Complete Beginner's Guide to Anatomy and Figure Drawing pt 2

Learn about the different varieties of body types.

Concepts to get you going with your art.

Learn how to pick out basic formations that make up the body.

Here are some techniques that I personally use in my artwork.

Some homework for you to use to sharpen your skills.

Learning how to use the basic shape of a triangle to form a body.

Furthering our skills with the triangle body type.

Now moving onto another basic shape, the rectangular body is the next goal.

Practice makes perfect! here are some more things to keep you on your toes.

Learning about the circular body type next to further our variety.

Going through more about circular bodies to ensure proficiency with this body type.

Putting our talents to the text with another assignment.

This is an introduction to compound shapes.

My personal technique when it comes to drawing women.

Here is some more information on compound shapes.

First assignment to really get things going.

furthering our work with some more practice.

Taking what we know so far to finish off these assignments.

Learning how to use contour lines to bring more to our work.

a small assignment to keep us on our toes.

Taking a bit of a closer look at contour lines.

Using contour lines to add more to our work. Doing this assignment to further our skills.

Messing around with different heights for potential characters.

Learning what placeholder shapes are all about.

Using placeholders to get through this assignment to solidify our grasp on it.

Using different sizes to achieve different effects

Trying to further lock down the skills we've learned so far by using them to complete this assignment.

Drawing the head on a bigger scale.

Working with a smaller scale for smaller characters.

Taking our new found skills and using them to complete the next assignment. Good luck!

Drawing up the townsfolk and other characters that will inhabit your world.

Last assignment of the lecture! After completing this be sure to take a break. You deserve it.

why drawing with weight and curves is important.

Using the male figure to demonstrate drawing with weight. 

Moving to the female body to show how weight can be applied.

Together we will be working on drawing a plus-sized male.

After learning about these new features let's see how well we can put them to use.

How to add curves to your feminine figures. 

Taking what you know about curves and putting them to the test with this assignment.

Working on drawing the skinnier side of the spectrum.

Using the male figure to start with drawing a thinner character.

Moving to use the female body to create a thin character.

Using what you gathered complete the assignment with your best efforts.

Words to keep you ready to draw.

How to get warmed up to draw.

Explaining how all of this comes together.

Working with a different style of artwork to create a thief.

Working on drawing a Barbarian chief.

Learning how to give more life to your work with this demonstration.

Putting together an evil wizard!

Working with what we know to make a dwarven king.

Creating a mentor for all the mages in your world.

Giants are common in most mythos. Here we will be adding them to owers.

Everyone needs a partner! Let's work on making one together.

Finding out what shapes you personally use when creating your art.

This is what a hero looks like! Using what we know to create our own hero.

Learning about the face and different varieties we can use.

Different shapes of the head and a simple worksheet to get better practice.

Using what we know about placeholders and using it for features.

Learning more about proportions and how to use it.

Checking out the different regions of the face that we can use.

Learning what the "mask" of the face is.

Taking a look at things from the front view.

Taking a look from the side to get a better idea of things.

Taking a look using the three-quarter view.

Why using deconstruction helps become a better artist.

Discovering what 80/20 rule is used for.

Who influences you to create more work?

learning things to keep your eye out for when drawing.

Without practice, we cant achieve greatness. Here's another assignment to get you closer.

Sharpen your pencils and get your paper. Another assignment to strengthen our work.

testing out our skills with one more assignment.

The final test of the lecture. Put to good use all that you've learned thus far. Great work!

The video that got everything going.

Learning how to use the Japanese art style of manga.

The eyes of some that you may know.

Going over a few more to see the varieties we can choose from.

Getting better but we still have to hone our skills with another assignment.

Working with the nose to bring more to our character's faces.

Going over my own work to help further your skills.

After those lessons, I'm sure you can complete this assignment with ease.

Working on the mouth to finish up the construction of the face

A quick look at the skull to help with future works.