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BOOK 9
WEAPONS POSES

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Masters Of Anatomy: (Book 9) Weapons Poses

Drawing characters with weapons is hard. Making them look fresh and exciting is even harder! Our newest book takes all the hard work out of it. Over 1500 images of dynamic characters for you to study!

This book is made for professional artists working in comic books, animation and game design. You'll learn the basic language of how to design incredible poses that show-case 1-handed and 2-handed weapons. Until now, there has never been an anatomy book dedicated entirely to WEAPONS POSES. You'll learn how to quickly arrange limbs to achieve the most dynamic poses possible.

Our books feature work by artists from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, DC Comics and more. Perfect for any level of artist looking to quickly improve their visual tool-kit.

*mock-cover shown above for advertising purposes.

Tons of Different Weapons!

We present many different kinds of weapons:

  • swords

  • knives

  • axes

  • maces

  • staves

  • two-handed swords

  • two-handed axes

  • pistols

  • rifles

  • assault weapons

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Swap Out Any Weapon!

The most difficult part of drawing "weapons poses" is not the weapon! It's drawing the person HOLDING that weapon. You can swap out any weapon on a pose and replace it with your own!

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Use Our Images for Inspiration!

Our poses are perfect for helping you jump-start your own final images. With thousands of images to choose from, inspiration is only arm's length away. Take a look at some great examples by a few of our artists:

 

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Joshua Covey (Lobster Squirrel)

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Joshua Covey (Lobster Squirrel)

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Zheng Qu

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Zheng Qu

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Jeffrey Cruz (theChamba)

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Jeffrey Cruz (theChamba)

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Guille Rancel

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Guille Rancel

Quickly Create New Poses!

Our book makes it easy to quickly swap limbs and body parts to create new poses. You can even borrow parts from our previous pose books! Using this method you can create a limitless number of NEW POSES!

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Let's create a new pose using the upper body of this girl and the lower body of the man.

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Let's use both the original image and a mirror-image of the man's legs.

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Two new poses! Both versions look very dynamic!

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Original image taken from Book 7: The Complete Edition

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right-side image swapped out for a pose from "Weapons Poses"

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