Am I doing this right?

[keac]

It was my first time drawing anatomy, but I had a long time drawing human male anatomy but I suddenly got lazy °w°

Am I doing this right? Hehe

[UzukiCheverie]

I don't know if you're using references or not, but one way to learn anatomy more is to do life drawing. Whether it's taking actual classes or just going out into the park and drawing the people that walk by or drawing from stock photos, life drawing is all about drawing what you see, and it really helps you to improve your anatomy skills.

That body would be pretty decent if you were drawing a character of that build, but remember that not all males are built that way There are probably more lean or even overweight members of the male population than there are fit and buff ones. But you have to consider the world these characters are in too; that estimate only holds merit in the modern day world, whereas in the world of the past, people were skinnier and I do believe shorter, and the fat ones were the ones who could afford that much food (so it wasn't a difference of "healthy" or "unhealthy", it was a difference between the rich and the poor).

So yeah, this is a good start, but definitely look into doing some life drawing so that you're not just stuck doing proportioned front-poses that I see most people start off with. Life drawing helps with that, especially when it comes to gesture drawing, a technique used to capture movement and attitude, rather than detail or complexity.

[keac]

Life-drawing like... If I should draw a naked man, I might see his insert inappropriate body part here

[getsuart]

Yup, that's the adventure of life-drawing
You can start by following classes with a lady model if you want, but it will be the same. You'll see the intimate body parts of the lady, though it looks less "gross".
But hey, if you're a dude, just think you're made the same way!

[UzukiCheverie]

Life-drawing like... If I should draw a naked man, I might see his insert inappropriate body part here

Yes. And that's okay. It's a (AAAH DON'T SAY IT) penis. Inappropriate? God no. All dudes have 'em you know. Same as all women have breasts (well, I guess males have breasts too, but you know what I mean lol) Male and female genitalia is part of our human anatomy. You can't say it's "inappropriate" to see or have something that every member of a single population has.

If you ever decide to take classes, you'll see that it's a very sterile environment. They aren't standing around playing with themselves or anything, it is nothing sexual like people imagine it to be. In fact, depending on where you go, you might find some really awesome models, some who are willing to actually sit and have a conversation about you while they pose, about everything from world news to last night's soccer game to video games. I know I have one life drawing model who we talk to all the time about games and stuff :U

So it's not as bad as you think. Although if you aren't a certain age, they might not let you in u o u (some places require you to be 18+, it just depends what their rules and code of conduct is).

And if you draw the males without their junk, they'll just get angry at you for drawing them like Ken dolls lol

[keac]

Well, yeah, I won't be vomiting in front of them if I see their p****

[PotooGryphon]

Life-drawing like... If I should draw a naked man, I might see his insert inappropriate body part here

Sexuality is taken out of the thought process. It's kind of like a doctor observing their patient. Artist observe the human form and break it down into it's fundamental simple shapes. If you go to art college, most will have life drawing classes with nude models. It's not inappropriate, it's learning human anatomy so you can draw it more accurately.

Also, I completely second everything @UzukiCheverie said lol

[keac]

@CyndiFoster, never realized you're a mod now XD

[PotooGryphon]

Just a Friendly Neighborhood Gryphon Rider

[SpavVy]

You don't need to draw the genitalia unless it's meant to be a full blown nude drawing, if this is just learning the basic shapes of the male body then there really is no need but I would recommend putting a bulge there or something, it makes it easier when drawing pants on the character. As you get older and grow as an artist most likely these kinds of things won't bother you anymore, but I remember hearing you say from another thread that you're younger than 15 I think so I wouldn't really recommend experimenting with nudes until you're older xD I tried experimenting drawing nudity when I was in middle school and it kind of alarmed my father lol... although he was okay with it after I explained.

[Luie]

If you're symmetry's off when you're drawing from your head, try looking at one side while drawing the other. Especially helps with eyessssss >------>

[jjfresh]

heheh...I don't really knooow because I don't draw like that. After practicing enough, I get the feel of it and know what size the head needs to be in proportion to the hands and torso, etc. I trust if it looks reasonable, and that looks fine to me.

I also don't like being overly critical to other's work because we all have different styles and ways of doing it. Me, say, criticizing you for the torso being really big is just a preference and as if I know better than you.

Also, there's no "right" way of doing it. Like I said, I don''t draw out grid lines to know how big the head should be and I rarely draw bubbles for the joints. Does that mean I'm doing it wrong? nuuuu. You are doing fine. It looks good. Just keep practicing.

[LTyler]

Just try and get accustomed to seeing the human form. It's all I can really say... The human form is so hidden all of the time, and considered so 'taboo' to look upon by much of society, I guess I can understand the difficulty in approaching it. But just keep at it - for starters, try and look at other talented artists nude drawings throughout history, and copying their works for practice. Look at the shapes and lines and folds each artist uses in their works, and why they use them. Once you get used to looking at & copying other artists drawings of nudes, you can gradually ease into drawing living models and the like.
I never was a very modest/shy kid (I was copying nude drawings from art & anatomy books when I was 9), so sadly I don't have a lot of advice to help ease you into drawing nudes... But you really are going to have to look at live models if you want to get this down. Ken/Barbie doll-esque images and wire-frame figures can only do so much in helping you learn the human form & all its minutia.
Boil the frog that is your own discomfort.

Best of luck to you and your studies! Just keep at it!

[RiverKai]

If you don't want to do life drawing..
I also think starting from the skeleton and then learning muscle groups really helps immensely. You can learn to draw it in simple forms from lessons like Proko on YouTube or the Atlas of Human Anatomy for Artists. Once you learn the skeleton, you can place muscles on it knowingly, rather than having it look like a lifeless figure or doll that doesn't flex and move like a human being. Placing skin over muscles is pretty easy and it actually sometimes makes it harder to learn with skin covering unless it's a muscly nude model. There are tricks and metaphors to help you learn faster as well in the meantime!

Where you've started in the picture is good for a first attempt, I would recommend trying to line it up symmetrically more in terms of the horizontal guidance lines and breaking it down into more simple shapes to begin with.

[yvettegustafsson]

Lot of good points on the subject in this thread: http://forums.tapastic.com/t/how-did-you-get-to-study-anatomy/7619?u=yvettegustafsson

Sure you could follow the 8 heads tall rule, but you're not always going to draw your characters standing still in a line up so doing still life drawing exercises are great!