The SetPose Alternative: 7 Reasons Artists Are Switching to PoseMyArt

If you’re hunting for a posing tool that truly matches your creative goals, you know that simple tools can only take you so far. SetPose is a functional browser-based poser, but its simplicity quickly translates into tedious manual labor and limited reference options for serious artists.

In this article, we’ll break down 7 reasons why artists are making the move from SetPose to PoseMyArt, choosing a platform that is clearly built for professional-level work.

I designed PoseMyArt to solve the biggest pain points found in other 3D posers. Our focus on model flexibility and providing huge pre-made asset libraries is built to eliminate workflow friction and significantly elevate the speed and quality of your drawings reference.

Before we dive in: we believe PoseMyArt is the best model poser available because we genuinely listen to artist feedback. If you have any suggestions, please contact us.

Okay, let’s look at why PoseMyArt is the clear choice for improving your art workflow.

1. Superior Model Diversity for Your Art Style

SetPose confines you to using only a simple mannequin model in both its free and pro versions, severely limiting the range and quality of your reference.

PoseMyArt provides an extensive and diverse model library that caters directly to your project’s needs:

• Realistic Models: Essential for fine art, anatomy study, and traditional figure drawing.

• Anime/Stylized Models: Perfect for ensuring your reference proportions match your manga or webtoon aesthetic.

• Basic Shapes Models: Instantly switch to a simplified model to focus purely on mass and volume—a crucial technique for mastering figure drawing.

2. Unmatched Premade Scenes Library (4800+ Scenes)

SetPose is primarily focused on the single figure, meaning you can’t really create a full scene for your reference (with multiple figures). Also, you still have to manually create the scene and composition.

Posing the models and arranging scenes is the most time-consuming task in any 3D poser.

To solve this, we created a huge premade scenes library of over 4800+ scenes.

• Instant Inspiration: The library saves time for artists by providing inspiration and loading complex, premade scenes, avoiding the tedious task of manually posing multiple models and props.

• Fast Adjustability: You get 90% of the way there instantly, then you can open the scene to adjust the camera, edit the lighting, and fine-tune the poses to your exact needs.

The focus in SetPose is more on basic, single-figure posing. In contrast, The workflow in PoseMyArt is optimized to let you build complete, detailed scenes easily.

I haven’t seen any other model poser in the market with a library as good with such a big variety as ours.

3. PoseMyArt’s Premade Poses Library (5800+ Poses & Animations)

SetPose’s premade poses library is very limited in it’s variety, meaning you’ll need more time to manually pose the models to get the pose reference you need.

PoseMyArt provides a professionally curated, massive premade library of poses right out of the box:

• 5800+ Premade Poses: Instantly load a any pose, skipping the tedious manual posing process entirely.

• 2400+ Motion Captured Animations: This is a key differentiator. You can stop any animation on a specific frame to find natural, dynamic, and realistic poses that are extremely difficult to create manually. (SetPose doesn’t have an animations feature)

Here is an example of a pose I loaded from our premade poses library. I just scrolled the premade poses library, found a pose I like and with a click of a button got that pose instantly.

Here is an example of a pose I created by stopping a breakdance animation on a specific frame. It didn’t require any manual posing and the pose looks realistic and dynamic.

This kind of natural and dynamic poses are very hard to create by only manually posing the models, giving PoseMyArt a massive advantage in speed and realism - which results in a better workflow for the artists.

4. PoseMyArt’s Superior Props and Environment Library

SetPose is a much simpler tool, and this is clearly evident in its prop library, which offers a very limited props library, even in its Pro version. This makes detailed scene building nearly impossible.

PoseMyArt removes this friction by providing a Big, Built-in Props Library with instant loading and adjustment.

• Saves Hours: Our wide variety of props saves countless hours for artists looking to complete their pose reference with objects, furniture, and backgrounds.

• Storyboarding Boost: This prop library combined with our save camera positions feature drastically improves the workflow of comics and manga artists (and other users who storyboard)

SetPose’s focus is on a single, basic figure. In contrast, PoseMyArt gives you the freedom to create a more complete reference for your drawings using our big props library.

5. More Intuitive Posing: Full IK and FK Control

SetPose is adequate for basic posing, but it lacks the fine-tuned controls needed for precise, professional results.

PoseMyArt offers a simpler, more intuitive control system built for accuracy:

• Inverse Kinematics (IK): Drag the gray boxes to manipulate the limbs in a fast, natural, intuitive way.

• Forward Kinematics (FK): Click on the rotation spheres to access each individual bone axis (essential for realistic wrists, ankles, and subtle adjustments).

By offering both IK (for speed) and FK (for precision), PoseMyArt](https://posemy.art) makes posing the 3d models easier and faster.

6. Advanced Features for Professional Workflow

PoseMyArt provides professional tools designed to streamline workflows that are simply not available in simpler software like SetPose.

Key features include:

• Realistic Models
• Big Animations Library
• Advanced Export Options
• Huge Premade Scene Library
• Saving Camera Positions (Great for comics and camera creators)
• Quickly Copy and Pasting Poses (While both can save custom poses)
• Huge Props Library
• Basic Shapes Models (To understand the figures better)

  7. A Clean, Professional, Ad-Free Experience

  SetPose contains ads, in my opinion a professional environment should be distraction-free.

• Clean, Ad-Free Focus: While both apps offer free access, the presence of ads in SetPose’s free version can be disruptive. PoseMyArt is focused on providing a clean, distraction-free and professional environment for artists.

In Conclusion

In this post, I’ve shown why I believe PoseMyArt is the better choice. It is a more robust tool, offering model variety, massive asset libraries, and professional controls necessary to significantly boost your drawing speed and the quality of your reference.

Give the app a try to see for yourself - you shouldn’t just believe what I say. I’m confident you’ll find the features make PoseMyArt better suited to elevate your art workflow.

I hope PoseMyArt will help you in your art journey! Roy (:

About the author

Roy K.

Creator of PoseMyArt. I've been an artist my whole life (ever since I was drawing on my parent's walls). I love figure drawing, mostly with charcoal, 3D modeling. I also love creating value for other artists.