3 Ways To Draw A Person (Easy)

How To Draw A Person - Although it sounds difficult, the process of drawing people is actually very simple if you use a systematic approach. The easiest way to do this is to follow the ball-and-socket technique. In this method, the artist usually sketches several interconnected ovals to form parts of the human body and display the pose. Although it sounds like a basic technique, many professional illustrators use this technique when creating their work. In addition, this technique can be applied in various situations and is quite easy to learn.

Method One : Draw People in Specific Situations or Settings

Sketch the background.

Sketch the outlines and positions of the characters (or people).

Draw a sketch of the body shape needed to draw your character's body.

Sketches of facial details, clothes, shoes, certain features/elements, and so on.

Refine/refine sketches using a pencil/drawing pen with a smaller tip.

Overwrite the sketch with an outline (which is firmer and clearer).

Erase and erase sketch lines.

Color the image you created.

Method Two : Draw People in Specific Action

Draw outline sketches to pose the characters in certain situations/settings (use different colors to distinguish each character).

Sketch the body shapes needed to draw the character's body.

Sketch drawings of face details, clothes, certain features/elements, and so on.

Fix the sketch using a pencil/pen with a smaller tip.

Overwrite the sketch with a clearer outline.

Erase and erase rough sketch lines.

Color the image you created.

Method Three: Draw One Figure (Male)

Start with the upper body first. For the head, sketch a circle, then add a sharp curved line at the bottom to create an inverted oval shape (the pointed part is pointing downwards).

After drawing the head, draw the neck. Usually, you only need to draw two short straight lines. Each line is approximately parallel to each ear.

Draw a very thin horizontal line perpendicular to the base of the neck. This line will serve as a guide for drawing the collarbone. It's a good idea to have the line length equal to the width of two or three heads.

At each end of the guide line, sketch a smaller circle than the previously drawn head circle. These two circles will become your character's shoulders.

Draw two ovals that are longer than the length of the character's head (vertically) so that they can be connected to the bottom of the shoulder circle. The two ovals will later become the upper arms or biceps.

Draw the torso where the oval of the biceps meets the circle of the shoulders. To make it, you can draw an inverted trapezoid as the chest, and two vertical lines as the belly line. Underneath, draw an inverted triangle as the pelvic area.

Around the top half of the inverted triangle you made, draw a small circle. The circle will be the navel of the character you drew. To ensure the proportions of the character's body, adjust the ovals of the biceps so that their bottom is in line with the navel. Draw auxiliary lines if necessary.

On the inverted triangle, sketch two circles that are larger than the shoulder circle with half of them going into the triangle. The two circles will become the character's hip joints.

Draw two long ovals (along the torso oval) below the hip joint circle. The two ovals will become your character's thighs.

Draw two smaller ovals as the knees, with the half of the oval going into the lower part of the thigh oval.

Draw back two ovals below the knees as your character's calves.

Sketch two triangles at the bottom of the calf oval. The two triangles will be the legs of your character.

Go back to the biceps and draw two more ovals at the bottom to form the character's arms.

Draw two small circles at the end of each arm oval to form the hands.

Draw subtle outlines, add body details, and also draw in the character's clothing and accessories.

Your character has been drawn.