The return of the bride of bad sketch

[shadesofmauve]

Okay! After having a wide-variety of things pointed out to me, and spending an hour last night with my tired-but-mostly-biddable sweetheart, I've some different options for how to have the guy sit.


notice: because of changes in the guy, lady's torso/arm is no longer quite right. I'll fix that *after* I have him down, since he's being way more problematic. Ditto for his left arm. I did work on her foot/leg and move the arm she's leaning on backwards (after E and I both tried it as it was and pronounced it awkward).

Also, the unfortunate tighty-whitey look is just an artifact of me trying to figure out exact hip angles.



Preferences? Which one looks more natural, comfortable, cute... ?


Working this out with Erik last night was a wonderfull lesson in how Different Bodies are Different.

I know, I know, you'd think I'd have figured that out already -- after all, it didn't take me that long to figure out that most people have legs of roughly the same length and ten toes -- but it's worth a reminder, especially when it comes to odd things we don't normally notice, like hip rotation. If E sits with his legs out in front of him, his toes want to turn out. Mine are happy pointing up (I tried to ask about this with regard to knees, but he was exhausted and not really understanding and started to seriously over-splain something about guys and scrotal pressure, which was, er, not what I was asking about at all).

Comments

[opalgirl28.livejournal.com]

I'm partial to the middle sketch--it looks a bit more reasonable of a position for Joker.

Yeah, her torso does look just a bit... off, but the hand draped over his shoulder looks better somehow. The hand that she's supporting herself on? Definitely awkward. Even though I'm not an artist, I'm a bit of a people-watcher, and anyone I've ever seen sit like that always slides the supporting arm back.

[evilsherbear.livejournal.com]

I like the middle one. I just get the feeling that Joker would spread out as much as possible when he relaxes.

[rhiannon87.livejournal.com]

Middle one or last one for his pose.

[solarbird]

For Joker? The middle one. The bottom one is okay, but the middle one strikes me as the only one really splayed enough, you know?

(Note: my Joker is the animated WB Joker. Other Joker interpretations will vary. They're wrong. XD )

[westrider.livejournal.com]

I think the last one looks the most natural to me. It always seems a bit easier to sit on the ground asymmetrically for some reason, rather than with both legs out and evenly spread.

[stasia]

The third one is best, compositionally - his outstretched legs balance hers. I want to know what's going on with her right knee/calf, also. And, um, you won't have to shift her right arm if she's about to fall over backwards, dragging him with her.

So, do tell about Scrotal Pressure. I'm sure it was a fascinating discussion.

Stasia