Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Figure Drawing 101 5

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Joys of Figure Drawing 7

Chapter 2: Gathering the Goods for Figure Drawing 11

Chapter 3: Starting with Figure-Drawing Basics 29

Part II: Off to a Head Start 59

Chapter 4: Getting Inside the Head 61

Chapter 5: Adding Facial Features 89

Chapter 6: Going to the Top with Hair 115

Chapter 7: Presenting Emotions in Facial Features 143

Part III: Building the Body 173

Chapter 8: Examining Figure Proportions and Bone Structure 175

Chapter 9: Starting Simple with Stick Figures and Mannequins 189

Chapter 10: Pumping Up Those Muscles 219

Chapter 11: Drawing Figures in Motion 245

Part IV: Sharpening Your Figure-Drawing Skills 263

Chapter 12: Accessorizing Your Figures 265

Chapter 13: Taking Your Work to the Next Level with Advanced Drawing Techniques 293

Chapter 14: Working with Composition and Perspective 315

Part V: The Part of Tens 347

Chapter 15: Ten Places to Study and Draw the Figure 349

Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Organize, Store, and Present Your Work 353

Index 359

About the Author

Kensuke Okabayashi is an award-winning professional artist. His work can be seen in everything from comic books to graphic novels to advertising storyboards. Okabayashi has taught illustration courses at Mercer College of New Jersey.