Art of Comic Book Drawing

Bodies in Motion

SIMPLE STANDING POSE

Use a light (hard) pencil for the rough layout: HB or H

The red lines show you what to draw next.

Now that you’ve learned to draw all the body basics, it’s time to start drawing bodies in motion. Most books say you need to study anatomy to draw people. The characters we will draw are more cartoonish, so don’t worry if things aren’t perfect. As long as you have fun drawing, that’s what really matters!

ACTION POSE

See, that wasn’t so hard! Let’s try another one, this time an action pose.