So you better exaggerate the HELL out of that face.

Remember, the human face has 43 damn muscles all coordinating together to make emotions like: happy, sad, joy, angry. MAKE THE BODY ASYMMETRICAL If the right arm bends in towards the body, make the left bend outwards to.ĮXAGGERATE POSES In real life, Humans have evolved to see little defections in peoples faces to make sense of other peoples emotions, you need to exaggerate that in emotion because that mechanic is lost in the block-y, non-realistic mine craft characters. It brings life because of simple things like the character bending under it's own weight The wide demeanor of the arms and wild asymmetry sparks surplus amount of confidence. The puffing out of the chest is a dominant body posture and as such gives personality to the character. The third is better because of the asymmetrical of the arms and turn of the hips.The way the leg on the right bends out and the leg on the let bends outwards. The third has power, dominance, it speaks RESPECT. It's just boring - normally humans are never in a symmetrical pose unless they are soldiers. The second is more nuanced(little expressions).It has a more 'tactile' feel to it, but it's boring, repetitive and bland to look at. It has no effect on the world. It looks unnatural because humans do not stiffen up like that, they have structure but they are not cardboard boxes, they squish like balloons but are strong enough to punch at the speed of a bullet.Avoid it like the plague.

So I made this post so that if you see someone whose animation is in need of some good posing, you can link them to this. People tell them to fix it, but people don't tell them how. A lot people make wallpapers/animations with horrendous posing.

How to use mine imator to pose