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male 1 6th bodies so it won t fit most clothing meant for more common male 1 6th figures i use mine for anatomy and lighting ref i slapped on a henry cavill head sculpt i had so it is not just a headless figure 1000toys 1 6th synthetic human male the 1 12 synthetic human s older brother features all the same articulation and the best poseable male figure you can buy it can do anything you can imagine and hold any pose even one legged standing poses the drawbacks are the figure is not compatible with common 1 6th scale accessories so you can t buy new hands or a head sculpt also being a thin skeleton like body it doesn t wear clothing well and the same draw backed as the little brother robotic detailing and the price it can be very expensive 1 6th scale tb league plus size female figure body a great anatomy and lighting ref this figure is highly poseable and features a silicone seamless skin on metal endoskeleton the tbleague female figure body comes in a lot of different body types though they don t have a muscular body it also comes in different skin tones there is also a 6 inch version be aware that this figure is anatomically correct so if you don t want a naked lady hanging in all her glory on your art desk they do provide a bikini bathing suit i forgot the male one comes with one as well the female figure body s deluxe version comes with a head sculpt though they can look a bit creepy doll ish but you can buy a new head for the body if you are not happy with it while rooted hair is interesting on a figure it can be easy to give your figure a bad hair day lol again you can replace the head like the male figure there is a limit to posing while being able to take almost any pose the skin also limits it and can rip if pushed to its limits also you have to be wary of where the skeleton is in the skin so as to not stress the joints this figure as far as 1 6th scale bodies go is not crazy expensive and it is a nice added bonus the figure comes with additional hands feet a head sculpt and stand like the male figure it can get expensive trying to find clothing and accessories also being my figure is plus size larger than most female figures clothing meant for more common female figure bodies will not fit i use mine for posing and lighting but i didn t want a naked figure hanging out on my art desk and i didn t want to fuss with taking off her bathing suit if i needed female body ref so i got her some overalls easy peasy so yeah a bit long winded but i hope this all helps you if you are looking for posing figures for art ref posted by e mann at 8 01 pm no comments labels 1000toys art artistreference bodychan bodycun fun legends marvel synthetichuman tbleague thursday may 10 2018 finding your creative way through difficult times a real great talk by game developer laralyn mcwilliams about finding your creative way through difficult times lord knows those of us who do create for a living have all felt this i have definitely seen my share of dark times at least for me the way i get through these times is the actual work solving creative problems kind of helps me i tend to dive full into what i am doing in away it is a mental reprieve i am not dwelling on the stress of my life outside of the job personally the thing that stands in the way of my creativity is things i cannot control the fact that my job depends on someone else doing their job it can be incredibly frustrating and stressful but it is a necessary evil when working for or with someone else it is a long video but it is a good listen no matter what job you have that involves you having to be creative in some fashion on a day to day basis posted by e mann at 2 05 pm no comments wednesday january 31 2018 art rejection a good friend was asking about rejection as an artist when trying to get work in the industry as a young artist it can be kind of devastating when the big guys call and things just don t pan out art is a very personal thing it is something we do alone in our little holes the thing people do not understand is that art is a piece of the artist all our time effort and thoughts made physical our offspring when rejection happens it can hurt if you don t form a tough enough skin for all the experience i had it happened to me on batman detective comics for whatever reason dc felt i was not right after one issue and four covers of work i will not lie i was pretty annoyed about the whole situation and it affected work i did for another comic at the time but i feel we all need to go through that stuff to humble us and push ourselves to be even better to toughen us up and to not give everything we have to the industry remember the stage will always be there and if you get called up again you will have a better performance than the last the great thing about this business is we get to do the same things over an over and do it better the next time a testament to that is the painting style i used for detective comics i ended up using it for a special edition comic that came with the batman arkham knight video game and it eventually became the painting style of amorywars the series i working on with rags morales chondra echert and claudio sanchez of coheed and cambria issue 10 just came out and we are two issues away from twelve not bad for a guy who wasn t right for batman posted by e mann at 2 04 pm no comments saturday january 13 2018 industry standers there is always that balance of just enough reality or believability in style when it comes to us comic books for mainstream comics the interest in more stylized art comes in waves it is usually guided by the general public a lot of people think that just because something is realistic it is good and shun a lot of the more stylized quirky artists some folks have a misguided perception of what comics are supposed to look like based on what was established in the past but when you look at comic work from other countries you notice a wide range of interesting styles and content beyond superheros there are definitely times where i have been told to make things less cartoony and more realistic though i think an artist should be able to adapt their art to get work my thought about it all is you should be able to beef up an strip down you have depending on the needs of the industry look at what is out on the market and get a general feel for what they are looking for if you look at a lot of the more wild artists when they started they weren t drawing that way look at jack kirby s stuff when he started i bet if he went in with the style he had later in his life he wouldn t have gotten a job so what you do is hold back the wild style stuff and when you get established that is when you start to inject what you really have you have to play the game before you can change the game playing the game can be a bitter pill but you do it to get in the door for comics i consider myself incredibly lucky that i got in on a project where the chains were off i did everything i wanted to do which was the opposite of what it was like when i worked in animation my later career in comics has been kind of proving to the industry that i can do the established industry style with a little of my own flare and work my way back to that freedom i started with in a bigger sense that is what every professional artist is working towards you pay your dues and grind the gears so that you can gain your freedom back like when you first started drawing and doing art or you can just say f ck it do s it on your own and let the industry come to you ha ha posted by e mann at 8 45 pm no comments friday december 22 2017 here comes the sandman i have seen a lot of anger over the canceling of some comic books as of late i can understand the disappointment of hearing about people s favorite comics being canceled lord knows i have experienced that multiple times in the past with some of my favorite titles the thing about comic books is that it is a business in the end and that sort of stuff happens no matter how great the idea or how beautiful the art it is always a gamble of success or failure my comic mosaic was canceled after 8 issues earlier this year we worked our asses off trying to make him the coolest character we could but unfortunately our sales fell after issue one i wasn t mad at the public or editorial i m glad we got the chance to show our stuff with the first totally new marvel character in years mosaic was not a new character wrapped in another character s clothing he wasn t a rif or re name of another character who came before he thrived and fell by his own name that definitely counts for something i see my time on mosaic as like being on the stage at the apollo we danced and sang our hearts out but the sandman still came and pulled us off the thing is not many could say that they did what we did stand on that stage and did their thing just being there means that at least someone will remember what we did and that for me makes me happy i don t mind failing i see it as a learning experience and the next time we step out there we will bring something even better i say to some of the creators out there annoyed that their books got let go it s ok the thing about working in this industry is you get the chance to do the same thing over an over you learn from your past failings and you can make it even better the next time for fans of these canceled books i say continue to support them after the single issues are gone it is not unheard of for a comic series to get resurrected after a book is cancelled remember sales are what drive industry if you want something to stick around actually buy it if you find that the big comic studios are not representing your interests there are plenty of other great studios doing incredible diverse sets of comics some of which i had the pleasure of doing some work for don t wait for the big guys to figure out what you want to read show them they are always watching to see with the other guys are doing and when they see it is a success they will in turn try to do the same thing remember big publishers are not big on risk and if they see something works well they will not hesitate to do the same so go out there and buy some comic books discover something new you might like what you see and if you don t why not make your own and fill that void that s how some of the most famous characters in comics started out hope you have a great holiday posted by e mann at 3 14 pm no comments tuesday november 1 2016 a kojima book today i got my copy of a kojima book it was great getting the chance to work with tarak chami on this amazing fan project the aim of the project was to create a physical thank you to give back to the creator of the metal gear solid video game series hideo kojima and wish him luck on his future endeavors after leaving the series and konami digital entertainment i was the first artist to sign on to do this project in away it was what i always wanted to do create something to give back for me i lacked the funding or the time to do something of this magnitude that is why i decided to lend my name work and skills in trying to make this happen for tarak after i join the project grew to 75 artists and cosplayers in addition to metal gear community groups musicians film directors actors friends and colleagues who left well wishes it is a testament of tarak s fortitude to see this project through to the end and ultimately hand the book to hideo kojima himself tarak did what no one else has ever done i hope kojima enjoyed all of our hard work in creating this book and understands what it meant to all of us to give to him i wish i was there to see tarak preset the book to kojima and see his reaction check out a full view of the book here posted by e mann at 1 04 pm no comments wednesday july 27 2016 can i be superman i m going to share with you a very personal story a story i have never told anyone from my childhood a story i have not told anyone even my own parents it is a story about the discovery of race from a child s perspective superman was my favorite superhero as a child i was introduced to him by the richard donner films and christopher reeve he used to be a big part of my life i had everything superman related clothing shoes undies everything one of my earliest memories of going to my grandmother s house was seeing the superman photo she kept over her desk and the superman glasses she used to serve drinks in when i used to visit we connected through our love of the character when she passed away i took the last remaining glasses to remember her by to remind me of our connection one halloween in the 80 s i really wanted a superman costume back in those days costumes were real cheap they used to be made of plastic that would make you sweat and the masks didn t allow for ease of breathing obviously knowing this my mother was hesitant about getting me one at the time eventually she got the costume for me in those days my mom had large mirrored walls in the dining room that stretched all the way up to the ceiling i remember being so excited to finally put the costume on in front of it when you are a child you can t help but feel by putting on a costume you would in some way be empowered like your favorite hero i had asthma as a child i wanted to be superman a guy who went out and saved people from danger who was impervious to most everything a man who was strong someone who didn t have crippling asthma like me i remember putting on the costume and being critical of its construction it did not have cool red boots it was less a costume and more a plastic tarp with superman s suit printed on it i remember thinking ok it doesn t have red boots but i have red sneakers finally i put on the mask i stood there for a long time looking at myself in the mirror what i saw scared me superman with horrifying dark cave like eyes looking back at me i remember running to my mother frightened and scared at what i saw an not being able to explain what was the matter all i could do was cry what i saw was my skin color and eyes looking through superman s eyes the pale white skin color of the mask and the darkness of my skin made superman look like a ghoulish creature in that moment i realized i could never be superman superman did not look like me and the mask made it worse can you imagine trying to explain something like race when you don t fully understand it as a child the question of race never came up i went to a school that had children of all colors being hispanic it is normal to have family that looks black white or any other color that is our world i didn t have many friends but my closest friends were white black and indian i never thought of the world in terms of color i thought of the world as just people people came in different colors just like crayons just because a crayon was a different color didn t make it any less a crayon than the others i took the costume off packed it back in the box and had my mother put it away in a...