How to Draw & Stylize Human ANATOMY - 7 Tips on Body Proportions - Digital Art Tutorial (MediBang)

Anatomy can be tough! What are body proportions? What’s the difference between men and women? How do I stylize my anatomy? These are the stream highlights where instructor Jessie Chang gives us seven anatomy tips for beginners while illustrating the anatomy of a man, a woman, and a child!

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🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - Drawing body proportions of the adult male
1:18 - Tip#1: Male bodies are usually 7 - 7.5 heads tall
3:15 - Tip #2: Anything in pairs should be drawn at the same time!
4:35 - How to draw feet with shoes with simple shapes
7:43 - Drawing body proportions of the adult female
7:58 - Tip #3: Female bodies are usually 6.5 - 7 heads tall
8:28 - Tip #4: The stronger the individual, the wider their chest will be!
10:01 - Drawing chibi proportions
10:32 - Drawing body proportions of a child
10:46 - Tip #5: Kids and adolescent bodies are about 4 - 6 heads tall
12:23 - Tip #6: Children's limbs tend to be thinner than adults
12:50 - How to stylize anatomy
13:00 - Tip #7: Stylization favours exaggeration and creative license over naturalism
13:50 - Drawing a sitting pose with realistic proportions
16:50 - Drawing a sitting pose with stylized proportions
18:20 - Final illustration!

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Music credits:
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Artist software used:
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[__-Astro-__]

Finally, somebody who actually teaches people how to draw without skipping 20 steps. Thank you so much this has helped me a lot!

[andromedastar]

Oh my goodness! I was just trying to learn proper anatomy, and this video was a GIFT. Extremely helpful, thank you :D

[vanny.ate_flower]

I am REALLY struggling with posing of bodies and stuff. I'm looking into getting better at art and honestly this video really helped me understand some stuff! so I just want to say thank you :]

[billythephoneguy]

At first when you were doing the realistic proportions I realized my art style pretty much goes against them because I draw men with more of an hourglass figure rather than having it somewhat straight, but I technically don't even draw normal humans, in conclusion I realized my art style is very stylized, amazing video! I leaned a lot from this

[mori]

The drawing feet tip was a BLESSING thank you! I’ve always struggled with drawing feet in different angles

[kesoden]

these videos are honestly so helpful for getting the right proportions while still making it really easy !

[Lil_critter]

I’ve really been pushing anatomy aside, especially because I normally draw animals and my attention span is half a millisecond, but this video was interesting and informative:)

I really feel like I learned a lot from this and many other videos on your channel. It helped my anatomy A LOT 😳
I love your content and I literally can’t say that enough, you guys are INCREDIBLE

[dexington]

That tip about drawing feet is a literal lifesaver for me

[issiefizzy]

I really appreciate them reminding us that not everyone will be the same as this example, it really helps keep in mind different body types and differences when we get to character design!

[aroace-energy]

You think after years of drawing I'd be better at this but I never really put in much effort bc of how confusing and boring it was for me to look up tutorials- sure I studied what my ref poses looked like when I drew full body but my anatomy was always off-
But this video helps a lot, it's clear, concise and exactly what I needed <3

[EmperorChaos]

So helpful, drawing bodies have always been a struggle for me.

[evelyngilliam]

I watched it at night and was able to remember everything important with ease and did it amazingly on my first try. Still think girls are easier to draw than guys. I think its the curves or the fact that if I'm struggling I can look in a mirror. I love how you get straight to the point! I have subbed and wont look back

[cheerseveryone]

I don't really focus on anatomy since I usually work on instinct. However, there is no word to describe how well done this tutorial is. This channel deserves more recognition

[pee]

There are no words to describe how helpful this was.
Thank you so much this is incredible and you deserve much more subscribers.

[annasolovyeva]

I love drawing arms and legs as sticks first, and elbows and knees as sort of diamond shaped flat piramids showing where they bent and at what angle we are looking at that. If it's a fantasy character, i tend to incorporate that in their armour instead of erasing. There's also rieb cage+shoulders and the hips as trapezes and the head of course, the hands and feet and then I fill the gaps with flesh.

[magmakaktus]

Anatomy was always my weakness, but now it's a lot clearer :)

[farrahelise]

This is soo helpful as I always draw people just standing straight cause I didn't know how to do poses. I never used any of these techniques while drawing and just kinda winged it lol
I hope using these techniques can make the people I draw proportioned better

[Atomicbyss]

Ive been self teaching myself art for like 3-4 years and never learned anatomy and this has helped me a bunch on understanding how to draw it :D

[animegod]

I also love how you explain what they are! Like perpendicular for any young audience that forgot or just doesn't know or understand what perpendicular means.