How to Draw Full Body Poses in Procreate (anime art style)

Learn how to draw full body poses in a stylized style, how to simplify anatomy and proportions and how to add movement

Have you ever tried to hide the fact that you don’t know how to draw full-bodies by only drawing portraits? Or maybe only up until the mid-section? Well that stops today, because we will dive in a class that has everything you need to tackle drawing full body poses!

What you’ll learn

  • Learn how to break down photo references and use them for stylized illustrations.
  • Learn what a line of action is and how to identify it.
  • Learn basic body proportions for stylized illustrations.
  • Follow along 3 full body drawing demos (real time drawing).

Course Content

  • Introduction –> 1 lecture • 2min.
  • Fundamentals –> 2 lectures • 17min.
  • Drawing Demos –> 3 lectures • 45min.
  • Assignment –> 0 lectures • 0min.

How to Draw Full Body Poses in Procreate (anime art style)

Requirements

Have you ever tried to hide the fact that you don’t know how to draw full-bodies by only drawing portraits? Or maybe only up until the mid-section? Well that stops today, because we will dive in a class that has everything you need to tackle drawing full body poses!

In this class, you will learn:

  • how to study references and how to break them down into easy shapes,
  • basic proportions for stylized illustrations;
  • what is the line of action and how to identify it;
  • how to add movement to your illustration;
  • how to draw 3 different full-body poses through real time drawing demos.

As a bonus, in this class you can download for free the brushes that I am using the most, and you can find them in the resources ! The lineart brush has been especially requested by a lot of you!

You can watch this tutorial and draw along with me, or you can watch it first, understand what I am doing, and then apply it for yourself. Whichever way you choose, I definitely recommend you try it yourself so that you will actually experience what I am showing you. The more you try doing it on your own, the better you will get every day!

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