All language subtitles for 052 Drawing The Legs From Scratch.en

In this lecture we're going to learn how to draw the legs.

So let's go and begin.

First we're going to start with a front view of the legs.

So when we're drawing legs we want to think of them as certain curves and straight lines that we're

looking for.

So let me show you what I mean.

So if we're looking at the legs straight on we want the outside of the leg to have a sort of this bounce

to it.

So align line that kind of bounces out like that and then another one that bounces out the same way

right.

And then we want to have a straight line on one side like that.

So let's go ahead and let's draw this.

So let's go ahead and start by just marking out the bottom of the crotch and then we'll come down mark

right about there.

That will be the length of our leg.

All right.

And so what we want to do is we want to first start by sketching out a straight line coming down.

So this will be the inside level of the leg.

Then we'll go ahead and we can divide this in half so we know where the bottom of our kneecap is so

right about there.

So the bottom of the kneecap will go right there.

So we can go ahead and start by sketching in the thigh.

So we're gonna have that bounce shaped like this in the leg actually goes past the crotch or we can

go and draw this all the way up in here.

So we get this curved line there and depending on whether you're drawing a man or a woman this might

be more curved or less curved and also depends on how muscular their leg is so call it a line like that

comes down into the knee.

Now when we get down here we want to do another bounce out.

So we wanted to just kind of bounce out just slightly like that and then come back in.

And then on this line right here even though we sketch out a straight line that's not to say that it

has to be completely straight there will be a little bit of curve to it.

But for the most part it's going to look straight so we might have a curve like that curve back in and

then just curve the slightest bit out or we get to the calf or something like that and this calf might

be looking a little bit too large I'm gonna raise some of it draw it in like that

and then this is going to come down into the foot so just kind of sketch something out to represent

the foot

something like that.

All right great.

There we go.

And then what we can do is we can go ahead and kind of sketch in should have a shape like this.

Sort of a V shape for to represent the kneecap.

Sometime you can make that more of a diamond like that I'm just gonna go ahead and kind of bring this

in a little bit more than what we get here as we get the calf muscle on the backside.

So it just kind of wraps around like that and then it comes back in so we can actually kind of thin

this out over here down towards the bottom of the Shin a little bit more because it's looking a little

bit too thick that now we'll run into the ankle that kind of gets into the foot but we can kind of sketch

that in really quick get the ankle on the other side as well

something like that.

And then if you remember when we do the torso we can get this crease right there

goes into the hip the waist

just like that

all right.

Perfect.

So there's a straight on view.

And if you remember we can draw this by using that lightning bolt effect so we can start by drawing

the lightning bolt like this back up and then down that side.

So what this would look like is it would look like this.

We draw something just kind of like curved down like that back up and then we want to keep this side

pretty straight.

Just like that.

And that runs right down into the foot.

No you go ahead and draw on the other side of all of this

just like that.

Or we could go the shape out.

So for the shapes basically just start out with a sort of a curved rectangle out that way.

All right.

You can do a circle for the kneecap and then a kind of a curved sort of rectangle like that.

That kind of tapers off down towards the bottom into the foot like that actually I did it the wrong

way.

That would be if we're drawing it from front.

My apologies.

So we wanted to actually curve out this way and be straight on that side right.

And you could connect all that together to make the leg.

So what if we're drawing the leg from the side.

Well from a side view it's going to look like this.

Also notice again showing point out you can see how when we're drawing it from the front you want the

two bumps on the outside and then you want the straight line on the inside of the leg.

All right so we're drawing from the side.

It's going to be different.

So what we want is we want to kind of get an S curve like this throughout the leg.

So let me show you what I mean.

So we could start by kind of sketching out the lightning bolt shape so it come down to the kneecap go

back up.

All right.

And then we're looking at from the back it kind of bumps out like this into the calf and then just comes

at an angled line like that into the foot.

So just kind of that lightning bolt shape right there and then let's go ahead and draw on the back of

the calf.

So it's going to kind of bulge out a little bit back here.

But for the most part it's kind of all moving in that direction.

That's kind of its line of action that we can go ahead and draw the kneecaps of the new capital just

kind of drop down kind of like this kind of that angular looking thing and we'll do the front of The

Shins the front of the Shin will just kind of be almost a straight line and then kind of slightly curved

down towards the bottom that

can see you can see the calf muscle right there.

This is the tendon going down connecting to the bottom of the foot.

Now we can go ahead and draw a foot in maybe I'll fill out this the bottom of the leg really quick and

then draw something like this nice and simple

add a little bit of arch to that foot

all right.

And then once we get up into this area we can kind of draw off the leg like this.

So we're looking at this leg from the side it's going to look something like this.

All right and then we're gonna get the butt right here.

So it's just come right off the bottom or the top of the leg

don't move up like that.

And then the front of the stomach is going to start right about here

and just move up like this just kind of a curved line and then the leg actually kind of you see some

definition it kind of will move up into the body like that

right and you could get your belly button right there.

Maybe we should fixing this up just a little bit right there.

Great.

Also coming back here if we're gonna add in the buttocks.

We could do what we did before on the pelvis where you can see through that gap between the two thighs

and you'd actually see a little bit of the buttocks right there.

All right great.

So really quick before we end this lecture let's talk about the form of the leg and break this down

into its simple form.

So by this point you should be it should be pretty obvious what all these get broken down ends.

So first of all this thigh right here.

Let's start from the front view.

The thighs you kind of get broken down into a cylinder but it's gonna be kind of the top.

The cylinder will kind of be angled like that and then will come out.

So it'll have occurred edge there in a slightly curved edge there.

Right.

And you get the bottom like that.

So it's kind of a organic type of cylinder a little bit more dynamic looking.

And then we get the kneecap.

So the kneecap can kind of just be represented with a sphere.

All right.

Something like that

and then the calf is gonna be another cylinder but it will be a little bit different looking so it'll

bulge out on this side and then it kind of just be straight on that side

that which then will run into the foot

something like that.

And then we can go ahead and just add in some

construction lines in there just to help define the form that

there you go.

So that's the basic form.

So it's basically just a cylinder for the thigh and then a sphere for the kneecap and then another cylinder

for the calf.

And we'll talk about the foot later but I just added that in there you have a little bit more understanding.

So the main things I want you to remember is make sure that you're drawing your legs in correct proportions.

So you want to make sure that you're starting the leg from the crotch and you want to divide it in half

of the bottom of the kneecap and that way your proportions will look good.

And then when you're drawing it from the front view you want these two bump outs on the side for the

thigh and the calf and then on the inside of the leg it's gonna be pretty straight.

Now when you're drawing it from the side you actually want to get kind of this S curve.

So on the front of the Shin you wanted to kind of move inwards kind of.

And then once you get to the front of the thigh you want it to start to move back out.

And then on the backside you want it to be moving inwards and then back outwards.

So you want to follow these type of arrows.

So just keep that in mind when you're drawing the legs.

Thanks for watching and I'll see you guys in the next lecture.