Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > General > Artist's Forum > anime/manga anatomy help?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

• "Anime/manga" is host to hundreds of distinctly separate art styles.
  
• You ought to be trying to carve out your own style anyhow, not copying someone else's.

[rubah]

that reminds me, kishi when are you going to work on a couple of human figures in your own style?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

That is completely off-topic.

[Hsu]

Just answer the lady's question, already.

[xtreme112]

Back on the subject:
Start small and use stick figures, from there build on the shapes of muscles and the body, then erase the unnessecary lines and go from there.

But when it comes to manga, I can see that there are relationships between manga and reality. Shapes and form derive from ourselves (even the eyes have a resembelance) which you should always remember, try comparing figures of your drawings with real people. Look at the way your own muscles and body looks and shapes, and work on it from there. Whenever I have trouble drawing hands, i usually just sketch the shape/pose of my own. And remember, you can't rush the picture, the longer you take, the better the results.