hi everyone
welcome to a new video here on my
channel today i will be showing you a
simple method
that can help you draw different fashion
figure poses for your fashion
illustrations
in this video i just want to note that i
will be using a benign head technique
as a way for me to draw my fashion
figure so
if you don't know what the nine head
technique is and you want to learn
more about it then i highly suggest that
you watch
the video that i have uploaded on my
channel regarding this topic
it goes into detail as to how i use that
technique
to draw my fashion figure i will link
that video in the card
section of this video and also in the
description box
below like i said i highly recommend
that you watch that before watching this
video
but if you already know the fundamentals
of
creating a fashion figure specifically
using the nine head technique
then let's get started in this video i
will be showing you
how to draw the fashion figure in a
relaxed pose
in particular the contrapposto which is
a pose with most of the body weight on
one foot
so that the shoulders twist off the axes
opposite from the hips so take note of
that the shoulders twist off the axis
opposite from the hips so let's get
straight into it
right here as you can see i have a paper
with horizontal lines drawn
out to help me draw the fashion figure
in the most ideal fashion proportions
which is normally
the human figure but just with longer
legs
i'm going to start drawing a vertical
line
that starts from the neckline which is
one third down head number two
so this line extends all the way down to
the bottom of the feet which is
line 10 and we call this line
the balance line and this will act as a
center
axis for our other guidelines
this also helps keep our figure and pose
balanced meaning that the pose can be
done
by a person but also
that person is able to hold the pose for
a long period of time
without losing balance hence the name
balance line the next guideline
that i draw is what we call the s
curve so this line also starts
from the neckline and the tip of the
balance line so just in that
intersection and then it has a turning
point on the intersection between the
hip line and the balance line
and it then finishes down to the
intersection
between line 10 and the bottom of
the balance line and it actually looks
like the letter
s however you can also draw this as a
reverse s
depending on the pose that you want to
create but
this guideline or this curve is
basically what the term
contrapposto is all about because the
curve of the upper body counters the
curve
of the lower body just like the letter s
and this guideline will also be helping
us determine the curve of the torso
which is normally from the shoulders
to the hips and that actually will lead
us
to the next set of guidelines
when it comes to drawing the width of
the body
i like to use a 1 is to 1.5
ratio what that means is if i have drawn
the head
as one inch tall then
the width of the shoulders will be 1.5
inches wide and if i decide to draw the
head
to be bigger than one inch tall such as
for example it'll be two inches tall
then
we do the math and calculate that the
width of the shoulders
will be 1.5 times two meaning it will be
three inches wide in total and i will
use that measurement
as a guide for the shoulder line the
apex line
the waistline and the hip line which are
all part of the torso and these lines
are actually going to be called
action lines and they come in pairs
so the shoulder line is paired with the
apex line
and these two lines always stay parallel
to each other then there's also the
waistline and the hip line as their own
pair
and they also stay parallel to each
other
and why i say that is because the way
action lines work
is that they rotate along the balance
line
and the rule is that the top pair of
action lines will
always rotate in the opposite direction
of the bottom pair of action lines
and the way that they rotate is
determined
by the direction of the s-curve like i
said
you can draw the s-curve as a regular s
or you can flip it and reverse it so
a good way to remember this is the side
of the torso that the s curve is located
on
is the side where the torso extends so
if the
s-curve is located on the right side
of the torso then the torso
extends on the right side as well
from here we now have new shoulder apex
waist and hip lines which are
represented in
yellow so these are the new guidelines
that we will be using
when drawing the figure in motion
and we can also start by adding a center
line to the torso
just so it can help us later on with
symmetry
and once we have drawn all of these
lines
then we can start drawing the body parts
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i always start with the head and for
this
one we're just going to draw the head
straight on
i'm not going to make it twist or turn
in any way
because i want um us to focus
more on the torso and how it actually
changed
with the new um action lines
so i like to start by drawing the body
parts as either straight lines
or circles for joints that just helps me
map out the body and starting with the
upper half of the body i make sure to
follow the action lines
but also still maintaining you know the
general proportions of the body for
example the waist is generally smaller
than the shoulders or the hips
so i make sure that when i'm connecting
the shoulder line down to the hip line
it goes inwards um to kind of
show or try and define that area
and once i'm happy with the boxes and
the circles
then i go ahead and i actually add some
details and i also softened
those curves and that's why i like to
start off with straight lines and
circles
because then i don't end up committing
to those lines just yet
until i am happy with them the next
thing
that i draw is the support leg and
this leg is located on the side where
the s
curve is on the bottom half of the body
so for this demonstration the s curve
finishes on the right side of the
balance line
so the right leg becomes the support leg
meaning
it carries most of the body weight that
means that when you
choose a position for the leg i actually
have
two tips one place it closer to the
balance line
to keep the figure looking balanced and
realistic
and two also make sure to keep the
support leg
straight the reason why i say that
is actually more from observation than
it is an actual
rule and i would highly recommend that
you also try and
make observations from either real life
or
reference images if possible take a
reference
image of a relaxed pose or a
contrapposto pose
draw where the balance line is from the
neckline down
try to identify the s-curve and also
identify the rotation of the shoulder
and the hips and then see where the
support leg
is in relation to the balance line
normally
it is closer to the balance line than
the other leg
and most of the time i'm pretty sure all
of the time it is also
straight so for my drawing
i have decided to simply follow the
curve
of the letter s for the support leg but
i'm trying to
make it not so dramatic because we're
keeping it grounded on
reality and to help me draw the
leg i draw circles for the knees and
then smaller circles
for the ankles and then i connect those
with straight lines
and once i am happy with how that leg
looks
i then add the details and i soften the
curves of the thigh
the calf and the feet and basically
we have created our support leg
and once you've drawn this you have
drawn
all of the parts of the body that need
to adhere to the guidelines
meaning the rest of the arms and leg
that we
are going to draw from here on out we
can change their positions
to whatever that we want in order to
suit the pose that we want
to draw let's first start with the
arms the guidelines for the arms
also shift um in a moving pose firstly
because
the arms are connected to the shoulder
line
therefore if the shoulder shifts so
to do the arms so basically i just
copy the angle of the shoulder line and
rotate the lines for the elbows the
wrists
and the hand once that's done i
draw circles for the joints and then i
connect them
and once i'm happy with the pose then i
soften the lines
and add in the details
however if you want to completely change
the position
of the arm such as for example putting
the arms on the waist
all you have to do is take note of the
distance between
the shoulder line and the elbow line and
that distance is actually one and a half
head the upper arm rotates from the
shoulder line
so simply rotate that line
at a 1.5 head radius and that becomes
your new
elbow line and all you gotta do is draw
the circles for the joints
connect that elbow to the wrist which
falls on the waist
and then draw the hands and if you
actually want a detailed tutorial
on how to draw hands i do have a video
on that in my channel
so i will also link that in the
description box
down below now for the legs
you can draw the legs extended or bent
basically the same way we did for the
arms by
taking the measurement from the crotch
to the
knee or from the knee to the ankle and
then kind of just rotating that
um using that measurement as its radius
and repositioning those body parts
however for this demonstration i
personally like to use an extended leg
just because it's a better looking pose
but it's completely up to you what pose
you want to create i would highly
recommend using reference images to help
you
draw a relaxed fashion pose that way you
are able to take note
of all of the common poses uh how
the legs move how the arms move how the
torso moves in a relaxed standing pose
when it comes to this kind of pose there
isn't actually a lot of variations
but it is a good starting point because
drawing poses
can be quite intimidating especially the
more complicated
it gets so i feel that this is
a good um starting point or a foundation
and then from here you can move into
more advanced techniques
and like i said if you are keen to see
more tutorials on advanced poses
comment down below and also feel free to
vote on my polls
which i um post on my channel
so that way your tutorial request
might just be the next one that i make
and with that said i will end today's
video i hope that you found
this information useful if you try this
method
please tag me i would love to see it and
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