Everything You Wanted To Know About Proportions, Foreshortening, & Dynamic Poses

This is NOT an ad. Just my favorite book growing up.
I've put a link to it in my art supplies for anyone wanting to check it out.

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Comic book creator, movie maker, painter, Dad, and part-time Hobbit living in Franklin, TN
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[MID]

This is actually really helpful I need to try this

[sats]

I feel like I’m too "proud" to copy poses of films cartoon or I don’t know but I should probably start to before I go back to stick man and family 💀


It’s been a month since I posted this comment, and I just want to thank everyone for the likessss yay and especially the comments !! I got so many answers, I’m so pumped up by all of you, your tricks and support are just amazing 🫶 thank you and congrats Mr.Sava for having this friendly community ! :)

[salvulcano]

Study JoJo the amount of poses you can study is absolutely immaculate And it’s a great anime/manga so even better

[MillywiggZ]

“My favourite cartoons like Dragon Ball…”

Last words of a man before the weeb anime army took out his Hobbit Bunker with a katana-shaped missile.

RIP dude, I’ll remember you forever.

[raye]

I rarely used "how to draw" books, but this was my absolute favorite through 4th grade.

[randomly]

He called dragon ball a cartoon i can hear screams from a mile away !

[chloebrandon]

This book is how I learned to draw!!! I recieved it as a gift before quarantine, and I've dedicated over 2 years learning from this book and then moving beyond!!!

[wren_lapis]

tip: copy a pose, draw it again a few times, then redraw it with a character you draw often or want to draw more. it helps both check their design and practice anatomy!

[that_one_kid]

My dad has this book somewhere!! I really want to find it now!!can't wait !

Edit: omg thanks all the likes this is the most I've gotten <33!!!

[XENOWOLFI]

I really love ur art style, tho it isn’t the one I’m going for in my art, your videos really inspire me and help me keep going

[awiiator]

"Training our hands and eyes to work with each other"
💯✨

[whyamihere]

I love to study manga as art references. Usually frames are high quality and more detail than the animated scenes. Plus lots of crazy poses and expressions. Also really cool how they make drawings dynamic only using greyscale colors and not even blended shadows usually. Only textured, sharp, or crosshatching shadows mostly.

[GBEZ]

One of my favorite books ever! I have had this for years and it’s amazing.

[QueenOfArtz]

That’s it-I’m handing over my crown (look at my name) u have worked so darn hard to become an ultimate master

[Nikki]

My favorite book for dynamic poses will always be "Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators" by Michael Mattesi. I've ended up with multiple copies of the book because I'd want to look through when I came home from college, realize I left it in my dorm, and buy another copy. I think I even have a PDF copy on my laptop somewhere so I don't have to hunt for the physical copy anymore. TLDR, I really like that book.

[MeticulousA]

I remember getting this as one of my presents from my school and I would be there for hours sketching until I was able to accurately draw the proportions right of my favorite poses

[GiantGeekGuy]

Yes, this is kinda how I got into drawing. I would sketch my favorite superheroes and anime characters, first in simple, straight form, then I learned how to draw dynamic poses by copying images and eventually being able to do it by memory and trial & error.

[yessica]

I've always wanted to draw and you're actually teaching me so much!!

[MsStarSwordPlays]

I love that book! I use it to help me with making poses look more natural/fluid and to help me with perspective!

[kevinishere]

I found this book at a thrift store when I was like 6 it my first time teaching myself to draw and it was so helpful