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2. Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators: Mastering the Art of Drawing from Memory
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Watson-Guptill Publications
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4. KUMEED Twisting Balloons with Hand Pump 100pcs Magic Balloons for DIY Balloon Animals Party Fun Activity Birthdays, Clowns, Weddings Decorations
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✔ Very Interesting Fun - You could make lots of different animals with these great twisting balloons at parties, birthdays, schools, indoor or outdoor and any special fun event. For great party games for kids. Children will enjoy inflating the modelling balloons and twisting them into many differe...
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I'll do my part and try to post more here too. I have some slice of life ideas that would totally belong!
Resources:
Proko
This one is GREAT for anatomy and shading tips
Draw-A-Box
This one is amazing for general construction and perspective practice. There is a discord server and r/artfundamentals is the paired subreddit for community feedback and participation.
One book that kickstarted my abilities in cartooning that I hold near and dear to me is: Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators
I liked it because to me it was a "here are some basic shapes that connect into a mannequin that gets you 85% towards a workable figure" then I use stuff I learned from Proko to put the flesh on it and obscure the weirdness of the underlying mannequin.
I highly recommend taking a "life/figure drawing" course if you can. I was resistant to it myself (I'm not a fan of loosely-goosey charcoal nudes for the sake of high art) but it was immensely helpful to learn to start with a 10 second gesture line-squiggle, a few minutes of mannequin construction, then 15 minutes of actual figure rendering.
I don't know how easily I would have learned that lesson outside of the class, and it's helped me a lot in cartooning for sure. It's definitely learnable, especially from a lot of the amazing YouTubers out there, but be open to having things be loosey-goosey, and then use that gestural line as a starting point for iteration of your eventual figure. In lieu of in-person studio models, Line of Action is a useful alternative.
Online:
(General)
(Creepier)
Kindle ebooks:
Hopefully that's a good start for you. 🌼
Not saying you're wrong, just saying there's more than one way to look at things, plus artistic license.
Did a quick Amazon search and found this, for my perspective context:
KUMEED Twisty Modeling Assorted Balloons Magic Balloon with Air Pump Pack of 100 https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01DVMH3P8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RJ00CbDT475XH
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe Great book btw
the almighty sauce