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[Kon-Tiki]

How to draw males - Toonzone
Polykarbon's tutorial (scroll down to the male-section)

Got a book 'bout how to draw superhero characters... heroes and villains. Can scan some stuff of that in once the scanner works, if you want to have a look at that too...

[taikara]

You guys rock! Great ideas. I prefer live models, but it can work. k:

The reason I prefer live models: You can see how things work together. If you can see how a joint moves, you can draw it better. Also, posable!

[Strobe]

also posable and sometimes easier to handle than life models are wooden
puppets, which you can buy in almost any store offering art equipment.

i'm quite sure you know these puppets, but i attached a picture of mine, so
you can have a look.

i know this is not directly helpful for gender issues, but such a puppet might
be supportive in basic proportion practice...

Actually, it's theoretically simple to draw people. You just need to know the laws of beauty, where the beauty of all the parts of the body is the same as their perfect serving of purpose. When you figured out why beautiful people look beautiful to you, look on that more close to gather details the puzzle-pieces together, it's all you need to know.
(not that it helps me really to draw people, but I also didn't try for real... :whistle

[TheVoid]

Heh, I have one of those puppets too.
But I'm not very methodical. I just draw how it seems right to me, developing a misuring eye is important

[Tom Henrik]

I don't have a puppet.

Never needed one. For me they don't work - as I draw what I see
(I end up drawing the puppet).


And I quit playing with puppets a loooong time ago :bleh:

[TheVoid]

Couldn't resist to modify your post :whistle:

You should be less material, Tom use your imagination k:

[Black angel]

Exactly! When I draw, it's like I draw it with closed eyes and see the finished picture before me already. It's just the matter of placing it correctly on paper.

[taikara]

Same here, Black angel...

If I try to look at things, it's harder, unless I just can't see it in my head. It's more like I just have to know them. I'm not familiar enough with any man to know how to draw them. I know how I work, but I don't know how anyone else works, especially men.

So I guess the only way to know is to practice drawing men I don't know. They won't end up looking very good, but perhaps I'll get familiar with my aesthetic preference by doing so, as FreeFreddy said.

Also, I'm unfamiliar with male expression of emotion. That's very hard when trying to draw, for me. So much of it is just driven by how I feel.

Everyone's suggestions will help me with the technicalities and proportions, but I'm wondering how I will figure that part out? Men are a mystery.

[Tom Henrik]

Male expression?

We are either confused or angry. You only need to make two different faces k: