I'm particularly terrible with radical position, but its a way for me to learn how to draw extremes. If you could see the errors or something that's out of porportion, that'd be a great help. One set of eyes cant spot it all. :)

I used flip mirror to weed out oddities, but the torso doesnt seem to be attached to the legs correctly. Maybe that's just me?

Meet Ravira.

hmm. I kind of see what you mean - its lovely work, but it might be a little off. I'm thinking her abdomen might be a little too long.

But only a little.

I think it'll be fine if you're leaving it in a comic panel.

Tweak the foot, and it'll be pimp :)

StaceyMontgomery
I'm thinking her abdomen might be a little too long.

Yeah, you're right. I tweaked it a bit and it looks much better!

Have you ever checked out the book "How to draw comics tehe Marvel way?" I'm wary of drawing books in general, least we all end up drawing the same drawings over and over again, but there is a lot in there about dramatic positions and stuff like that. It's a pretty good book.

Alexis
Have you ever checked out the book "How to draw comics tehe Marvel way?" I'm wary of drawing books in general, least we all end up drawing the same drawings over and over again, but there is a lot in there about dramatic positions and stuff like that. It's a pretty good book.

No I havent, but I'll check it out! If it helps with understanding the porportion of the body regarding with actions then I'm all for it.

The right arm looks kind of scrunched up to her torso, but that might just be the weed talking.

It may be the foreshortening, but the abdomen does look a bit too long. Did you start with a stick frame first? I used to draw without them, but now I can't start a picture without them :P

I think this is more appropriately titled "Dynamic anatomy help" :) Because we are dealing with a lot of foreshortening here. I've done a picture to illustrate. You can compate the two for the differences. There are two things that are problematic, one is foreshortening, the larger hand and smaller foot to indicate front and back, and the tendancy to "draw what isn't there". Its a common mistake artists make when they assume they have to draw everything in. In this case, the abdomen shouldn't be visible. The body is strait, the angle wouldn't show the belly, so it shouldn't be there at all. The legs should attach right under the ribcage in this pose. To make this pose really work, you need to reall throw the back leg back, which requires a pretty harsh angle on the foreshortening of the leg. Its hard to 'see' the foot as small as it should be to get the angle right. Even in my drawing it took about five tries.

I know, I'm late to the conversation, but here are my thoughts. I think the torso is the right length, but the position of the navel is wrong (too far from the chest, too close to the crotch. Move the navel up, but keep the torso length as is, and I think that'll fix it. The only other thing that seems a bit off to me is that both thighs seem to be about the same size, even though they aren't side by side. Make the left thigh skinnier and the right thigh or knee a tad bigger (or whichever you envision being the forward leg), and that'll help. IMHO, of course.

But let me say that the position you've drawn is pretty tough to pull off and you did a very good job overall. Kudos!

Buy DC's guide to pencilling and How to draw the marvel way. And listen to shadowmyst.

I don't know if anyone is going to take this advice, but a successfull comic book artist told me to buy the George Bridgeman artist anatomy book, the bug one, and copy all of the pictures in it. It is a boring, tedious task completely devoid of artistry, but you know, it really helps. The more you know about the human form the more you can manipulate it.

get "dynamic figure drawing" by Burne Hogarth ! it's quite helpfull