"MODELS FOR ARTISTS" - Body Kun/Chan - What's the Deal??...

[@nerdecrafter]

They are only flimsy because these ones are the counterfeit version 😂😱 the boxes didn't seem to have the official holographic Bandai logo

[@jadengoodwin2006]

Hi

[@i_maiko_i]

LOL exposed !

[@hannahs3224]

NerdE! We stan a queen

[@flamingogh_]

The real company should sponsor him after this lol

[@teaswetish]

I was just about to say SaltECrafter jazza version because he started with the cons, but whoops she's already here 😂 💕

[@Zesuto3]

Edit: just realized that the figures Jazza got look very poor in quality and the box is missing the holographic logo, those are definitely counterfeit, there are LOTS of counterfeits floating around and their boxes look identical to the real ones, so be very careful! I used to have one, it was very expensive, then I started to use Clipstudio's 3D body for reference so I stopped using my Body-chan, I gave it to a friend who wanted to learn. Nowadays I don't worry about anatomy anymore and I just draw following my heart, sometimes my stuff turns out looking better than if I had a model, sometimes it looks worse.

[@subswithoutanyvideos-dw3jw]

ゼストくん - let's draw manga! I mean these fake ones still seem better than those wooden ones that I’ve used in school

[@desireeke55]

Any idea how to make sure you get a genuine one? I tried googling but on the bandai site it says out of stock so idk if they still do them

[@Sandstimes]

The more I hear about clip studio the more I want to get it

[@legobuilderfrom2000]

yep they are definitely fake, I had the male figure and he is not that flimsy at all! and while replacing the hands is a bit fiddly all the ones ive tried fit on to the arm

[@CaityRaindrop]

Clipstudio also has a 70% off sale pretty frequently

[@evo_is_confused]

I have a wooden one and it just stands in my room dabbing. That's all it does.

[@sweetboyollie9749]

Omg me toooooooooo

[@apriltk3682]

haha same!

[@michelleh8580]

DITTO!!

[@michelleh8580]

I have one except it stands in a sassy pose

[@ingbing7447]

I want to put one of those shitty wooden ones in the corner of my room and all it will do is dab and there will be a sign above it that will just read the word ‘idiot’ with an arrow pointing to it. I can’t do that yet because Mom wont let me buy one cause their that bad.

[@goro5479]

I have and use both. Ironically the female is less flexible compared to the bulky male model. And judging by how extremely fragile your figures (especially the female) look, I'm not sure if they're the 'authentic' ones as there have been loads of bootlegs out there. I usually only use them when drawing characters in tough camera angles but they do the job quite fine. SH Figurearts did release some updated versions with supposedly better joints and more defined proportions, as well as more weapons/props, but they're hard to find in the international market.

[@goro5479]

@MadmanWithPie Im really glad I preordered mine online when they were first released back then. I really wanted to get the updated versions but I just cant trust online sellers nowadays because of all the bootlegs. Especially not from some random ad on intsagram.

[@niekgrijzenhout5011]

I think theyre fake as well, the real ones are €80 and the ones he showed about €40. On aliexpress you can get em for €12 i think its just that bootleg

[@LadyChickadeeful]

From what it looks to be the ‘body-kun’ website, it looks to be the official one. The reason why the price is 40 is because of a sale that ends in a few hours. They even have these limited edition ‘world tour figures’ of body/Chan-Kun painted with some symbols I can’t make out on them.

[@goro5479]

@@LadyChickadeeful I checked the site and I have to say that the authenticity if any of these figures are very sketchy. The chibi fig is definitely a knockoff since it has a figma stand (the body-kun/chan line is made by bandai tamashii nations). I have no way of telling if the other two are legit or not from the video but they seem to do what there supposed do and I guess that's fine enough if you aren't picky on things like that. Then again, if theyre selling cheap knockoffs for the price of an authentic one, that theres a different problem. Edit: After comparing the boxes, the ones jazza has are definitely bootlegs.

[@Lonely_Waffle]

Please take a quick look around and see if you can find a website with the authentic models and include the link, it’s help a lot

[@tzisorey]

Body-Chan was a mannequin assassin, and pulls her arm off to reveal a sword, that she uses when Body-Kun abandons Barbie to run off with Ken.

[@pangasius6660]

Pulls her arms off? Why do i see her as dororo

[@pangasius6660]

I mean hyakkimaru

[@arokumi5811]

@@pangasius6660 you know you can edit a comment right?

[@TheLittlePaloma]

@@pangasius6660 OMG totally

[@whoamichelle]

HmmMmMM soulds a bit like HYAKKIMARU

[@ShouldIbeVacuuming]

okay, but the study buddy picture is fricken adorable... i mean, really...

[@bobbobbo7219]

Hey Jazza those ones are bootleg sorry...

[@helpfuldoge-tb6cy]

What one

[@user-rt4og9ci2o]

Stop

[@user-rt4og9ci2o]

Dont make a joke ever again

[@user-rt4og9ci2o]

Its so bad

[@user-rt4og9ci2o]

Its not good just go away

[@sketchwarrior3937]

"That one looks like a smiley face!" Oh my goodness had me dying

[@beeisverycool]

I heard “ G’day everyone welcome to draw with *jazz* , I’m *jazz* “ So I guess...... *you like jazz?*

[@waylong4797]

I heard jazza. Btw oh yeah yeah

[@finnmulvey2104]

jazz is a name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@beeisverycool]

@Oh Yeah Yeah oh yeah yeah

[@iynajean8955]

Get out lays and gently main welcome to draw with Jezza, I'm Jessa

[@beeisverycool]

@Iyna Jean I almost had a stroke reading that

[@fallendemon3846]

Jazza: "Starting off with the cons" *SaltECrafter has joined the chat*

[@itgetsworsetm9856]

JACKIE YASS

[@kitwarrior4life124]

jACkiE, yOur DoiNG iT WrONg

[@AmiaRAT666]

Summer Cruz she sure has.....

[@benjaminblack6771]

Tbf it's pretty clear he bought knock offs

[@Horsedogz]

Your studying picture was just so frickin' cute!! I want a print of it lol! Great work as always Jazza!

[@JustBeCreative99]

I think that if you have a hard time drawing bodies (me). It would be great to have them for digital drawing. Since you can picture it and draw or even trace if you're having a serious hard time.

[@goku21youtub]

No, just do a few days of figure drawing, you will improve extremely,in just that timeframe already , after a week any pose will not be a problem

[@angiewu8294]

@@goku21youtub well not everyone can go to a figure drawing class XD Sometimes this is easier I guess

[@goku21youtub]

*FineSarcasm* , im trying to save you from a lot of trouble .. you dont need a class for that , you can do this at home , watch just some figure drawing tuts here on youtube and then draw 100 to 200 figures, after that youll be amazed by yourself and have the motivation to do another 100 on a higher level(which you achieved automagically) , after that you will have the body structure down , so much that you can manipulate it in any shape , you will see the difference between crude figures and where the detail sets in , you can see the line of of action and construct any pose from your head , just by training 1 or 2 weeks with full dedication

[@angiewu8294]

@@goku21youtub Well I guess we all learn differently XD Idk if that'll work for me, but it does sound cheaper. Either way, everyone has a different way of learning stuff

[@JustBeCreative99]

FineSarcasm well practising a lot obviously makes better, but you will have to draw A LOT, like several hours a day to see difference in a month, and you do need time for that :P

[@julesduve4757]

You should have animated the end card as you as a Body kun!!!!!

[@bubbleverse]

I was gonna say that -v-

[@maresimonar-dykes4295]

For the young starting artists I've gifted these too, I had them pose them, photograph, then load into their sketchbook, or such apps, then set a new layer to practice drawing in a trace process; setting light angles to study shadows, etc. in the photo step. It does help them with repetition to visualize angles, etc. On occasion, I myself do the same when I need a specific problematic pose of a rider on a horse. I also find these figures equally useful in miniature designs (dollhouses/vignettes)...the are perfect to lay with my designs sketches for furniture, layouts, etc when I'm drafting plans for building (ie scratch built prayer kneelers for a chapel scene). I find them very handy, thinking outside of the box, quite often.

[@jerretzwicker599]

IDEA...get an authentic one and turn it into a custom action figure with sculpty...maybe a VR JAZA

[@egg9960]

I have these and after looking at the comments... YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT I LITERALLY WASTED 50 DOLLARS ON A COUNTERFEIT VERSION?! WTF

[@ReallyTiny1UP]

i got them as a two for one offer some parts were flimsy on the female and i wrote a complaint. i got two more so i got 4 figures for the price of one, and they do the trick. my male ones can dab after all haha

[@egg9960]

@@ReallyTiny1UP ya one of the hand joint things keep falling off and her shoulder is at a werid angle and I can't fix it

[@ReallyTiny1UP]

@@egg9960 feels bad man... I prefer the male ones all the way but I'm happy with the figures I have. They help me a lot but I rather don't tough the females and just use the male ones and then "make them female" when drawing

[@egg9960]

@@ReallyTiny1UP Ya lol and the laptops and sword things are pretty cool but changing the hands are a pain

[@ReallyTiny1UP]

@@egg9960 ngl I have small hands so I don't really have an issue with that :'D But I can imagine how difficult it is with even just slightly bigger hands

[@jasminehogue3193]

It would be so cool to watch you do a doll repaint. Like turn yourself into a doll from head to two.

[@bbygirl.6602]

Toe*

[@hand9960]

@@bbygirl.6602 I was just about to comment the same thing

[@sheamcknight2237]

Tell Hextian to do him!! He does amazing dolls!!

[@recoveringsoul755]

Have you seen Dollightful? She makes custom dolls out of generic ones.

[@coldstuff9784]

That's a cool idea!

[@stephaniewolfe2665]

I have these! They’re way better than the wooden mannequin, but I got them 2 years ago and only seriously incorporated them into a piece of art once. Worth the expense?? Not so much, but I love the pose ability, but I’m afraid I might break it at the same time!

[@MasamuneHikara]

Here's an art challenge take body chan or kun and pose it and sculpt over it with super sculpie clay to make a model

[@kapris0n250]

I tried buying one of these 2 years ago and I'm still waiting for them to come in the mail. $80 just went into the toilet when I realized I was never getting them.

[@balobadartist9022]

I’m sorry bruh 🥺

[@shaysuketchi5630]

The originals are hard to find now. Everywhere on Amazon has the original's pictures but when you actually get the models they're complete knockoffs but I still use one.

[@haisehaise691]

How is it?

[@SimplyChloe_]

I'd recommend Istebrak's Portrait Studio - it has two poseable figures along with a bunch of other useful models, and you can also choose your light source, light strength, add secondary light, etc. :)

[@tombuck]

Do you know how genuinely exciting it is when a new Jazza video pops up?! Thanks for explaining these, I’ve always felt like a fraud for not truly understanding how to best utilize them.

[@sarinamurray5520]

I think you can take a picture of your desired pose, import it into your digital drawing app and trace it, then that trace can be helpful when you are drawing without tracing. Great video! I wanted one a long time ago, but I don’t think it’s for me. 😃

[@DaKing-io9be]

I'm too poor to afford good drawing models so I use my dad's mass action figure collection

[@mileskelleher6851]

Animate them, then they will be useful😃

[@magorzataurbanowicz2969]

That actually not a bad idea 😀

[@kriggsart]

Like you I was super excited when I first got these. I quickly ran into the same problems you did. I've used them maybe once, otherwise they sit on my shelf getting dusty. However, watching this vid has made me want to get them out and play with them again.

[@sallymay250]

It honestly warms my heart to see how your creativity transformed those figurines ☺🤗☺️

[@thesoccerboys9272]

Great video mate keep up all the good work!!💪🤟💕❤️

[@esf34147]

for anatomy references that you can manually create, i recommend design doll. it's a free app/software in which you can change the pose, lighting. you can even change the size, height, fat, and pose the hands in any way you want

[@darth_pepperoni27]

Lol an instagram ad literally used one of Jazza's footage posing the figures for the same product, under a different shop name: giravo... or something

[@crank3751]

Iv'e had one of these for a couple of years and i use it pretty regularly. The shoulder joints can just go slack in certain positions which will slowly drive you to a murderous rage, but iv'e discovered that gumming them up with a little plasticine soon fixes the problem. They're far from perfect but still pretty useful

[@VoidHybrid]

I know i ended up getting counterfeit ones, but i still like them and they're very useful. I'm horrible at drawing things from my head and am very much a visual artist. The female's arm keeps falling out of its torso but I'm very patient and its managable. Also bought a phone tripod mount to set up for a perfect angle with the capability of minor adjustments (and to make sure different poses get the same angle)

[@balobadartist9022]

Same - I think it’s all about preferences 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@BlackWolf_3223]

Hi Jazza, I actually have the exact same ones you bought. I do agree with you with your cons as i felt the same way. I actually use bluTac to hold them in place, I actually rarely use the stands that they came with because most of my positions are on a surface. I've found that using a little bit of bluTac actually makes these figurines VERY useful and it's a lot more fun when you can move them about as if they were action figures. I also have super glued some of the joints together (Ones like the wrists as on the female the wrist split) so Glueing them really helps them become more sturdy and you can use them more aggressively. I actually don't use them as often as I should, I typically just play around with them like they were toys haha, but I typically use them for reference once or twice every couple of weeks as it is helpful when you cant find a good reference on google, etc. I hope this comment helped. I love your channel and you inspire me greatly! - BW

[@rakuinqura]

The study session illustration is so cute

[@linad3896]

Got these as a gift. The hands didn’t fit on my model either and the female model broke easily. Not worth it. Just invest in the Easy Poser app.

[@InanimateGenderlessBlob]

THANK YOU!! I never even thought about something like that existing! Its just what i needed, thank you!

[@selabee-doodles]

Whoa, thanks for recommending! I'm gonna try it out!

[@artypoodle1874]

I've been using pose apps a lot to, different ones for hands and faces. It eally helps me to practice, without spending money on mannequins 😇

[@atomiccryptonite5201]

These ones in the video were counterfeit. Did yours have the holographic logo on the box?

[@psychotophatcat]

I tried Easy Poser and the damn thing didn't want to work for me unless I fiddled with a single pose for half an hour. Everything kept twisting in ways that mutilated the model and I kept having to restart. Everybody always praises it, but maybe it's just harder for people who have wider fingers or something? I even tried using a stylus and it kept doing the same thing. It was just so finicky that I got frustrated and uninstalled it. It's a shame because it's an amazing idea, but something just was not right with it.

[@_ro8_]

You can use easy poser it's an app on android and ios I guess

[@beeisverycool]

Or MagicPoser, it’s GREAT.

[@catwithinternet7111]

Link?

[@amychi_]

Yeah

[@amychi_]

@@beeisverycool when I saw your comment I went to Google to look at what you were talking about, when I used it, I was like :0

[@beeisverycool]

@it's Princessio Here! That’s funny, glad I could get somebody else to like it too!

[@PrecursorDan91]

Really enjoyed watching this video, nice to see an in depth review and that you actually used them for reference. Thanks for showing us all exactly what you can do with these.

[@love.wildly.live.fearlessly]

Good morning! The girl character you drew from the laying down pose she had 4 toes lol

[@CrescentMond]

Don't know if he did that on purpose, but it's a common thing with animators... Most Disney characters have four fingers and toes, it might just be a thing he's learnt to do

[@love.wildly.live.fearlessly]

NepturnalHarianne I’ve noticed that actually my 5 year old daughter has noticed it too she’s asked me why certain characters only has so many fingers lol

[@theaudreygriffineffect4227]

I have these. I ran into the same issues. It's frustrating that it's marketed as being super dynamic to pose but you end up have to compromise. Also, they feel so breakable. The one thing I like about them is how easy the grey models make it to interrupt light and shadow. I always struggle with whether or not i'm shading too much or not enough. But the grey dolls simplify it for me.

[@mrnazhg]

I agree with what Jazza says about the Body-Chan, I bought it and I feel totally ripped off because it’s extremely difficult to pose her, the hands take so much effort to put on, and a lot of parts come off. I don’t know about the male one, but I don’t recommend the female one. While it feels like a waste, I can’t bring myself to use the body chan and it’s just kind of wasting away on my shelf

[@sadcat157]

Marina Zhang you might have bought a knock-off

[@aiheki]

I used to have the male one... And i found it more suiting to just play around with it to get a general idea of what pose i want to draw + proportions refrence... It's too limited to actually get the full pose, so i think it's better to use just as an inspiration to find some kind of cool pose when you don't have an idea for one.

[@c0ma_t0ast8]

I draw on my I pad so one of the apps I love are magic poser it’s the same as these figures but free. All you have to do is take a screenshot and your good. So I suggest this app

[@dragonlife10playsmc]

I didnt know this app existed and as a beginner artist I thank you. X3

[@c0ma_t0ast8]

dragon_life10 plays games!! Thanks dude

[@leapaws5011]

ooo imma try that

[@c0ma_t0ast8]

Lea Paws ok

[@soltrice]

oooh sounds interesting! thx

[@ShortyBig691]

Just download a poser app. I use easy poser by Madcat games. It's available for iOS and Android cells and tables. It's has a lot of options for the reference. Animé male and female, hero male and female styles and teen to small child male and female styles.

[@elizachaudhari8146]

I have that too and it's really great and easy to use plus it's free

[@nigel7779]

FUCKING POSER!

[@CentralHighland]

i used super glue to improve the joints issues, and it worked perfect. Just put some glue then move the joints rapidly (to make sure it's not stick together but enough to move)

[@grimsladeleviathan3958]

I just bought a body-kun and a body-chan a couple days ago, and it's pretty alright, it's not the best in the world, but it was good enough for me. I'm not really good at drawing poses, proportion and stuff like that, which is why I bought them in the first place, and these things helped me quite a lot, and I feel my character art has improved quite a bit, so I like these things, if you have the same problems as me like proportions and poses, I recommend these for you, it's pretty good

[@tashanhean4786]

Love your videos jazzy keep up the hard work😇

[@rockstarknight4331]

I got mine for Christmas and i was excited to use them. I just played with the poses but the female model had her arm that fell out but I managed to put it back together.

[@krynntec7105]

I got those exact figures a little over a year ago on Christmas of 2017 (Excluding the Chibi, which I did not even know existed until I watched this) I can certainly agree that the male figurine does seem to be more posable and premium over all. Such as how the female figurine only has the regular ball joints instead of being fully sculpted shoulders in sockets like the male figurine has. I do use them both though, mainly because I'm not very good with human anatomy and I don't feel like trying to do it based off of nothing and then making it look terrible.

[@ryubiskj]

yeah as others said, the originals are way better. anyways i think its how you approach using them, for me i usually dont have a clear vision of what i want to draw as jazza has, so this really helps me figuring things out as i pose them and see what looks cool etc.. and also yes there are so many reference pictures online but more than often i just cannot find pictures of very specific poses or like just the right camera angle for what i have in mind which is really frustrating so this does really help me quite often :)

[@lumi_2423]

So how do you avoid buying knockoffs

[@mvargasmoran]

well they're good that's it, the only thing is exactly what Jazza says, maybe you will be drawing by yourself, but when having to figures interacting and posing using foreshortening it's really helpful.

[@matthewdiianni6896]

You should do stop motion fight with these

[@DaxCraft]

I got both the 2nd edition Body Kun and Body Chan as well as the original Body Kun. I'm pretty sure they are all bootlegged versions based only on the fact that they were like 20 dollars each, and they have some small manufacturing defects that I have noticed which can sometimes inhibit the poses I try to make with them. BUT. With that said, I have had a lot of fun using these figures for drawing references. I've had them for a couple months now, I carry them around with me all the time in my art bag, and I use them almost constantly for my art. I just purchased the original Body Chan to complete the set and to have another female body type.

[@ayaspradhan4605]

Bro love your videos

[@JAMIE-ru7bx]

do u work for t series

[@ayaspradhan4605]

@@JAMIE-ru7bx no bitch wtf do you expect!

[@Deepsixeden]

I bought these exact models a few months back, I saw right away that the ones you received were much more flimsy than the ones I got. Perhaps it’s a manufacture problem. The models I received were very strong and firmly held poses with ease. I was fortunate enough to purchase both male and female models during a huge sale and for both for half price of one model. So it was definitely worth the buy. However, my only gripe were the hands and switching to others. The ball joint on the wrist was a little stingy and would sometimes seem like it would break or snap off unless I was very careful. Thankfully none have broken to this day, but overall a very nice buy for any aspiring artist in need of a little aid of perspective and overall poses/posture.

[@Faustlostparadise]

Hey jazza I love your content

[@emmaking7786]

Hello! I own these figures, also. (Not the chibi one, though.) Cons: I did find a lot of the same issues. Some of the hands did not fit on the wrist joints. The lack of symmetry in the hands provided bothered me, also. I didn't have any loose joints on the figures, instead my joints seemed a bit inflexible. Overall, it just seems like their molding is inconsistent, some too large and some too small. For the price, you would think their products would be of a higher quality, not just a better design. The one loose join I had was actually on the stand. It doesn't support the figure's weight, preventing any mid air poses. Pros: On the other hand, as someone with very little experience drawing people, the light and shadow are incredibly helpful for me. Being able to position a light source and see how the light would fall is very helpful for me. Of course the pros you mentioned are also applicable (such as proportions). My background: I consider myself a "beginning" artist. I'm two and a half years in but scattered over many disciplines, while the most time is in drawing. I haven't done a whole lot outside of academic assignments, so I have the most experience with still life and drawing from photo references, where you don't really have to think about things like proportions or how the light may fall, as they are right in front of you to look at. I am coming out of my "get it down accurately" stage and moving into my "notice where the details/highlights/shadows/etc are and remember so you can pull the memory for reference" stage. I'm still building my mental repertoire, so having these references are good for someone like me. Thanks for all the great content, Jazza. It inspires me to keep pushing forward with what I love to do, and to keep experimenting with different mediums and techniques, no matter how silly they may seem. You're helping me get my creativity back. :)

[@freyaleigh9903]

Plz can you do another competition!!! I reallyyyyy miss COTM 😭😭

[@derekberry6122]

I know that it a little late but I do think that some people know how to tighten joint. But you can use other action figures like marvel legends or other typs to use in the same way. This seems that it can be useful to get a more fluid feel to flush out the idea.

[@spiggs6938]

I could see these as being very useful for foreshortening and angles as someone who isn’t great at those

[@bladewolfvii6383]

My favorite manequin is blender. It is free, enables you to design your own manequins with custom proportions or added body parts... The downside is that a pc is required.

[@whatwilliwatch3405]

Thank you for doing this! I have thought about buying these, but the reviews - on the very same online shop entry! - range from half-stars to five-stars, and I really wasn't sure what to expect. This is a fair and honest assessment, and it gives me something to think about. I do have two suggestions. One, for poses where you don't have the "other" hand, you can take a picture and use an editing program to mirror it for an easy work-around. Second, I have used Mattel's Made-to-Move Barbies as a drawing reference for the female figure, and I like them. The dolls are larger than these figures appear to be, which makes them easier to manipulate, and they can hold a pose fairly well. The downsides are that they aren't quite as thoroughly articulated as these figures, there is no invisible stand to hold them in place (though you can buy stands or lay them down in the pose you want, to good effect), and they don't have interchangeable hands. The dolls run about $15 here in the USA, so they're not super-expensive, which is nice. I am hoping that Mattel will eventually create a Made-to-Move Ken doll as well, since the male figure is the one I struggle most with.

[@mathildetorgersen3833]

You should make a stop motion with these figures

[@josephtreweeke1631]

that sounds like it would be hell based upon how hard it said it was to model them.

[@Minkstars2023]

I have both models and I have to say I haven't used them very often... Only occasions are when I'm confused about perspective and foreshortening or some interactions, other than that, I can safely say I prefer using reference from the internet, books or just sketching it out

[@TheDonsketch]

I actually started using posing softwares like Daz Studio for reference images. Just works so much better.

[@hrishikeshsaikia476]

Those shoulder joints are called butterfly joint ..The diaphragm joint is called ab crunch

[@tduckfield518]

Changing the hands is an absolute pain, but they are pretty good fair play

[@TheDorkified]

I have one but had literally no idea what it even was until watching this. I’ll see what I can do.

[@GeeManOfficial]

Honestly they are great if you wanna make custom figures with a blank buck, youre possibly dealing with a bootleg as they are heavily faked, the plastic is usually very high quality and they're just what tamashii used as displays for their ground or fireball accessories

[@Glasseyyy]

My mum bought both body kun and body chan at a flea market for 50 cents. It has everything except the stand 😭 All I can do for now is just hold the rig in one hand and drag with the other. Some wrist/hands seem a little tight, so I have to carve out a tiny bit to make it fit. Also, for body kun neck sticks out a bit too much

[@kimboyle9082]

Seems like they would also be good at determining shadows also

[@Tropicanine]

I got "Design Doll" which is similar, well the basics are anime-ish but it can be changed to more real proportions too. with 3D models and a lot of possibilities. Giving input to the maker was hard though, since they only speak japanese.

[@notjef]

Oof

[@notjef]

Was i first lol

[@JAMIE-ru7bx]

i was

[@notjef]

@@JAMIE-ru7bx dang it

[@PLUSRUIN]

I bought a body chan ages ago, albeit a very dark grey version that did not have the loose joints issue. Its handy but i find i use my 3d models for pose references more than anything else.

[@antonymeanonyme8944]

I got one (boy) and even if it came out way smaller and well...junk-ier than I expected, I learned a lot from seeing it every day on my desk. By eyes and brain got used to the proportions and now I draw way better...and, bonus!, they are fun to display in weird positions. Like playmobiles. Or legos. For artists. There.

[@varquo]

Most of the figures are knockoffs. Make sure to buy them off of BodyKun or SHFiguarts’ websites for the real figures

[@lis8673]

These are really cool! I think they would also be really nice for beginning artists that are still trying to get the hang of things. It looks like these things would offer really nice practice! You could also use these things to practice shadows because of their 3D dynamic!

[@snafuet]

I'm not sure if Jazza is an expert in poses... Review itself was pretty good, but poses and photos...

[@rowanold9296]

He said himself the drawing were rough. Check out most all of his other videos to see him do amazing finished pieces. Don't judge someone before you really know them.

[@uwu_or_whatever]

Armchair Critic he was trying to use props, and remember, it was harder to pose them. They were loose so he had to do a pose the best he can, and like I said, he tried to use as many props as possible. I think the last pose was really good though.

[@abudgie6909]

Armchair Critic they look stiff because the figures didn’t accommodate what he tried to do. His other works tend to look a lot better in this aspect. His artworks aren’t amazing, but he is really good at poses, so take the stiffness of these drawings as an indicator of the figures’ quality.

[@snafuet]

@@rowanold9296 you don't tell me, I've watched almost all his videos since tutorial times at the time I'd written this, so... your comment is kinda irrelevant to this definite video.

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

I don't have these, I have the SHF Figure ones, and what I do with mine is put them in a pose, then draw it multiple times from different angles and with different light directions. Yes, this can be done with free posing apps, but I've never found one that wasn't clunky and didn't take me a long time to get it the way I want, so these are just easier. Also, I like to listen to KZbin when I draw, so I cant have an app open on my phone.

[@sirskylight7901]

I actually got my older brother one of those cheap wooden figures for Christmas. I didn’t even know these existed until I saw this video. If I had known about these figures, I would have gotten one of these for my brother instead.

[@gaiadarkstar586]

I do have the wooden figure and have used it a few times but once I found Daz3d I use that all the time. It is a FREE program were you can use free 3d models and pose them in any way you want and take a pic/screenshot and use that as reference They have tons of free and paid resources to use including hair props poses. I did not need to use any videos to figure out how to use you just find a model then a pose tweak it with a mouse and move the camera to the angle you want and take a shot. Again it is completely free and you can save poses to use again later.

[@DylanKanna]

God bless Clip Studio for they'r 3D Moddeling funktion honestly makes things much easier because u can already draw ON the figurine, undo it if you shaped something on those wiggely figurines in the wrong position and first and foremost u don't have to make RL space in your Room to store em but instead have a little Folder on your PC to save every Pose u made on. AMEN

[@bradmonroe379]

There are apps you can get on your phone with models like these, but with unlimited movements ☺️

[@discoreapor8154]

put some glue onto loose joints and connect them after the glue is dried. this way the joints will be thicker

[@michaelryan1767]

I feel like, if nothing else, these could be really useful as a reference for shading in particular.

[@hettyscetty9785]

My dad has one of those wooden statues, he keeps it in a let's keep things family friendly and say swearing, position and he gave it a name. Dude, he called it Dude. Now that I think about it, I don't think Dude survived.

[@Red-ir3uh]

You should try EasyPoser as a poser if you need it! Its on PlayStore- I don't know if its on anything else I don't use it much anymore- and its a little difficult to use at first- but it really helped me when I started trying actual poses

[@ArtisAllan]

like you say. I imagined that it will be the solution for my illustrations but in the end, not that much ...

[@nova-kiin]

As someone who makes webtoons, these are very useful. Sometimes I have to draw an intricate scene, or a pose in deep perspective (god knows I suck at perspective drawing) and I don’t have time to waste struggling since I have to finish my chapter, and this is when they come in handy. I pose them, take pictures, transfer them to my drawing software as reference layers, and sketch over them, it’s way quicker. Though Body-chan’s proportions are a bit off and need to be adjusted every time, they’re really helpful, especially to digital artists.

[@JohnnyPaisan]

It comes with a pen too but everyone throws it away because its just a thin piece of plastic lol

[@delirious6045]

i have stop motion studies which is like , fake animations , and one time , a teacher let me use one of those wood things you showed at the start of the vid for my stopmotion. i kinda just had him poking at people from behind.

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

yes these are the bootleg ones . i have both male and female of these bootlegs what will help tighten them joints is floor care finish trust me sounds weird but it really works .. only put like 2 drops on a loose joint work it in wait like a day and boom the joint is not a loose as it was . and these work really well for drawin. ive used these on some crazy poses and the drawing turned out very well . i own both these and the figma ones as well . wayyyyyy better then the wooden man i have my bruce lee figure traning on my old one lol

[@jellyfish334]

This is for TRACING ART ON YOUR TAB.

[@zabdraw4037]

They are good for shading and liggt :) how will the sun or torch shine realistically? Set up the figure and study :)

[@masterjuntajasra8360]

I found some free 3d rigged models of things like this years ago. I use it because I SUCK at doing the rough proportion sketching from imagination (the simple geometric stuff). After importing into blender (open source 3d modelling / animation software) I found it a very useful reference that you can manipulate (had to fix some small issues with the rig but it was nothing big). You can even use it to animate movement if you are doing a traditional / digital hybrid animation and you want to test out movement without having to actually draw it.

[@swarz08]

Not bad at all Jazza, I still kinda want to see more of this

[@shreyanarang2404]

Jazza should totally create a webtoon 😍

[@MadChatterYT]

I use them to see where light and shadows hit in a pose

[@christophermcgee3809]

Tighten the joint with superglue then dry and put back together some times the machines dont fill all the way are leave something a deffect are have to sand alittle to fit

[@aiferapple1246]

Great way of shading reference. I wonder if there are better ones out there?

[@aaronmedrano5320]

I feel these are great for custom action figures good movement and good anatomy for like super Hero’s and stuff