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learning Anatomy is hard right eh it
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depends you can certainly make it harder
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for you by diving head first into muscle
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groups without having a solid foundation
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or take care of set Foundation First so
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that drawing the actual musculature
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becomes a breeze so in this video I'm
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going to share with you an easy process
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that got me from this to this spoiler
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it's manne caniz let's
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go all right let's address the elephant
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in the room first proportions and I'm
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going to use our trusty Stickman for
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this first and I could tell you you know
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to follow the plethora of tutorials and
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guides that tell you that an ideal male
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body is eight head stall and blah blah
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blah blah blah uh I'm not going to do
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that instead I'm going to go against
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current and tell you that the only
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proportions you really want to care
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about at least for humans are crouch in
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the middle knee Midway through a leg
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elbow Midway from shoulder to wrist and
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that's it why well because chances are
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you're going to morph your figures
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depending on gender body type age and
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even style like if you draw anime
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characters you're probably not going to
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make them eight heads tall right
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especially not girls right also most of
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these hard R proportions are going to
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fall short once you introduce the
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almighty and scary for sure
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we're not going to dive into that right
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now since it's a topic for a whole
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separate video but do realize how little
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these hard rules apply to actual
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illustration like take this one like the
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hand is huge but it's still
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correct so with that out of the way the
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one most important aspect you need to
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consider is making the character solid
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I'm going to use a box for the head a
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box for the chest and and one for the
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pelvis then I'm going to add cylinders
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for neck connecting the Torso arms
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legs and then finally some wedges for
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hands and feet just to keep them very
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very very
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simple please notice I did not do this
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this is flat and it never happens you
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always always see perspective even if
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you are right in front of the character
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and this one is the most basic character
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you can draw you have to start here if
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you can't draw this mannequin please
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don't try to add anything on top of your
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frame because it's really not going to
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work out so let's talk about some key
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points notice that the rape cage form
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needs to move with the shoulders more or
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less so don't make the top box too big
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this is not the actual size of a rape
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cage which is this it's just a
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simplification that I made then relative
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position
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when you study reference be mindful of
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the various positions of the limbs uh
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especially of joints like you want to
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know what the wrist is or at least where
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the hand is the hips knees feet elbows
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please don't break your characters
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female figures obviously have slightly
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different proportions you want to edit
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the box of the chest a little bit add
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some protrusion unless the preference is
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Zia of course and usually the shoulders
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are slightly narrower and the hips a bit
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wider
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just bear in mind the main masses are
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head chest and
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pelvis actually I found that some people
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have trouble figuring out the
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orientation of the lymphs you know
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because they're cylinders and if this is
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the case for you you can absolutely swap
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those for more boxes like something like
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this it's really just a matter of
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preference and how sensitive you are at
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figuring out orientation and now let's
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see real quick how this applies to
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actual figures
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at this point you're probably thinking
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Nemo you amazing Godlike artist I want
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to draw actual characters not
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mannequins all right all right my
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impatient friend let's use something
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slightly more more complicated for the
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head I still want to show side and front
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cuz that's really important then I'm
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going to modify the box of the rape cage
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with something a little more like a vest
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I guess use a sort of underwear shape
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for the pelvis and edit some of these
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cylinders into drumsticks or in general
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making them you know slightly more
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organic feeling obviously real people
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have elbows and knees so for now I'm
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going to to put a box or maybe just even
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a line in place cuz I want to show the
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orientation of the joint cuz bear in
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mind these are both hinges so they can
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only move in One Direction they can only
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Flex up and down but while you can
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usually align the elbow box with the
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forearm because that's basically part of
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the Ona the kneecap is kind of free
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floating let's say actually it really is
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floating in front of leg so usually I
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just thr it in a in between position
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between the two parts of the leg
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obviously let's not forget about hands
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and
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feet and it's easy enough to connect the
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waist since well we're you still using
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some sort of boxy form so that's easy
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enough and lastly let's not forget the
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ball
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joints uh not not there um I'm talking
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about shoulders and hips come on for
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shoulders I like to merge the ball of
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the joint with with the upper arm just
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cuz I like the for more but I prefer to
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keep the hips to leg joint separate
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because for some reason it just feels
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like I'm stiffening the pose too much if
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I merge them so key points about this
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the drumstick of the form ends in a box
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and the same can be said for the lower
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leg make sure you do this because it's
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going to be fundamental especially for
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the wrist also speaking of the lower leg
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you do want to add a bit of a curve to
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it because otherwise the whole figure is
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going to stiffen up a lot this curve of
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the tibia which is the main bone of the
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lower leg is actually really important
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for gesture you can use a box for the
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knee as well especially where it's bent
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but really the most important thing here
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is the
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orientation and do separate hands and
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feet from forearm and lower leg because
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otherwise it's going to look strange
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again you can just merge them with a
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little bit of a squishy in between form
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so that it does look like there is a
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joint in there okay let's see some of
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these in action
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and that's probably as far as you want
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to go for a long time and trust me if
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you can draw this then it's really just
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about studying the main muscles one by
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one and laying those secondary and even
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tertiary forms on top like literally you
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you can just add them on top nothing
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else it's going to be so much easier of
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course you can come up with your own
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version of The Mannequin as you learn
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more but if you have trouble remembering
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all of these I actually made some
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convenient cheat sheets that you can
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download in the video description of
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course it's free as always don't worry
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about that but in general what do you
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think about these like have you tried
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simplifying the body so far do you have
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a favorite method of maniz or what other
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issues did you have when stunning
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Anatomy let me know in the comments
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ments down below and hopefully it's
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going to be material for another video
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but remember the body is squishy it's
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made mostly of water so try to get past
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the heart for mannequins as soon as you
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can and
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organifi
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organ
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organic organize make the forms look
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more organic okay and if you're still
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lost and need some extra help you might
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want to check out my mentorship program
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which is 101 and tailor to your specific
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needs and where you are in your art
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Journey link on screen now and in the
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video description all right that's all I
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got for you today go drawing now
