Knight Spider Poses

All poses - Update

For me this was the first challenge of The Rookies.
I approached the world of animation only a few months ago and I really enjoyed experimenting with this character. It was a good challenge and I am satisfied with what I did. :)

All the poses

Over the past few days I have fixed all the poses.

I will upload the old poses to compare them with the new ones. (Those above). 

Pose 01 - Dancer

In the first pose, the dancer, I corrected the clavicles, the shoulders and the spine. To give more harmony and an arched movement.
Also, I fixed the face and the expression.

Pose 02 - Balancing

In the second pose I just added more assets and I exaggerated the knight spider's facial expression a little more. To give him more instability, I moved the position of his legs.

Pose 03 - Singing in the Rain

In the third pose I adjusted the leg that rests on the lamp (To make it more like the reference) and I worked on the face.
I wanted to give the pose more impetus. 

Pose 04 - Jumping on the Sofa

In the fourth pose I corrected several things.

First of all the legs and the pelvis, always trying to follow the reference as much as possible.
I positioned the left arms to create more defined arches.
I also straightened the cup and the knight spider's eyes. 

Pose 05 - Cleaning Spy

In the fifth pose, I focused mainly on the face because I realized that it didn't respect the reference too much. 

Pose 06 - Weightlifting

In the sixth pose the spider's gaze seemed lost. So I worked more on the expression and on the eyes.
Then I placed the objects better in the center of the scene and I fixed the legs to give him more stability. 

So, that's all. 

If you have any advice I'd be happy to hear it! :) 

Pose 06 -  Weightlifting

I recently watched the movie "Encanto", so I decided to do a pose inspired by one of the characters.
These are the references I used for the sixth and last pose.

As objects I chose a barbell and a sofa (always taken from Adobe's assets).

The hardest part was managing the arms, so I did some tests and looked at more references.

Then I worked on the face expression.

And this is my last pose. :)

In the next few days I will fix the old poses, I will try to improve some things to make them more faithful to the reference.

I really enjoyed participating in this challenge, it was a great way to get involved and I'm happy with the result. :) 

Pose 05 - Cleaning spy(der)

In the fifth pose the knight spider is busy cleaning.

To choose the pose I started from the object, in this case a spray bottle.

And then, I decided to give him a spy pose.

For the hands, body and expression I have chosen different reference.

I did some tests to figure it out how to pose his arms.
After finding a definitive pose, I fixed the knight spider and I worked on his expression (which I will probably put my hand back on). 
And I did some close-up renders

This is the result.

Pose o4 - Jumping on the sofa

Here we are with the fourth pose.
Another dynamic pose.
The knight spider jumping on the sofa.

To make the pose nicer and funner, I decided to put a cup in his hand.
Another balancing game.

As much as possible I've tried to respect the lines of the reference body.

Instead, for the pose of the hands and face I used other references.

(I add a close up of the spider's face).

And this time, with the two left arms resting on the sofa, I worked in IK and for both legs I worked in FK.

This is the finale pose.

Pose 03 - Singing in the Rain

Hello everyone and happy holidays! :)

For the third pose I chose an iconic frame from the movie Singing in the Rain.

I watched the famous dance scene to figure out how to pose the knight spider.
For the arms I used different references, to give some variety, arches and dynamism to the scene.

Among the used objects there is obviously an umbrella.
And an indoor lamp.

It's as if the spider is a small living room inhabitant trying to imitate his favorite actor.
And this is the final result. :)

Pose 02 - Balancing Update

I'm still working on the second pose.
I added other objects in the scene (a plastic cup and a plastic food box) and tried to make a test render in persp. 

After that, I made a render with the correct camera.
I think there's still some work to do but I am quite happy with the result.
If you have any advice I'd be happy to hear it! :) 

Pose 02 - Balancing

For the second pose I chose some assets from the Adobe Library to use.

After choosing the shopping bags, I searched the references of people in balance.
And of people holding a shopping bag.

I also looked for references for facial expressions.

Then I started to do some tests for the pose and for the position of the objects.
It's still work in progress.

Pose 01 - Dancer

Hello everyone!

For the first pose I chose dancers as references.

And I took the opportunity to understand how the rig worked.

After that I worked on the first pose.

It wasn't easy to work with a six-armed character. But despite this I really enjoyed to pose him and this is the result.

This is my first contest on The Rookies, so any words of advise would be good.