SpiderMan poses exercise

Figure 1: Reference image no. 1

This is a reference image taken from http://spidermanmarvellegends.5-is.net. 

Figure 2: Pose no.1 front-view

I tried to do the pose in Figure 1 in Maya. This is the front-view of the pose that I did. In the exercise, I am focusing on balance. This means that the model's poses must look natural / comfortable / relax. The only problem that I encountered was when positioning the arms, the flesh on the arms will somehow look twisted.

Figure 3: Pose no. 1 side-view

This is the side-view of the pose that I did.

Figure 4: Pose no. 1 side-view

In this side-view, you can see the curves of the body in highlight.

Figure 5: Pose no. 1 side-view

In this side-view, you can see the center of gravity of the model. In this case, the center of gravity is around the belly button of the model.

Figure 6:  Reference image no. 2

This is a reference image taken from http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/delays-spidey.jpg.

Figure 7: Pose no. 2 front-view

I tried to do the pose in Figure 7 in Maya. This is the front-view of the pose that I did. Keeping in mind the importance of balance in the pose, I changed the pose of the left leg to look like the model is trying to reach forward by stretching out his left leg, as the model is in a swinging motion. However, in this pose, there are still some minor defects that can be observed.

Figure 8: Pose no. 2 side-view

This is the side-view of the second pose that I did. 

Figure 9: Pose no. 2 Defect no. 1

From the highlighted lines on the legs in Figure 9, you can see that the legs does not lead the audience back to the model. In Figure 6, the legs of the model leads the audience back to the model which makes it more interesting to look at.

Figure 10: Reference image no. 3

This is a reference image taken from http://junal.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/spiderman.jpg.

 Figure 11: Pose no. 3 front-view

I tried to do the pose in Figure 10 in Maya. This is the front-view of the pose that I did. There are some obvious defects in the pose that are a little different from the reference image. The errors will be shown in Figure 13 and 14 below.

Figure 12: Pose no. 3 side-view

This is the side-view of the third pose that I did. 

Figure 13: Pose no. 2 Defect no.1

The first error is in the right leg of the model. The right knee should not be opened up so wide. It should be rotated along the x-axis to point forward a little bit more.

Figure 14: Pose no. 2 Defect no.2

The second defect is in the right arm of the model. The right arm should be reaching out more and positioned around the center of the body. I tried correcting both defects, but the right arm and leg of the model end up overlapping, causing it to look unrealistic.