catdoqq wrote:do you have any tips on human anatomy? what method works best for you?
- The funky thing about this question is that I learned all my anatomy/humans from animation and friend's styles--so I'm not exactly sure what advice I can give, aside from analyzing styles and art of what you want yours to look like. But, tracing doesn't help at all, I tested it out.
However, when it comes to learning anatomy I draw a character I'm familiar with (in this case, Link--I draw him a lot more than my Oekaki may show). When you draw a character you know, it's easier to get a grasp of their anatomy and slowly improve your understanding/skill on drawing that character. It can be a bit tricky moving this development over to new characters, but the process will eventually repeat itself and you'll learn how to draw them, and improve your anatomy as well. I tend to use specific characters as bases for animal anatomy as well.
It may sound confusing, and I am not a credible person to get art advice from, but that's how it is in general for me! Also, try testing out a bunch of facial expressions and poses, that can help the most. Take sketches from pinterest, etc. and try and copy them by eye instead of tracing. This way you can see what areas you struggle on and improve whilst learning the human body! This is honestly something I should do more, but I'm more of a visual learner than muscle memory/physical.
