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Uploaded: April 18, 2011
Artist: Yoneyu
Difficulty: Novice  Novice Skill Level
Steps: 20
Updated: April 17, 2011
P.O.V: Multiple
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In this tutorial you will learn how to draw an anime body using stick figures. Also you will learn a few proportion tricks that will help you draw as accurately as possible, such as what shapes to use when drawing certain body parts, what relations are between the head and the rest of the human figure and some properties of the female body type. For example the hand is as big as the region between the hairline and the chin, the arm and forearm are as big as the head, the foot is as big as the forearm, the legs are 3 and a half times the size of the head and the torso is 2 times the size of the head. This tutorial will be easy to learn from if you follow the steps. I broke the tutorial in two parts: one portraying the female figure in frontal view and the other in 3/4 view, which will help you to better understand the human anatomy. Also the first part is more about proportions while the second part has more to do with poses and shapes. Learning from tutorials isn't enough though, you should take the time to draw from real life because this way you have a better chance at understanding the human anatomy. Also perspective is an important thing to understand. For example I've often seen artists draw one eye smaller than the other when drawing the head in 3/4 view, or simply making them identical, which is a commonly made mistake. The only thing that changes in this case is the width and not the height of the eye, because the distance between the eyes is so small that seeing them in perspective doesn't affect their visual size. There are many more thing to be said but best advice I can give is to ask your friends to pose for you, this is a fun and practical way of learning how to draw. Thank you for reading and thank you for the opportunity to create a tutorial such as this! Have fun!