The blue area above is the basic shape, and the red areas are some important muscles. The size of the red areas can be different. Some bodies carry a lot of muscle in their chest, shoulders, and biceps, and their backs and chests are broad.
Other bodies might have less-muscled arms but larger, rounder hips. Children often have little muscle, and babies are often round with baby fat.
If muscles are working, they will be more noticeable and more defined. The back of someone resting looks pretty flat, but if they do a pull up, you’ll see those back muscles working. The more you keep this consideration in mind, the more detailed your figures can be.
1-Start with a basic stick figure with boxy hips and chest. Add two circles in the upper arms for deltoids and biceps.
2-Finish the form with oval shapes for limbs, then add some circles inside the lower legs for calves. Connect the arms a bit lower on the torso, near the ribs to give the figure a broad back and an athletic look.
3-Next, draw the outline.
4-Add a bit of a curve to areas like the calves and upper arms to help show the muscles. You can also add detail to the chest and knees.Where major muscles connect, we can see small creases through the skin. You can show them with little dots and dashes.
5-Finish the figure by erasing your sketch lines.
