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Do you have a tutorial on how you draw legs?

oh man! oh boy! no man not really

Me:

legs is such a hard subject to broach bc I stylize them a lot sometimes.... just for you, though, I’ll spout something that looks like advice from very far away.

My main advice is lines. Depending on the pose and action, legs have different parts made of straight and curved lines, and I think what’s really important is to use BOTH.

Even legs that are really skinny or straight have curved lines, legs that are just blocks can look really awkward unless you have a plan or a style you’re doing.

(pink is curved, blue is straight)

There’s not really a guide for when a line is straight/curved, but if a character is bending their legs at all they’ll be curved and kinda smashed against themselves, even if they’re locking their leg backwards, which I noticed I draw a lot when I was getting all these pictures...

Problem zones that can be tricky would be when legs are standing straight (because they’re not actually), trying to draw in an ankle bone, a knee, or flowing into a foot. My ankle tip is: don’t think about it that hard. Is jus a wee bumbp. Knee tip: I have none. I actually like drawing knees, they’re nice breaks to the shape of the leg, so I don’t have any advice. Flowing into a foot: Perish.

Lola’s legs are a pretty good single case example, and there’s probably stuff I’m just not thinking of right now, but I’ll add anything I remember and feel free to ask if you’re wondering smth specific

#asks #art tips from cha boy #legs #myart #i always try to answer when ppl ask me 4 advice but i never feel like i actually HAVE any #i am trying to think of something i do have advice for and i do not whups #Anonymous

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