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HOW are you dealing with the new expression bones

for me and the type of gposing i do, less is more when it comes to expressions. still, i've tried to set myself up for success when adjusting them, so i'll share what i've got here.

quick preface: i use ktisis to pose. i've seen the layout for anam, but haven't used it, and i find brio's posing a bit too finicky for my liking. i use it for supplemental features, but not posing.

blue tips will be pretty accessible, and red tips are for those who don't mind fucking around and finding out, or putting in a bit more effort.

Filter the Visible Bones in Your List

No brainer, right? Looking at the left is a nightmare.

Do yourself a favor and only activate the group you’re working with, like the mouth group on the right.

Make an Expression Pack (or several!)

When it comes to expressions, the best advice I can give is: go through the vanilla expression emotes with your character and save them as .pose files. It’s a little time-consuming, but it WILL be worth it if you’re making enhanced poses often enough. And you don’t have to stop there–if there’s a full-on emote with an expression you adore, pause it during the expression and save it the same way. You can load that face onto other poses.

A note on pre-made expressions with the new face bones: Expressions will not carry across races, nor will they carry well across faces of the same race. This is particularly noticeable for the mouth. For that reason, you may want to label your expression folders like this:

Gender > Race > Face –or– Female > Viera > Face 4

Eye Movement with Sibling Linking

This has always been the go-to, but I think it’s good to share. There’s a button that lets you move one bone while also affecting its sibling bone (for example, you can move the left eye, and the right eye will move too).

“Link Rotation” will move the bones in the same direction. You will use this the most. “Mirror Rotation” will move them in opposite directions, but the amount of movement will be the same.

I use this for eyes and eyelids to ensure I’m getting even movements and looks across the board (like below), but it works for ears, limbs, hair, you name it! If there’s a left and a right version of the bone, they can be moved in tandem.

Mouth Movement with Position

With the new mouth bones, I’ve found position to be far more helpful than rotation. Switch your transform mode to position, zoom way in, and lift those lip corners, or shift them in or out.

Here's the expression we just made from a blank face!

Adjust Some Settings

Consider adjusting your settings so that the bones and their connecting lines fade or disappear while you’re mid-movement, so you can see things more clearly. Some folks don't want to dabble in settings at all, which is fine!! But if you have the time and inclination, try it out!

Try Bone Offsetting

This is a lifesaver. You can adjust the position of each dot, for a more clear view of them. This takes some time and patience, but I found it to be worth it because I'm always on that damn gpose.

ESPECIALLY useful for the eyes, where the bones’ default state is stacked on top of each other. I’ve also adjusted the abdomen/waist/lumbar area and viera ear bones to my taste.

Bone Offsets only affect the specific race and gender you adjust them on. Here you can see the pile of dots on the unadjusted fem miqo's eyes, and then the fem viera's bone dots spread out to more legible placements.

Hopefully this was somewhat helpful! Feel free to shoot questions me way anytime! 💗

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“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

— unknown

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happy valemtimes or whatever

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eyes study

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[盆买不买]

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Keepers of the Moon

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do yall when you are posing just ever get lost in your character's eyes?

the DT eyes are just so pretty~

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Some Meyas

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Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating. 

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Some Meyas

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grief is so crazy like what if i forget what her laugh sounds like. does she know i loved her. i miss her so much. i catch myself doing things she used to do. i wish i could call her. i miss her so much. i do a crossword puzzle. i cry while washing the dishes. does she know i loved her? my heart feels like a hummingbird. i miss her so much. what if i forget what her laugh sounds like. what if i forget.

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Ship Post - 6. What was their "flirting stage" like? For Kikyo and Hancock

ship questions!

The flirting stage could be depicted as slightly archaic for him, or in some cases as exciting as sparring with one another or having playful banter.

Due to his reputation, he had to reconsider how to approach this respectfully. He recognized, and learned upon meeting her, that honeyed words would fall on deaf ears. Hancock had to be careful with his intent and allow patience to guide him in this courtship. Also, it had to be something that, on the surface, would not rouse the suspicions of her clan, ruin her reputation, and place him at the receiving end of her father's ire. Considering the cultural divide and complications between them, it may seem like a tedious process, but to them, it was an art form that did not require the two to verbalize their attraction. Everything was done subtly.

But a touch was usually involved.

It could be as simple as a brush of his thumb across her knuckles when he walked with her through the streets, or taking her hand to assist her down a flight of steps. Adjusting her hair's ornaments for her while being a few ilms from her face.

However, he was known for experimenting with different methods when he wasn't in her company. Like with haiku, which he penned as love letters, were given to her as a show of interest.

Kikyo chose flowers, often adorning her hair as kanzashi, to express her feelings without necessarily needing to put them into words. There were minor physical gestures that spoke volumes of her flirting process. Adjusting his obi, smoothing his haori, or even removing his glasses; which has been a more intimate gesture than what would normally be conveyed. She was not accustomed to flirting, but even a bashful smile, or an extended long glance shared, were small things that would normally not be taken to heart, but such actions spoke louder than words between them.

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Hairs gettin' long miss.

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Hairs gettin' long miss.

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tank stance