From where do you usually start drawing bodies?

[J.Lovelace]

I always start from the face

[jennula]

I usually start with the head!

[AnnaLandin]

In 99% of the cases I start with the head, because I find it easier to nail the proportions that way. I do a quick circle with a guideline to mark the size and position of the head, and then do a very, very quick gesture drawing to get the proportions down, and then go back in and fill in more details.

[jurinova]

It depends really but mostly I start from one of two places. When I'm not sure quite what I'm going to do with the body I start with the jaw and work my way down from there. If I do have a plan for the pose then I tend to start from the chest and the torso and work outwards from there. However on occasions when I'm working on a difficult pose I might also do a quick line of the spine first and then do the chest, so I can get a better idea on how the body is turning and twisting.

[AlkseeyaKC]

I start at the eyes and work my way down to the feets.

[AliceHoffmannArt]

I tend to start with a rough head because it's most of the time the main focus.
Sometimes I make a quick sketch of the whole body pose if there's some more planning involved. (Especially with multiple characters in a drawing.)

[MidZM]

Mmm, I used to start with the head oh so long ago. Now I can start from anywhere on the body due to my reference, but it really depends on what's going to be the most fun to start with on the character. Or the most difficult and needs to be gotten out of the way first.

[thomasfallaeriksen]

I usually start with a line that acts as a guideline for the main direction and shape of the torso.
When I start drawing the figure itself I often start with the pelvis area for some reason. And then it grows out in both directions.
But it really depends on the pose. If it is a birds eye view it feels easier to start with the ribcage and shoulders.
If I'm drawing after a photo I often find a single starting point that I build everything else around. Usually somewhere around the ribcage.

[AwezumArt]

i start with an action line to see how the body will bend. then I add the basic shapes of the head-torso-hips. I just build it from there

[JessJackdaw]

I start with the body or chest cavity first to get the gesture or pose right. Then I move on to the arms, legs, and head. Unless it's a portrait shot and there's not much of the body showing then I just do the head shape first.

[mariusthered]

the basic sticks and shapes, followed by the head down.

[Down_the_Rabbithole]

I start with a line of action, actually. It helps me better portray movement or body language.

[idamessygirl]

The arms or the head! Sometimes I start from the torso..Really depends what position my character will be in.. :/

[tayo_rafferty]

Nowadays I start with a basis line which is like the spine of the character and the draw basic shapes to represent each piece of the body and then just build from there.

[Shanny8]

70-80% of the time I will start with the head; there is that 30-20% of the time when I start with with the upper/mid torso- especially if I'm drawing a scene where the the body is positioned a certain way.

[Kayke]

For standing poses I start with the head but for laying down or sitting poses I draw the chest/shoulders first? Not sure whhhhyyyy

[Evan]

Copy-paste from the previous panel and make adjustments as nessesary.

[spadesart]

I used to start with the nose but now I start with the eyebrows?? imo it makes it easier to stretch the expression

so I start with the head I guess

[SirHellsir]

A sphere for the rib cage, from there the structure of the torso, limbs and head.

[Zetsubonii]

I find that drawing the head always balances out the proportions of the figure as there is always a certain ratio of head height to body height. In regular anatomy, it tends to be 7-8 head for females and 8-10 heads for men and for manga and anime, it's 6-7 for women and 7-8 for men (this is teens btw). For my own series, Jim's Days, the proportions tend to be 1 is to four meaning that the over all height is 4x larger than the head itself, giving the head itself dominance in the final product