Working on a variety of poses for Disney's and Joe's black book project:

Working with negative space and composition:

Mapping (contour) and composition:

Mapping/contour:

Mapping/contour:

Composition:

It's always helpful to think of your page composition before you start the drawing: Thump nails are helpful. Different sizes of the figure (far and close ups) think about floor line, perspective, relation of the figures.

Water color:

Drawing the clothes on the body:

1) Under-drawing with a skin-colored marker. Integrate clothes right away. (No need to draw and "construct" the nude body first. Integrate fold and fabric -"pulls" right away, they'll describe the body beneath.

2) Block in color (of garment and shoes) with guache/water color. Add simple shadows in face and block color in hair.

3) Refine, render and add detail of clothes with prisma pencil. First with a soft line quality, once happy, add accents and contrasts. Integrate shadows and folds as you go. Face, hands and shoes focus on simple silhouette.

4) Add highlight and skin with pastel and blend

5) Refine and finish face and hands.