So Ive got this book called "Character Costume Figure Drawing" which is good. It outlines that a figure is about 8 heads tall, depending on whether you want to exxagerate the height.
The mid way point is the crotch (where your centre of gravity is..) which meets at the same point as the wrists, the midline of the chest is about 3 heads down, which is important as its where the shoulders join the chest. The elbows are around the same point as the waist.
The following pictures are examples of the body twisting at the waist and how the shoulders rise and fall as a person turns.
If you read the notes here Ive written that if a person is resting on their hip, that leg will be relaxed. The other leg is the one that your weight is supported on. So in the above image of Moon with the cane Ive got it a bit wrong but it still doesn't look too uncomfortable. I realised this by actually doing it myself... sounds obvious but Ive never really used myself as reference before.
In the smaller sketches of his face I am playing with how to create moods with him having a totally static face. I need to mainly rely on body language. But if his head could rotate and go from happy, empathetic and approachable to aggressive with a simple rotation it'd be a quality device to be able to use in a narrative.
I'll play more and report back in future posts.
Just a final drawing of this character Ive been drawing for years. He's called the moonman... mainly because of his moon face. He's a benevolent force, like a god without reason or purpose but what he does is just essentially right in that he achieves balance and equilibrium... or he will when I can draw him so he doesnt look like he's about to fall over.
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