I need help on how to draw bodies and proportions, I pretty much

>>512541
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOreDmvrb88

didn't watch the vid, but I can tell you that in my experience youtube tutorials have all been trash. If you want advice go to /ic beginner thread and click the sticky, it will have all the advice you'll ever need.

For learning body proportions there's a few things you can do. look up "drawing human anatomy" on google images, should give you an idea of how to break it down anatomy into number of heads, which is very useful.

Next thing is to look in the mirror, and use your bodies proportions , which should actually be the majority of how you do things, although you'll need to later make adjustments to make it more like anime.

last thing is copying other peoples works, and copying it well. then copy the copy you just made, and over all try to memorize it. Then experiment and try to develop a process to making it. Watch videos on how other people draw, maybe streams too. Ask any friends you might have who know how to draw. Keep your sketches so you can use them later in case you forget how to do something, ect.

>>512604
Not all tutorials are all bad. Regardless, that's only part of how I learn. I figured most of the body proportions by looking at other people in real life as live their everyday lives (creepy lol), or use duckduckgo to find references (usually porn lol) to draw and make conclusions from. Sometimes I'll look up skulls, muscles, and anything else that helps me understand anatomy. 3d modelling has helped me with understanding it in space. Drawing from real life as they say. I've been drawing my whole life (mostly clouds, waves, vegetation, landscapes, and scenes), but I'd still consider myself a beginner when it comes to human anatomy.

>look up "drawing human anatomy" on google images

This. But it is good to have an explanation or details of all the shapes in text. But like I said, you can get a better idea of how it breaks down by drawing from life and making conclusions yourself (most of these were confirmed when I watched tutorials)

>Next thing is to look in the mirror, and use your bodies proportions

I would strongly recommend against this. Get creepy!

I don't know, I'm still mediocre so I wouldn't take my word for it. This may serve at least as something for discussion or to rebut. I'm still learnin'.

>Not all tutorials are all bad.
I should have been more specific. All popular anime drawing tutorials are bad.

>I would strongly recommend against this
Why not? anime proportions aren't perfectly realistic, but they're very close and match in most ways. It's far more convenient to draw based off of yourself than to go searching for often hard to find reference. It's useful to be able to compare drawing proportions to your own bodies proportions. Later on you won't have to do it, but i'd imagine it would be good practice for people starting out.

>>512541
>I pretty much have the face covered.
lol'd.
Read the fucking sticky https://hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn