How To Draw More DYNAMIC Character Bodies!

The head, the face, facial expressions, all get a lot of our attention when it comes to drawing characters. But it might mean that we neglect the body as a way to introduce interesting and dynamic shapes and designs. This video is meant to equip you with a better, practical understanding of the body, and how to build your body drawing skills!

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[ckind]

the apples+sock is a fascinating analogy for anatomy, I've never thought about it in quite that way before

[thecreepoid]

"Most creatures have a spine, ribcage, and pelvis"

*Laughs in invertebrate*

[TheSealMayor]

Brooke is just about the least threatening art teacher

[mattdoesstuff]

8 days without power sucks. Been there, don't feel like doing it again. My offer to beat up the tree that fell on your lines (or the power company for that matter lol) still stands. At any rate, glad to see you're back online.

[zeatehk]

Imagine if someone tried to bite the apples through the sock.
By someone I mean me.
I am going to.

[stormboltsaf]

This video is quite helpful. as an animator, it is very beneficial to have the knowledge and understanding of Dynamic Character Bodies.

[whamloverfr]

i used to just draw people, standing straight, facing to the angle slightly or to the front. but honestly, making dynamic poses is so much more fun. it’s also great to improve your art. recently i’ve been feeling like i haven’t been getting better, maybe worse, but i’ve been feeling a lot more confident.
if your struggling i use an app called MagicPose. i really recommend it, you can use a 3d model to make poses and also has some template ones. it’s especially good for hands.

[AliceLJones]

Thanks for this video, and I'm really glad I don't need to remember all of the muscles' names. The backpack looks adorable! Glad your power's back.

[TheFlamingGamerYT]

I can see this is gonna be quite a helpful video. Hopefully y’all are having a good day today😎👍🏻

[fossilco.artrelateddocumen]

6:53 NANI who's that on the cliffside a new challenger perhaps?

[jadenz]

This channel is too professional to not have more subcribers

[lewisoliverleo]

Thanks for this, Brookes! Great video and great energy

[smolmuffin]

I've just discovered this channel today and its been very helpful. Its helping me gain the knowledge I need to make my ideas come to life. I've been wanting to develop characters and eventually create a animated work but was overwhelmed and afraid that it was too late to work on them due to the state of the world and the fact that I've only become serious about improving my art recently. (I'm still fairly young but I'm technically an adult)

[paulogodoyp]

Great video! I struggle a lot with body proportions I think, so having seen this video has surely helped me a lot!

[TalmoTheSell]

Man 8 days without power! Good thing you're not living in Arizona

[sylvanshroom]

Super good points! I definitely wanna improve the gesture side of my drawings and simple figures are so useful for it

[enderwolf_]

eyy glad to see the power came back! also super glad this video came out now, i've been struggling with drawing bodies recently, ,

[nathankromer]

Awesome video ! I am currently struggling with bodies, and poses but your videos help me a lot

[nc_sketchbook]

This was just the video I was looking for! Amazing explanations.

[cherrymetoo]

Thank you for this! Such a brief and simple way to explain the issue I had before 💯