If someone's having trouble with anatomy but doesn't want to keep needing bases, what would you recommend? Are there any particular tricks you use to help?
I saw a tutorial on this site a while ago and the basic concept of it was that they were trying to draw a car and they drew two different versions where they would draw the car from memory and then they would trace over the referenced image itself and draw the car once more after and it would look better because it was mostly about your muscle memory!
For people who donât know how a pose works I would recommend tracing over the image to understand how the pose works first then draw their own version of it. ( you shouldnât feel guilty about doing this because art is all about references so as long as you donât straight up draw over the reference and claim it as your own youâre good )For example!You want to draw a cool pose like this but cant exactly figure out how that shady line of action works?
Add some guides then try and draw it again!
This can also help with proportions!
Unfortunately you might have to go through what I find quite the boring process of life drawing sessions and there are a few channels on YouTube that I follow that have a lot of models and they give you a set time to draw their poses. One of those channels is CroquisCafe.I was at a time where I would draw characters but I didnât understand anatomy at all so every character that I drew had a very stiff pose and a face that always seemed quite off. The life drawing sessions helped me correct that I know itâs boring but they do really pay off. And if youâre not at a level youâre happy with yet donât stress out and donât hurry it, it takes time to develop an eye for the things that you draw.
This is how I usually do it and its very messy but gets the point across, the reason why the time is so short in some cases is so you donât have to worry about detail and draw the gesture out! The 20 minutes one are for anatomy purposes.Â
Also very popular tips among artists are:Â
Always be aware of the silhouette of your drawing you want it to be readable!
Poses like these you can already quite tell what is happening and what pose they have just by looking at their silhouettes!
And usually the poses where the hips are pointed in a different direction from the shoulders are usually more appealing. (but thats not set in stone its just a general tip)
Your sketch should be simple when you sketch donât try to render the drawing with everything at once or youâll loose sight of proportions!
Use shapes for when youâre blocking in a pose and then add the detail!
This is kind of the process I go through when I draw, not sure if I can call them tricks but finding these out helped me improve alot!
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