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How to plan and draw legs (basic)

A step-by-step tutorial on how to draw legs starting with the basic anatomy and structure and then filling in detail and adding color. This tutorial is a basc guide but will help those that have trouble drawing legs.

Tutorial category: portrait
Tutorial type: Step-by-step
Submitted by: FineWithoutYou
Tools used: This tutorial can be done using pencils or any drawing software

Step 1

Start with a guide line. The hips should be shaped like a rectangle, with the two lines for the thighs coming out of the two bottom corners. Both sections of the legs should be the same length.

Step 2

Then add the outline of the legs. The thighs should be widest at the hips, then gradually thin until they get to the knee.
The shins should be flat on one side, and where the calf muscle is, the leg should thicken, (just below the knee)then thin until it reaches the ankle.

Step 3

Erase the guidelines and go over it in a thicker pen size.

Step 4

Add colour. =) Thanks for reading.