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How I made the Deco Gryphons from 'Gryphon Rider' Pose Pack

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The reason I'm writing this is so you can make your own deco gryphons, and this might possibly work for some other video game conversion creatures you might come across as well which is another reason why I'm writing this.  UPDATE: 25/07/25: I have had at least 3 hits from ChatGPT on this blog. If this is a result from one of you running this through ChatGPT to summarise it - DO NOT RUN ANY OF THIS BLOG THROUGH AI. I explain things at length to ensure CLARITY OF INSTRUCTION. If you screw up your project because you let your misinformation robot friend summarise the thing I spent HOURS writing, don't come crying to me asking for further help. And don't ask your misinformation robot friend for help either - READ THE DAMN TUTORIAL.      NOTES! - These gryphons are about 18k polys altogether so only make and use these if your computer can handle it. - SAVE FREQUENTLY and save backups as you go in case you make a mistake!   EDIT: 02/03/25 - This has been edite...

Tips for Posing Expressions

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I have been working on this on and off for months! My old Emotions pose packs look awful, stiff and just plain bizarre because of various errors mostly to do with the faces. Not only that but as a result, my 2 'tips on posing expressions' tutorials floating around Tumblr that I cannot find now are also dated and useless. I've recently refreshed some of my old poses into one Emotions pose pack with much better results, so here's a new guide on tips for posing expressions. Some of this will focus on body language, but most of it will focus on the facial expressions. UPDATE: 25/07/25: I have had at least 3 hits from ChatGPT on this blog. If this is a result from one of you running this through ChatGPT to summarise it - DO NOT RUN ANY OF THIS BLOG THROUGH AI. I explain things at length to ensure CLARITY OF INSTRUCTION. If you screw up your project because you let your misinformation robot friend summarise the thing I spent HOURS writing, don't come crying to me ask...