Hey there! I’m not sure if you’ve tried this already, but you could act out the pose you’re trying to draw if you can’t find a similar reference online, although I’m sure there are plenty of references of people holding a weapon like this. But if you can’t find one, try acting out the pose yourself and recording it. Doing this can help you understand the pose much better, since you’ll be able to observe the tilt of the body, the movement of the arms, the position of the shoulders, etc. The proportions in my correction might be slightly off, though. :) On the other hand, I’d also recommend avoiding cropping the limbs. In this case, try not to cut off the character’s hand. Instead, make the character slightly smaller so the entire body fits better within the canvas. :) This will also prevent the character and the bear from competing with each other in terms of scale. Having both of them very large makes them compete for attention, when the character should be the main focal point. Hope this helps!

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I want the character to be holding the axe in a tense fighting pose but so far i can't figure out how to get the perspective of the arms and axe right while not taking up so much visual space as it is right now. I want the face and the bear in the back to get some attention still but the axe kind of looks like out of place blob right now.

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@foscohá 3 semanas

Hey there! I’m not sure if you’ve tried this already, but you could act out the pose you’re trying to draw if you can’t find a similar reference online, although I’m sure there are plenty of references of people holding a weapon like this. But if you can’t find one, try acting out the pose yourself and recording it. Doing this can help you understand the pose much better, since you’ll be able to observe the tilt of the body, the movement of the arms, the position of the shoulders, etc. The proportions in my correction might be slightly off, though. :) On the other hand, I’d also recommend avoiding cropping the limbs. In this case, try not to cut off the character’s hand. Instead, make the character slightly smaller so the entire body fits better within the canvas. :) This will also prevent the character and the bear from competing with each other in terms of scale. Having both of them very large makes them compete for attention, when the character should be the main focal point. Hope this helps!