>>5984265>What makes something not half assed then?-Putting a little bit of thought and effort into what you're doing.
-Posing a figure with tons of articulation LIKE a figure with tons of articulation, and not like one of those Kenner Star Wars figures that have only 5 points.
-Putting some thought into the pose. Make it LOOK semi real, and not like a stiff mannequin. A little dynamic and 'life' goes a long way.
-Set up the scene. You have one shot to tell the story. Composition is very important. Take a couple of minutes and think about what you're wanting to show. Again setting a figure or two down in some haphazard position and letting the view figure out what you meant is lazy.
-Focus. Why let everything be blurry?
-You don't need fancy backgrounds, but why take a picture with your shitheap of a desk in it? All it does is take away from the subject you're shooting, and show that you don't give a fuck that you're a pig. Get a nice big piece of posterboard, or move your figures someplace else when you want to take a picture.
-Take more than one picture, and use the best one. Don't just take a pic and post it as is. You aren't wasting film, it's the digital age. take as many as you need until you get something that really looks nice.
-Crop/resize your photos. Why would you think anyone wants to see a 5000x3200 pic of a blurry mess of two dept store mannequins holding each other up in front of a garbage heap?
-Don't blame your camera because you didn't take the time to take a good picture, and don't use the "sorry, I tried." excuse when you didn't. You don't need a top of the line camera to take decent pix, nor do you need Photoshop, when you have a free basic image editor already on your machine/device.
It's just little steps you can take to make your less than mediocre shit look so much better, instead of shitting it out and expecting people to praise it. And no. Alley backgrounds are for arrogant faggots who're trying to cover up their insecurity.
