Figure Drawing: Male Pose Drawing

Draw a vertical line for the height of the figure, create a horizontal marking at the top, center and bottom of the vertical line.

• Head and Torso Guidelines

• Draw the Shoulders

• Figure Dimension

• Draw the Torso

Divide the upper half of the figure into four equal parts.

• Draw the Torso

• Draw the Shoulders

• Figure Dimension

• Head and Torso Guidelines

Draw an ellipse for the head and then draw the neck in between the dashed lines.

• Draw the Shoulders

• Draw the Torso

• Head and Torso Guidelines

• Figure Dimension

The width of the second section is slightly larger than the width of the head. It consists of two vertical lines.

• Draw the Shoulders

• Draw the Torso

• Head and Torso Guidelines

• Figure Dimension

Divide the torso’s uppermost side in three and pull the arms centerlines.

• Draw the Arms and Legs Line

• Filling the Skeleton

• Add some Relief

• Add the details

Start building them around the guidelines marked in the previous step and don’t worry about realism at this stage. Just simple tubes.

• Filling the Skeleton

• Draw the Arms and Legs Line

• Add some Relief

• Add the details

Start adding muscles around the arms and the legs.

• Finishing Touches

• Add the details

• Add some Relief

• Filling the Skeleton

Erase all the unnecessary lines and start adding the fine details of the figure.

• Add the details

• Add some Relief

• Finishing Touches

• Filling the Skeleton

Clean up everything, add a face, toes and of course the design you have in mind.

• Filling the Skeleton

• Add some Relief

• Finishing Touches

• Add the details

Create another horizontal line at the top of the center markings.

• Finishing Touches

• Figure Dimension

• Head and Torso Guidelines

• Add the details