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Okay, so my regular sized body tute is hella long and hella not finished. So here's a tiny one. It's just for proportions and stuff... (actually, there are more anatomy notes on the guy, because I was running out of things to say) but that's the most important part. Seriously. Get proportions down and anatomy will be so much easier. (Not like it's ever really EASY, but it'll be easier.)

Also, FYI, anatomy's so complicated that it's really just best to look at a lot of drawings, photos, and artists' anatomy books (AND REAL PEOPLE IF YOU CAN, REAL PEOPLE ARE THE BEST) rather than trying to learn everything from tutes. And to draw and practice for yourself. So GO DRAW, GO DRAW NOW.





And once you' got the body, you can add HANDS, HAIR, and... and KISSING. Yeah.

Sorry I suck at fitting whole bodies on the page. Oh, and I hope there aren't too many lines... they're all there for a reason, really. Just follow them from the words they point to. XD;; Oh, and sorry my writing is suckier than usual, tell me if you can't understand it.;;

It's two pages.. twice as long as the 8-second ones. X333

And should I warn about the nekkie, d'you think? *-*

Glad you like it. :3 Eyes... sorry, no, I don't have anything. D: There's this thread: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=6596921 which shows the basics well, but we're sort of lacking in eye tutorialage at the moment.

Oh, but there is this!: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/ that might help. :3 Lots of eye positions. (Rather realistic, but it's good to understand that stuff too be able to draw it in anime style..)
Or do you mean positions on the head? That's what guidelines are good for... the eyes should line up with the ears, and have one eye's width in between them.

Does any of that help? ^-^;

I've just read all your tutorials. They really are a great help!
Thank you!

This tutorial is something I've been looking for. I know the tips like male body as tall as 6-7 heads etc. but I was never taught about shoulder’s length. They would either be too wide or too short. Like for this I had major trouble with the shoulders because I didn't how where to stop. I'm assuming I stopped them early right?

Yeah, the shoulders look a little small. :3 They don't look too bad, but I'd make them a bit wider, and I'd also work on the shape.. make it more defined, you know? What I mean is.. they don't really seem to be a very particular shape. I'd probably use a rather straight line for the top of them, and then make a somewhat sharp curve downwards, rather than a large, gradual curve. (Am I making sense? ^-^; )

I think I'd also work on the placement of the eyes and nose. :3 Especially the nose. The nose is usually closer to the mouth than to the eyes. Kind of in the middle, but a bit closer to the mouth. Just FYI ^^

But It really looks pretty good! Nice lines, good expression, etc. :3 Looks cool.

this really came in handy for me 3nodding thanks a bunch!

I love this! It helped a ton. 3nodding