Sketch figure stage 1:

Now we start to flesh her out a bit. You have to be good at drawing cylinders and ovals to do this right.

Study muscle groups to get an idea of how the shoulders, arms and legs are formed. The Breast are located at the halfway point of the upper torso.

Try to use only curved lines. Nothing on a human being is ruler-edge straight but that goes double for a female. Curvy, Curvy, Curvy!

A good study model is Shirow's M-66 unit from Black Magic. It has the female form all broken down into it's basic shapes and was a powerful influence for me as far as getting my sketches to this stage.

Now's where you start tightening up your art. Grab a kneaded eraser and start blotting away the fine sketchy lines and keep only the lines you wish to use for your final piece. The cleaner you get at the end of this stage makes the next stage that much easier.

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