Where do y'all find pose references for your comic panels?

[hjpetersonauthor]

Just curious about what everyone else has been using. I have a pose doll app that I use, and I'm kind of wondering if there's better alternatives.

[BLTX]

I actually don't use references that much. I only really use when I feel I really need to to get the position, and camera angle right. When I do though, I usually either just search on google to find pictures, use this website, or just take a photo myself.

The reason I often opt not to use them is cause I feel it makes for a more interesting and unique style.

[Rhonder]

My go to is just referencing myself, usually. Works for the majority of poses outside of those that are really dynamic/action-y.

The episode never got published because I discontinued the series, but for the final would-be episode in my D&D comic I did end up using the free pose-able 3D models that came with clip studio paint for a few panels/characters with wonky perspective. There were a few running poses and such holding weapons that I just could not for the life of me figure out after sketching them out like 10 times, until I tried that tool.

[Kelheor]

I generally don't, I prefer suffering through it myself

The CSP models @Rhonder wrote about are pretty good, at least they're much more convenient than pose app, you can also adjust their hight, proportions and even weight, all the settings are pretty nice, used it a couple of times

[Doku-Sama]

Usually I just look for the pose on google... or with some references I got from artists like Kibbitzer or Justin Martin. Sometimes I take pictures of myself (especially for hands).

[Llyrel]

Clip Studio Paint 3D models, selfies and... Sims poses the great thing about Sims is that you can build the exact scene you need (including stuff such as hair, furniture and clothes) instead of having to figure out everything on your own and/or spending ages setting everything up like with CSP models: although sims hair tend to be pretty stiff and don't have physics, it's still incredibly useful to have a model with actual hair and clothes on, especially if you're working with odd angles. The Sims 3 also allows you to customize the color of your furniture, easily change the placement of lights and a whole bunch of other little adjustments that make the process much faster granted, you WILL still need to make your own adjustments: the perspective can get a little odd from certain angles (and The Sims 4 seems to be even worse with that) so you can't exactly trace a model as it is and call it a day, but I still find it to be a super useful and very easy tool to work with!