

At this point, your character is nearly fleshed out. You can spend some time on the facial features. Sketch in some rough hands, again nothing completely commital. Here we can start adding in some details. You should constantly be refining this too, as they are the most important elements of your drawing! Masculine features include broader shoulders, chest, and waist with a blocky overall feel, whereas feminine features include narrower shoulders and chest, and broader hips and thighs with a softer, rounder overall feel.ĭon’t leave your hands and the face out for last. Now you can adjust the proportions of the body to make it more masculine or feminine (or whatever you have in mind). Your brain tends to normalise aspects of the illustration when you keep it to one side, so be sure to flip the canvas frequently. I like to flip my canvas to see if anything is off balance. Don’t worry about whether the lines are rough or sketchy. See if you can get the lines to flow together naturally. Now you can trace the outer edges of the body. This will help to give your character some weight.ģ - Refine the outlines and connect them to create a more cohesive whole. Make sure you have an idea of where the horizon line is. If the pose is slightly more complex, you might want to add a third colour to draw some rough perspective lines. I’m going for a muscular female boxer with some determination! This includes the overall scale of the person (heavyset/skinny/muscular/emaciated).

Use the character to guide your proportions, keeping the shape of the person you’re hoping to sketch in mind. Drawing a red line with circles on the inside of the body helps get a sense of where the main gesture is, and using an outline helps get a sense of the silhouette. I like red & bright blue as I’m less attached to what I’ve sketched with them, making it easier for me to erase and redo parts I’m not happy with. When you’re happy with your posed character, take a screenshot and import it into your painting tool of choice, add it to a new layer and lower the opacity to 50%.Ģ - Sketch out the outlines of the body noting the constituent shapes. If you want to get into some extra details, play around with the light source and choose the direction and intensity of the lighting. Try putting your body in that position, see how it feels, and modify the pose if necessary. Is the person you are sketching relaxed or tense? Are their shoulders raised? Does weight distribution make sense? Take your time with this step and set your character in a pose that feels natural. Try experimenting and drawing what you feel is right.ġ - Set up your pose in the JustSketchMe web app. You do not need to follow this guide verbatim. This guide will talk you through it and give you some tricks to sketch out a person. With the aid of a wooden mannequin or the JustSketchMe web app, drawing a proportionally correct person is simple. The proportions of the human body need to be the correct ratio, the pose needs to be natural.
PERSON SKETCH HOW TO
Learn how to draw a person easily with JustSketchMeĭrawing a person, especially in an obscure pose, is pretty tough whether you’re just starting, or are experienced.
