Okay, so far you've been doing one new thing in each pose. Time for you to advance more quickly. Next you will do two new things: first, you will move the character so that they are standing on only one foot. This will substantially reduce the zone of support.
Second, you will move some body masses outside of the zone of support.
However, the center of gravity will remain inside the zone of support.
Okay, let's go.
Select the pelvis and translate it so it is directly over the right foot.
Rotate the pelvis counter-clockwise to indicate the heavy weighting over
the right leg.
Select the torso
and rotate it counter-clockwise so that the torso and upper body are outside
of the zone of support.
Since the zone of support is currently so small (just as wide as the
right foot), you'll also be moving the Center of gravity outside of the
zone of support. Don't worry, we'll balance that out on the other side
in a minute, and put the Center of Gravity back where it belongs.
Select the right
thigh target, and move it back in front of the right knee.
Select the left
foot target. Move it up to the level of the pelvis, and then out
away from the body until the left leg is horizontal. Roll the target
so that the foot is pointing away from the body instead of down.
See, I told you we'd start to get the Center of Gravity back where it belongs.
Now that the left leg is so much further to the left, it's weight applies
more leverage, which drags the Center back towards the zone of support.
Select the left
thigh target and move it in front of the left knee.
You now have a pose where some of the body's mass is to the left of your zone of support, and some is to the right. The center of gravity is somewhere in the middle, but probably not (unless you were very good or very lucky) actually in the zone of support. Now you need to fiddle with the rotations of the various bones until the center of gravity is positioned inside of the zone of support.
Feel a bit at a loss? You should. I haven't given you all
of the information yet. You know about the pole, and you know about
the sandbags, and you know how far the sandbags are from each other.
What you don't know is how much each sandbag weighs. You may have
a rough idea, just from everyday experience, but heck, a little scientific
data never hurt anyone. Here's a rough anthropometric (look it up) breakdown
of the average distribution of body weight in the human body:
| Torso (including Pelvis and abdomen) | 50 % |
| Neck & Head | 8 % |
| Thigh | 10% |
| Calf & Foot | 5 % |
| Bicep | 3 % |
| Forearm & Hand | 3 % |