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This is my first attempt at drawing a guy's body. I realized that I have been ignoring drawing men cause I am not that great with them. But I feel like I should get used to drawing both sexes if I want to be a good artist. (As well as other difficult aspects.) Be harsh in the critiques, I know this looks very amateurish but I wish to get better at drawing guys!

Maybe I should use a reference when I draw? This was done without one.

It looks really good. The pants/belt are sorta twisted off center, which seems a little weird to me. The belt would be fine, but I don't think the zipper area of his pants should be twisted like that, too (unless he was twisting that way, but his belly button indicates it isn't).


He doesn't seem particularly masculine, not that I'm saying it's a problem. I mean, he doesn't have huge hips or anything that would make him look like a girl, but he's smooth and stuff rather than more rigid looking. That works better with some characters, though, or it could just be your style. Really, nothing wrong with it.

You should maybe practise drawing a more "manly" man, though. You've got the average/attractive guy covered, it seems. This body wouldn't realy suit a huge warrior with a large axe, a blacksmith, henchmen bodyguards, a master of a martial art that relies on physical strength, a wrestler, or other such characters. Of course, you could go ahead and use a body like this for stuff like that; everyone makes their own style in their own way.