Best Daily Drawings: Honestly, I can never get a consistent groove on anatomy. Like I...

Honestly, I can never get a consistent groove on anatomy. Like I was trying to follow a model on the Manikin app for this, but when I follow it for reference, the anatomy ends up really weird, like the legs are really long, and the arms are short. I also don’t understand how to draw something more hand like with the phone he’s holding rather than the paws I had to end up drawing on. In short, can you help me understand how to make the anatomy better on this?

submitted by @ ask-bashi-the-luxio

Redline by Mod Future

On the whole, I think your proportions look pretty good! You’re hitting a lot of the correct marks. You’re right, the arms do seem a little short, but that is an easy fix. I would highly recommend finding some shorthand guideline that you can use as a skeleton beneath your drawings, like I have done here. There are many methods of doing this, such as the Loomis method, or Sycra’s stick figures, and Proko is also a good Youtube resource.

For the actual redline, you can see that I’ve made the arms a bit longer. I think the reason the legs look too long is because you haven’t defined the hips as much. The hips are the widest part of the torso, and usually where the legs appear to begin. Pants will rest a little above the hips, normally.

So for the legs, I’m guessing you’re going for a plantigrade structure (so basically like a human leg but with animal feet), but I’ll link resources for either or. Looking at other artists and art, whether it be human or anthropomorphic, will help you get a better sense of what proportions look right.

I hope this was helpful! Thank you for submitting your work :3

Jazza, Youtube (Human Figure Proportions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2fKxNDsXuw

Galaxy Cuup, Twitter (Digitigrade legs)

https://twitter.com/Galaxy_Cuup/status/1277798748727345154?s=20

Twokinds, DeviantArt (Digitigrade Legs)

https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/Tkturials-Digitigrade-Legs-Guide-439423997

Catwolf, Furaffinity (Digitigrade Feet)

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/6127324/

Kate-FoX, Deviantart (Paw hands)

https://www.deviantart.com/kate-fox/art/Anthro-paws-set-737666674

-Mod Future (ko-fi)