Do 3D model posing apps help?

[SR20_Weasel]

Ok. So I’ve been using theses two apps for about a few days to help with my anatomy in terms of shape.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magicposernew&hl=en_US
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madcat.easyposer&hl=en_US

Is this a good tool for artists or a hindrance?

 

[MissNook]

It depends on how you use it. If you trace the poses, it's not really interesting and you may hinder your improvement and miss a lot of the nature of the body. If you trace the important shapes, if you use it as inspiration/references and help for foreshortening and angles, that is useful. I would advice to use them in different ways and not as your only reference.
Some ideas and tips: put the pose upside down before drawing it to concentrate yourself on the shapes and not the global vision, often change the corpulence of the 3D model in your drawing, change the straight lines into curvy ones or at least think about if you want it that stiff, add muscles, use real life references especially for how the limbs are linked to the body and where they are creases, search for the simple 3D shape (the ball sliced on the side for the head, the rib-cage, the cylinders of the legs and so on).

Hope that helps

 

[SR20_Weasel]

It depends on how you use it. If you trace the poses, it's not really interesting and you may hinder your improvement and miss a lot of the nature of the body. If you trace the important shapes, if you use it as inspiration/references and help for foreshortening and angles, that is useful. I would advice to use them in different ways and not as your only reference.
Some ideas and tips: put the pose upside down before drawing it to concentrate yourself on the shapes and not the global vision, often change the corpulence of the 3D model in your drawing, change the straight lines into curvy ones or at least think about if you want it that stiff, add muscles, use real life references especially for how the limbs are linked to the body and where they are creases, search for the simple 3D shape (the ball sliced on the side for the head, the rib-cage, the cylinders of the legs and so on).

Hope that helps

Thanks! I kinda knew about using real reference as some models weren’t too detailed and doing the shape tracing probably once for practice, but I mostly sketch the poses on paper by eye and some reference if needed. It’s usually the certain parts of limbs like joint areas and legsI have issues with, especially digitgrade.

Again thanks.