Painting the Forest Spirit - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 544

Posing the Figure
As we have seen in other projects so far, the model has been posed in a manner that helps communicate
the character and disposition. This helps create a far more dynamic presentation than a mere neutral pose
that communicates very little about a character's attitude. Since I had considered this particular character to
possess a softer, more gentle personality, I attempted to give him a more introspective pose. I accomplished
this by giving a slight tilt to the head and raising his eye line rather than making direct eye contact. With this
I intended to give him a thoughtful presence rather than a direct engagement with the viewer ( Figure 9-1 ) .
Figure 9-1: The posed figure