Just like my sketches thread in the sketches seciton of the forum, i'll post up anatomy picture to be critised.

I was mainly just looking at the body when i did this, the face doesn't really matter to me. But yet, firmly criticise if you please.

Hmmm... I would say, start with the basic first OverCast. Try a few full-body drawings and notice how many "heads" fit into it. In other words, measure the head and count how many times that head will fit into the body from head to foot. Preportions are a good starting point, so give that a few goes and post up again.

Everyone has to start somewhere and we all have plenty left to learn, so stick around and you will learn loads!

the head is way to small, making the neck look more cone-like than it should.. I feel like the body is too bulky, but that might just be the size of the head making it look that way..

Might help if we know whether you are using references or not, and if you are, what references you are using. I would suggest looking at photos of people (or yourself in a mirror) and try to copy, before you try to draw some superman sort of guy that doesn't exist in real life.

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no i didnt use a reference photo for this, just a practise from my head. 

I end up looking at the picture for a while, and i know it's not right, but i just can't see what it is. But now i know, thanks guys 

In fact, would you guys mind having a look at a sketchbook drawing for me

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/388931.aspx 

Well, I'd say both sketches show the same weaknesses. If you practice from references first, then you can try to draw the same things from your head and see what you remember. Or do it the other way around and see how much you're missing without the reference... Some weeks ago, I was sketching a boat (and this would be so much easier to explain with a picture!) - I drew the boat shape and lines for the masts and the bowsprit and so on like I usually do little boat sketches. Then I looked at a photo of a boat (sorry, ship) and realised I was missing tons of little detail. The bowsprit was attached differently from what I thought, the sails were more complex, there's a "notch" at the back of the boat (above rudder) and all kinds of things I'd never known were there without a reference. While we see humans everyday, there are a lot of details we don't register until we try to copy them down on paper. So practice from reference :) And pay attention to proportions.

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Well believe it or not it was more obvious than you may think. Your first sketch was somewhat better just in it's proportions than this one, this one is off significantly...but I think you realized that. Why? Because I look at the face and see the evidence of someone who is at least peripherally aware of the need for proportion.

As Dom said you need to work on your basics, get those to a level where you're not guessing at what needs to go where before you move on to lighting and shadow. Though you could easily practice lighting at the same time by doing separate exercises for each one. Really I would suggest finding some art classes somewhere...for beginners, where you could receive some individual instruction.

Also go find Andrew Loomis's "Figure Drawing for all it's worth" ....just type his name into Google and you might be surprised what you get. Read them. Do the exercises. Read them again. Observe....everything. When you're walking, sitting, at a store, at the mall. Start paying attention to why things look they way they do....what causes it, what changes it, what colors are involved, where is the light source...you can even do this around the house.

Oh...and keep drawing.

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