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Post by enihusky on Mar 13, 2017 22:04:01 GMT -5
I've been working hard on improving Thanksgiving's poses, but he's still placing lower in shows. I'd love a critique on his pose so I can learn how to improve it! C:
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Post by Ratqueen on Mar 14, 2017 1:32:36 GMT -5
Nothing particularly wrong with it. I did notice the leg is better than on the poses you had before. Without zooming in, it kind of looks like there's a bit of leg possibly showing to the right, near the paw, so it may seem slightly misaligned. But after zooming in, one can see it's just a bit of the other, darker paw showing, which is normal for this type of paw. There's also 1 pixel of fuzz just above the bit of paw that contributes to the effect.
Tailless catz are actually more difficult to pose because we can't tell when is the exact perfect time to snap the picture (can't follow the tail to click at the right time). A fraction of a second too early or too late, and the leg or paw will not be lined up exactly the same. I noticed that when I posed my new tailless cat, I was trying to find the posing rhythm and imagine his tail going into the curve -- only then was I able to achieve the perfect leg alignement. But I'm not sure if your leg could be improved in any way, because I think the paw is aligned as best as can be -- there's just that 1 pixel that makes it look slightly off, maybe.
Also, I think sometimes tailless catz may have a harder time placing high because there's a missing element that can't be judged and compared to the others in the show. When I see a cat with an absolutely perfectly placed and curved tail in a show, it's hard to ignore its perfection, because it does take skill and perfect timing to get a perfect tail. So, while tailless catz can't have points taken away for a bad tail, they also can't have points awarded to them for a great tail.
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Post by enihusky on Mar 14, 2017 11:19:07 GMT -5
That makes a lot of sense, thanks for clearing it up for me!
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