Pose Maniacs a Gesture Reference Site

www.posemaniacs.com
Here is a great gesture reference site. Pose Maniacs is a support site for artists providing over 500 gesture models with 36 positions for each gesture. They are virtual references, so they might not be completely accurate, but they are still a great source. The models also have a muscle skin texture so that you can see the layout within the pose. Images can be used in full screen and with a grid overlay. Navigation is a bit loose and found it difficult finding a pose that you are actually looking for.

The site has a few other features:

30 Second Drawing - timed drawing
Negative Space Drawing - is a bit hard to use because the included the shadows
Random Pose Viewer
Hands/Parts Scanned for Drawing - file all seem to be very low resolution
iPhone / iPod Access
Widgets - Allows you to use a Pose of the day on your blog or website

Over all, it is a quick and easy site for gesture references.

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Creativity and design has always been a huge part of my life, it has been infused in the way I think, live, parent, and teach, so it is difficult to separate it from my instruction. My classroom is a 'studio' and more than just physical space, it is a way of thinking, it is a process, it is an atmosphere, it is what I call a “Creative Epicenter”.

I am a 3d designer and sculptor and have eight years of industry related experience; independent contractor for various firms, five years in the public art industry- lead designer, and founder and head artist at Specular Studios LLC.

I have sixteen years experience working with k-12 and post-secondary students; eleven of those years my emphasis has been teaching creative work flows, the design process, 3d design, and visualization. Additionally, I spent two years as District Technology Coordinator and curriculum trainer in NY. Over the last 12 years, I have developed two design program models, a new high school model, Digital-Evolutions and a middle school version TEAM-C in Denver Public schools.

Currently, I am teaching: 3D Design and Animation, Advanced 3D Design and Animation, Digital Portfolio I and II, Computer Graphics, MYP Design Technology, and IB Digital Arts. The backbone that drives these courses is teaching the creative and design process, in which I emphasis that 70% of the student's effort is the development the idea.

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