#body kun

[tiny-traps]

weighed down

these are meant as reference pics for artists and you are free to request more in any pose you want!

please tag or message me if you post art made using my reference pics. credit is appreciated but not necessary.

[fabled-portraits]

Meet my model, Bernard! Bernard has been a big help in my drawing.

Save some pictures for yourself! They aren't the best, but they're free! No credit needed.

[bodychanandbodykun]

[luxshine]

Lemme tell you a bit of the best buy I made for my art last year.

First, this is NOT a sponsored post. This is honestly from the bottom of my heart, because I didn't think this would help me at first, and a month later? I have 100% changed my mind.

See, you probably have seen the ads on face or other social media about the Body-kun and Body-chan figures for artists. They are fully articulated manequins you can pose however you want, and have a variety of hands and accessories that come with them. In the box, they look like this:

(This one in specific is the Sport Deluxe Set. I am not sure you can still get the original normal version, as Tamashii nation makes them in limited quantities and I haven't seen anywhere that sells the original ORIGINAL one anymore)

Now, this is VERY important, I said the ORIGINAL one because there are a TON of bootlegs going around. And I mean a TON. It's so bad that the first site you get when you google Body-kun and Body-chan (the female) is one for Bootlegs (usually announcing a 50% sale, where each figure is about $30 dlls or so.

Now, at first glance, the bootleg and the original look very similar. In fact, years ago, I had bought a bootleg thinking it was an original and boy, I was disappointed!

First, Bootleg-kun is far less flexible than Original-kun as you can see in the pic (I have no idea where his base dissappeared to, but he came with one). But also, the plastic it is made of is SO CHEAP that the hands became... impossible to remove an put again (as you're supposed to be able to) and in fact, Bootleg-chan just, lost her left hand articulation one day. I have a one-hand girl.

For more comparisons: These are my two first Originals (the girl is the "Birdie-wing" golfer edition... more on that later)

While these are the two bootlegs (Chan is holding her arm like that because, it also went off)

And again, you can see here how much more natural the Original can move:

Sports Edition even comes with balls and bats and a baseball glove!

While golfer chan Has two extra legs so you can make her kneel even more.

You can use them digitally, taking pictures and then tracing your skeleton over them Or traditionally, using them as models, which is what I do.

And I loved them SO MUCH, that I had to get other two (mostly because although bootleg kun helped for couple poses, his limited flexibility didn't allow for much variation.

Only that this time, I got the "normal" Sport edition girl, whom I call the gymnast. (the boy version is the same as before)

And once again, you can see the difference! The gymnast is more buff, and has more articulations, which makes her more flexible (Although for some reason? Not as flexible as the boys)

But the best part? The gymnast comes with extra FEET. More specifically, ICE SKATE wearing feet!

anyway, the point of all this is that thanks to being able to both visualize AND touch how the body parts move, I can now be a lot more confident on my poses and so this:

Becomes this:

Too long didn't read version: Do get a Body kun and a body chan (Or two body kuns or two body chans if you do Slash or femslash) But if you do? AVOID the bootlegs! The extra money is worth it so you can do EVERYTHING you want with your figures. Check on the site that they are TAMASHII NATIONS brand! (and if you want, I can show more WIPS from the pose of the dolls to the final product here!)

[yaoiconnoisseur]

Happy pride! My Body-Kuns arrived :D

[bobcat-pie]

email me back I’m begging you

[aplacetodumpideas]

An idea for my next DND character. I used a Body Kun for the posing. I haven’t done much drawing in many years so Irelied heavily on the Body Kun for most of the body. Largely with careful tracing and altering of proportions as necessary. I can’t even begin to explain how many times I’ve attempted to draw a similar pose with nothing but constant failure. Will be using Body Kun more often for drawings so I can get the hang of it again.

[theoneofmanyofficial]

Body-Kun and Body-Chan

(Or at least until I can come up with names for them)

Here's Body-kun. (The lighting is messing with the color but he's actually grey) He's missing an arm because someone broke him while trying to bend his arm (accidently) in a place that wasn't a joint. The arm won't fit back in and now he either has to live with constant falling arm or continue on without it. But that won't stop him from doing poses.

Here we have Body-Chan. She has managed to survive almost a year without being damaged by the same person who took Kun's arm. I think one of her legs is longer than the other. This means I can't stand her (without assistance) unless she tilts her hips. I'm not sure if this is part of the design or because of her unknown origins. Maybe nobody will notice.