you're drawing character you want your poses to be dynamic and we kind of covered

some things about dynamics in poses.

And if you remember really early in this course we talked about how dynamics are just basically constant

change throughout your drawing.

The definition of dynamics is constant change.

And so that means that we want to do things like have contrast you want things to be contrasting and

we also want things to be curving and have movement to him.

That's really what dynamics is is it's where you just kind of give a curve and a direction to every

part of your form.

So let's break it down into a few different categories.

So the first thing is dynamic lines.

The next thing is dynamic shapes

next is going to be dynamic forms.

So you can see that we're just kind of breaking it down into the three basic building blocks of drawing

and all of these you want to have dynamics built into them and then lastly is going to be dynamic

axis is there we go.

So those are the four dynamic lines dynamic shapes dynamic form and dynamic axis.

So let's go ahead and let's start by talking about the line.

So we've kind of already covered all this but I really just want to break down and really show you.

And training on how to identify dynamic pose and how to make your poses look dynamic.

So first off is the line so line could be the line of action.

We can have a dynamic line of action so if you remember a straight line that is not dynamic a dynamic

line of action would be something like an S curve or can be even more complicated than that.

Maybe it could be something like this right.

You can have all kinds of different dynamic poses you can just have one curve like this

so any type of curving line is going to be good for a dynamic pose.

Sometimes you can even have C shape line of actions.

And so that's just line of action.

But then when it goes into the actual body form we want the lines that make up each part of the body

to be part of the dynamic.

So we're drawing somebodies gesture for example we can draw the shoulders curve like this.

You can draw this arm.

Actually it will draw this arm curved out like this or we'll have it curve in like this and then curve

out like that and we can do the same thing for this side.

So have this arm curve like this occur forward like that

and then for the legs we could have one leg kind of come out like this just kind of follow what we got

going on here and then maybe the other leg can kind of come out like that right.

So there's just a super simple gesture it's basically a stick figure made up of lines we can see that

basically each line has a nice dynamic to it because it is curving it's changing.

It's not just a straight line because imagine what this would look like if we just use straight lines

the how static and boring that is.

But when we use all these curved lines it gets much much more interesting.

So we got a curve going like this and the next curve goes like that and it's a constant changing curve

right.

All right So lying is the first one next is gonna be shaped.

So an example of where shapes can be dynamic is let's say in the arm for example.

So we have these kind of curves going on in the lines here and let's just kind of apply that to the

arms.

So let's say that we start off with the shoulder like this and then we have the bicep come off so the

biceps is gonna be kind of a rectangular shape but we're gonna make it dynamic by curving it like that

and we can go ahead and do the forearm and this will be kind of a trapezoid that is tapered towards

the bottom and curves a little bit

and it could do the hand move the hand is kind of sticking out very stiff like that we can see that

just with the shapes we get this dynamic and the way we got this dynamic is by kind of following our

line of action through the arm.

So the line of action to the arm is basically traveling through like this right.

Other places where we can have dynamics and the shape is basically anywhere.

So the leg of the leg kind of come out like this for the thigh and then for the calf can have it and

go back like this right.

That's dynamic for the chest.

We could do a shape like this.

It's kind of a boxy rectangle shape to represent the form and just kind of add some curve to that chest.

So it's not just really plain.

Now oftentimes in reality poses that you'll look at in photographs.

They actually don't look that dynamic.

They'll look pretty dynamic especially if it's an action pose.

But a lot of the times these poses will look a little stiff.

And so it's really up to you to really exaggerate these lines these contouring lines that are really

kind of have emotion to him.

That's why we want to figure out what the motion of each part of the body is even when we're looking

at reference photos figure out what direction it's motion is moving and then exaggerate that.

All right.

So next let's go ahead to move on to form.

So we actually kind of form here and turn this into actually a form box even though it's supposed to

be a shape but that's a that's an example right there is just that we can also do things basically like

all of these these are all these can be converted into forms so for drawing the hand for example serve

the shoulder maybe the arm is kind of reaching out and so we incorporate some for shortening in their

right.

And so we basically get a cylinder there

and we get the four arm which will kind of curve back this way

can even give some direction to these fingers so they're not just static.

They actually kind of curving a little bit.

This is this is really almost the secret to drawing good character poses is having those dynamics in

there and when you really understand them it really makes your poses just look that much better.

It looks more professional and it just looks more interesting it gives more life to your character.

And so that's why we're kind of going over this so much is because these dynamics and these gestures

are gonna be super pertinent to your character design.

And so the main thing I'm just trying to get you to understand is that when we add dynamics which is

basically just kind of curving all these objects and giving them a direction then it allows us to create

much more interesting looking characters.

So let's go ahead and let's mark out with some arrows just kind of the direction of these just so you

kind of really get the idea of it.

So direction of that shape is that way.

Then this one is going that way the hand is going that way the leg is going this way and then the calf

is going that way.

And this arm basically follows the same arm over here where it's going like that.

And this one's curving that way the shoulders curving like that the fingers that one's covenant like

that that one's curving out the other way one's Carbonell Like that.

So all of these every single part of it has a direction.

Now you'll see later when we start doing gesture drawings and we start breaking down the gesture and

figuring out the direction of all these curves that eventually we want to get to a point where it looks

more realistic and these are very very exaggerated which is a important part of sketching out the under

drawing of the pose.

But we need to make sure that in the end it actually looks real but by really exaggerating this at the

beginning we can kind of tone it down just a little bit later in our drawing.

So it doesn't look as exaggerated but it still looks a little bit more exaggerated there's still more

motion and gesture and intent and action in your pose.

All right.

The last one we're going to go ahead and talk about is the axis so dynamics in the axis.

So we've already kind of gone over this to go ahead and just move this guide down so it is kind of out

of our way so we can draw.

All right.

So so the axis is just going to be basically the horizontal axis is which would be like the shoulders.

All right axis is on the head.

So these are just axis that are going basically straight across and then vertical axis is going to be

things like the neck so the neck might be like this the spine might be like this here and then right

here when he gets into the hips maybe it's going that way in the hips or angled like this and so having

all these angles change really makes your drawings look that much more dynamic.

So see we can just start kind of breaking this down

and this is another way you can kind of draw rib cages.

It's just kind of more of a rectangle shape like this.

All right.

You can put a ball in here for the waist

go and draw the hips in

them for the legs.

Go ahead.

Since the hips are angled kind of swinging that way that means that this leg over here is gonna be a

little bit higher than this one.

So that means the knee will be a little bit higher as well.

Right.

And at the other knew was behind this one to be kind of down here so the knee line would kind of be

going like that.

So we got all these nice different angles going on.

All right.

So that's kind of a basic rundown.

And just to kind of jog your memory and remembering the dynamic.

So just remember that basically when it comes in line shape and form we're looking for all these different

directional curves in those drawings.

And when it comes to the dynamics of the axis we're looking for different angles so for the neck we

want that to be different from the the upper body and the torso and the pelvis and the legs all those

who want to be different and same with the vertical and Hort or sorry the horizontal ones.

We want all those to be different.

Now let's go ahead and have a look at a few photographic examples.

So right here we're gonna start breaking these down and figuring out whether we think that they are

dynamic or not.

So let's go ahead and set a new layer so we can draw on top of this so this first one here what we can

do is we can start breaking it down.

So first off we can break it down into her line.

So if we draw a line through this you'll see that we can either get a line of action going through her

like that or we can go through it like this.

I think that's probably the stronger line of action going on there.

So that line looks pretty good.

Next we can go ahead and let's look at her arm so this arm I would say you could turn it into a line

of action like that a little more curved can exaggerate it.

This one's curved as well and this leg actually would have a line to actually going through it.

But if you wanted to you could add a line of action curving like that through that leg.

And another one going through that legs we have these nice dynamic lines of action.

So so far this looks pretty good.

Next let's go ahead and let's have a look at the shapes.

So her upper body is kind of curving like this.

You could imagine it like that.

Her pelvis is kind of curving in like that and then kind of get some curve going on here and then it

kind of curves back out like that so it's a very subtle be considered a little bit a curve to all of

this.

Right.

And that's what we're looking for and all these shapes can be converted and formed so they're kind of

dynamic forms.

A lot of the times you find in real life that the forms and the shapes aren't actually that dynamic

looking.

You have to kind of make them dynamic when you draw them.

So when we're looking for a dynamic pose what we're mostly looking for is those lines of action and

then the second thing we're going to be looking for are those dynamic axis is.

So let's go ahead and let's check her for her axis so add a new layer and let's see.

Let's start with the shoulders so we can draw a line through the shoulders like this and you can see

that if we draw a line through the eyes those are about at the same angle.

And that's OK.

We don't always have to have it completely different.

And then when we get down to the hips the hips look like they're a little bit more straight so they

look like they're more like this.

The other knee looks like it appears to be back there like that.

So for drawing to the knee it looks like this.

Draw a line through the bottom of the toes you can see that they're just slightly angled that way.

So this isn't a super dynamic pose but it definitely has dynamic.

So if you wanted to use a puzzle like this for your character this would be a good supposed to use you'd

probably want to exaggerate the gesture a little bit to make a more dynamic but this would work just

great.

All right let's have a look at our next example.

All right.

So here we have this girl I want to switch over to a different color.

I think there's a I think we'll be able to see better if I use a different color and a different brush.

So we'll grab like a red.

All right.

So this guy right here you can see that if we draw a line through our shoulders like this and then we

draw a line through her eyes we draw a line through her hips draw a line through her knees and her feet

we can also draw the vertical axes

so you can see that these are all very dynamic looking.

So this is a very good pose very interesting.

She has all the weight on this foot right here which also helps make it interesting and plays into the

actual pose itself.

Next let's go ahead and let's have a look at the lines of action.

So for the line of action I would say it's probably running through her body.

You could says kind of going something like this that might be a little complicated and that's the case

sometimes lines of action are complicated you can maybe even say it's going like this so that's a very

dynamic line of action.

Either one of those arms got that line there that line there.

This line here and then for this leg you could probably go ahead and kind of curve it out like that

this one kind of curves like this.

So overall this is a really dynamic pose.

So this is a for sure dynamic pose would look really good for your character.

All right let's have a look at the next example.

So all right.

So this girl we can start by drawing her line of action so it's very simple from the side view you can

see it's just running right there a body just like that.

Next we can go ahead.

Let's see these arms even have a line of action going like this and this one kind of has one coming

out like that.

So very very good line of action there's even a line of action going through her hair.

So this is already pretty dynamic looking.

All right.

Now let's go ahead and break her down and see if we can see any dynamics in her axis.

So it's really kind of hard to see her but I can tell just by looking at this that her shoulders on

the same level so it's just gonna be kind of like that.

Her eyes are actually angled up like this.

So already those axes are very dynamic because they're completely angled differently.

Even though we're looking at it from the side view makes it a much more interesting pose because instead

of just looking forward and being on the same axis as her shoulders she's looking upward so that it's

just much more interesting for the pose itself.

Next let's go ahead and let's see the bottom of the breast problems facing straight forward like that

the hips properly angled downwards a little bit you can kind of see what this leg it's angled down like

that then for the knees it's also kind of angled downwards because one knee is a little bit higher than

the other and then for the feet you can see that the feet are off a little bit like that.

So we have all these nice different angles in here.

So these are very different.

And so that makes this pose very dynamic which is good for your character designs.

All right.

So now what I want I want you to do is I have three more examples here.

But I want you to look at them and I want you to pause the video and I want you to try to decipher in

your own head whether you think the pose is dynamic or not.

If you think it is.

Go ahead and just think the answer is yes or write it down on a piece paper whatever you want.

And then on pause the video and then I'm going to go ahead and go through it and we're going to figure

out if it's dynamic or not.

All right.

So here's the first one so go ahead and pause a video and study it for a minute and decide whether it's

dynamic or not run through all the steps.

So check and see if the lines of action are dynamic and also check to see if the accesses are dynamic.

All right.

So you should have come up with the answer for yourself.

So let's go ahead and let's go through this.

First of all let's figure out what is a line of action.

So his line of action is kind of a curved line like this.

And then we also get kind of a line of action going like this one for this arm and one for this arm

so already these lines of action are pretty dynamic.

You could also even almost say that his center line of action is actually going like this curving that

way.

And when he gets to his knee it starts to curve the other way but either one of those are correct.

All right.

So the lines of action are correct.

Let's go ahead and have a look at his axis is so his shoulders are angled like this.

His eyes are angled like that elbows or like this.

Let's see the chest would be angled probably something like that.

If we use the genes as kind of an indicator where his hips are they're kind of angling like that his

knees are very angled from each other and his feet are also super angled.

So this is an incredibly dynamic pose.

So if you said that this was a dynamic pose great job.

All right let's go ahead and look at the next example.

All right.

So here's this girl go ahead and positive video and figure out whether this is a dynamic pose or not.

All right.

So let's go ahead and have a look at her.

So let's start by breaking her down into her main line of action.

So she's basically just a straight line just shooting straight through her body just like that.

So that's not very dynamic.

Her arms are also just maybe the slightest bit curve but not very much.

Her shoulders are pretty straight ones not higher than the other.

Let's see.

And the legs are just very straight lines of action as well.

So so far not looking very good.

The lines of action are not very dynamic.

They're just a bunch of straight lines that we can go ahead and let's see.

Let's draw a line through eyes.

Draw a line through her shoulders trawling through her hips her knees her feet and you can see that

their pace sickly all completely straight.

So this is not a dynamic pose really whatsoever.

So if you decided that this wasn't a dynamic pose then you are correct.

So this no dynamics.

All right.

So here's the final one.

So go ahead and positive video and just think real good about this one.

See if you can figure out whether it's dynamic or not.

All right.

Let's go ahead and break it down.

So her line of action her main line of action is kind of running through her head like this and our

need.

We could also do a line of action like that and another one right here this arm right here is slightly

curved outwards.

And this one is slightly curved over so the lines are very dynamic.

Let's go ahead and have a look at her actresses.

So her shoulders come across like this.

Bottom of the chest.

And then the hips are kind of angled like that.

The knees are very you almost can you really measure the axis between those two that they're so far

apart.

But let's just draw a line.

Anyways you can see how angled that is.

You can't really measure the feet at all to I guess you could draw a line like this but I'm not sure

if I would really count for measuring the actresses.

Her face is kind of angled like this.

Something like that.

All right.

And then also you can go ahead and let's measure out the

the vertical axis is this is actually has kind of a curve to it which is pretty dynamic.

All right great.

So you can see that there are so many different angles going on here.

This is probably actually the most dynamic pose that we've looked at so far.

So give this a nice big green check.

Very dynamic.

All right.

That brings us to the end of this lecture so I hope that you're really starting to understand what dynamics

are and how they plan to gesture and why they're so important.

I hope you can see the difference for example between this pose and this pose.

If you were to draw a character with this pose very boring.

If you draw a character with this pose more interesting this might not tell much of a story so maybe

you wouldn't want this pose but a very dynamic pose is just much more interesting.

So maybe maybe you'd want your character have more of a natural pose maybe something like that or something

similar to that but these dynamic poses are just going to make your character designs look that much

better.

So this is something that's very important.

I really want you to pay attention to it.

I'm sorry if dynamics are kind of boring to you but just trust me.

If you practice them and you start to understand them it'll all payoff and you'll have a chance to practice

them Don't worry.

All right.

I'll see you in the next lecture.