If you look at my portfolio, you would’nt guess it’s by a MMDer at first, only after reading the “about me” section.

Ok, enough babbling, let’s get started on the tutorial itself! First of all, let’s talk about the most important detail in renders: the pose. Your lighting can be flawless, but a bad pose will make everything look amateurish. Please, don’t leave everything in the model clipping like hell, don’t close your eyes and hit render.Įxample of bad posing it feels very mechanical, unnatural, stiff. How do you counter bad posing? By using references! Using references doesn’t make you a worse artist and it’s completely acceptable to do so! If you’re unsure about your pose, check a reference! There are many profiles on DeviantArt which post stock images of a variety of poses for artists, like AdorkaStock (formely SenshiStock), JookpubStock and Null-Entity. A quick stock search on DeviantArt, or even Google, will get you many results. If you want some 2D pose references, it’s good too! I make use of both and human stocks are better for 3D artists. Pinterest is a very good option for reference hunting too! But don’t copy anything you see there, it’s a douche move! You can be inspired by the art and photography you see there and reference some things. Pinterest is useful for lighting references (we’ll talk about that in a while). My general posing tip is to respect the model’s capacities, avoid pushing it to the limits! Also, practice posing from scratch, without using premade pose packs. I learned it the hard way because of the game ports.

If you prefer rendering portraits like me, things get a little different.

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