There are several different types of references to use for for animating poses. These include television shows, movies, comic books, and photos. However if you need a specific pose for a human character, sometimes the best reference is to have yourself or a friend physically act out the pose and film yourselves doing it to watch later while drawing/animating. Having references is certainly not "cheating" and can be one of the most helpful things for an animator to have while working. Comic books are an especially good source for finding dynamic poses. Don't just look your references, study them and draw them.
Pretty good stuff. I liked the different styles discussed here, mainly comic books and having the animator film themself. I'd never thought about comic books as references, but they are loaded with poses (in fact they are practically ONLY poses when it comes to characters) which could be very helpful. That's not stealing is it? ...Probably not.... And filming yourself sounds like a great idea. I know that some people have a mirror next to their computers when animating facial expressions so they can get references from their own face, and this is like the same thing.
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