—The main building frame or
skeleton of the figure is a basic stick figure. This helps you to get
the basic pose and proportions worked out before getting into the details.
—After the stick figure is drawn,
build up/flesh out the forms.
—Stay loose so that the figure has "life" and
doesn't get stiff and rigid.
—Keep your lines light at first as
you gradually "sculpt" and form your figure. Get darker as
each line comes into focus.
—I like to kind of loosely scribble
out my figures to develop them. I hold my pencil about 4 cm from
the tip so I stay loose. As the figure develops, I hold it closer to
the tip to have more control and draw the details.
—I've studied and copied lots of other
artist's work to learn how they draw and then develop my own style.
See my page on Learn
to Draw by Copying for more details.
—A good book to have is "How
To Draw Animation" by Christopher Hart (ISBN 0-8230-2365-6). It
has lots of good tips with simple clear illustrations.
