Okay so another question 😂 How do you draw muscles? Like, I know how to draw woman body but when I want to draw man body like abs or biceps or something like that I can't draw it I dunno how. So do you have any advice? I watched the tutorials but it doesn't help.
If you’re having trouble with muscles, you must understand body proportions first. Like what should the length of a person’s shoulder be? How long are their arms compared to their body? What about their torso and their legs?
Before you start with the muscles, try understanding the BASIC structure of a human body (pic below). By learning this you will understand which muscles are located where and their respective positions in the human body. After you mastered that, you can learn the human skeleton, next attach the muscles to them, then close them with skin. It’s like a structural layer progression. Just remember to take it one at a time. Also, bodies are usually counted in head units. For example this picture below.
Don’t mind the number of feet length, look at the head units on the left. Same applies for women, but they have a slightly different proportional rules.
I was going to add more materials here but I don’t want to overwhelm you in one post. Covering from “Drawing bodies from simple shapes”, “Adding in the skeleton”, then “Applying the muscles”. It’s too much all at once.
I’m not an expert artist, nor am I knowledgeable in this. But I am willing to help or give advice to anyone who needs it. If you need to advance more please PLEASE don’t be shy to chat with me in Tumblr chats (not the messages). That way you can talk with me more freely :)
P.S. Whenever I’m stuck with muscle shapes or body poses, I ALWAYS google for references. Reference, Reference, Reference! It helped me figure out how to draw poses ALL the time!
