CGMythology's Sketchbook

[Lunatique]

The pose is slightly awkward because of her right (our left) hand. The way the staff rests on the pinky feels like it would easily fall off with the slightest movement from her. It would make more sense for her to secure the staff more firmly in that hand. The center of gravity and weight distribution of her legs is also a little off. Usually when someone is putting most or all of the weight on one leg like that, the body will naturally lock the knee on that leg. If the knee is not locked, then the figure lacks a proper sense of gravitas. If the moment catches her in the middle of shifting her weight or moving instead of standing firmly, then it's as if when you pause the playback on an animation where the frame isn't on a keyframe but an in-between frame, and keyframes always look more dynamic because they show the extremes of each pose. Her stance should be either firm and steady, or dynamic and in motion. One thing I always have my students do it to get up in front of a full-length mirror and actually hold whatever prop the character is and then do the intended pose and see how natural or impossible it feels, and what the body will naturally try to do in order to achieve balance.