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Draw the Human Body
When learning how to draw the human body, one of the
most valuable lessons is understanding how to represent
its various forms, proportions, and poses.

Observing people around us, drawing self-portraits, and

practicing with live models are all effective exercises in
anatomical drawing. Similarly, having a collection of
reference images is another great resource, says illustrator COURSE DOCUMENT DOWNLOAD:
and comic creator Laura Pérez.
Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture
Laura has worked for the likes of The Washington Post,
Faces and Figures
National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair,
and Penguin Random House. Here, she shares her guide
packed with examples and basic reference images for A course by Laura Pérez, Comic Artist
how to draw bodies in different postures. SEE COURSE →

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THE BODY

To draw bodies, constant observation is necessary.

As with faces, we can create drawings from basic shapes.
In my case I use ovals, circles, and lines that join.
Limbs are all very organic.
Here, I’m sharing some examples of quick drawings tracing those basic
lines that you can also use.
It gets better with practice.
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 Here, I want to show you the same character in different poses.
As you will see, there are basic shapes that I use in all of them.
The position of the joints, such as the elbows and knees;
the position of the hip and its point of view; the lines that connect the
hip with knee, etc.

It’s interesting to try this practice exercise, then [when you’ve completed
your sketches], finish the drawing by adding details over the top, erasing
the structure details, and keeping the final piece.
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The truth is that I lost my original
notebook with the natural notes,
but I was able to recover these pages
that I had photographed and,
years later, they continue to help me.

Although I have style that’s a little

distinctive, I always try to see the
internal volume of what I want to draw.
This way, it’s easier to create when you
don’t have references at that moment.
This is an example of how I do drawing
outlines in notebooks.
There are times when I only do a couple
of lines to define the shapes of
the character; if I find it interesting,
I’ll develop it further.
A character design for the television series Only Murders in the
Building, for which I was asked to draw a lady who appears in
the series with her dog.
As you can see, the initial drawing is simple, minimalist. I drew
the basic shapes very generally—but you can still appreciate
the volume.
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First, I draw the general and basic shapes and then go back and refine them in black.
Quick sketches for the illustrated
album Sirènes de Légende,
published by La Martiniere Youth
in France.

First I do sketch sessions

and then move forward with
those that most fit the story
to be illustrated.
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