The reason I wanted to post this is because it really helped me overcome my paralyzing fear of drawing people. After this exercise, I have gotten a lot better at drawing them. When drawing quickly, I tend to look more at the subject than what I'm drawing, therefore not analyzing and thinking something looks wrong. Often, the proportions that look incorrect are correct once the whole picture is there. Each part- arm, head, leg, shoulder- must be put into its context, and then it makes more sense than the generic symbols that are easy to revert to in drawing, especially when drawing difficult subjects. I now often draw a quick sketch like these of the person I am drawing underneath or next to the final drawing.
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