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How to draw anatomy... from someone who can't.

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I have drawn all my life. But it was only after watching a  video  by Swedish YouTuber Pewdiepie that I found myself inclined to learn to draw anatomy. Pewdiepie emerged from an era of old youtubers, and specialises in comedic content, but since starting a family, he has resorted to drawing. In the video, he spends a year drawing every day- and the improvements are massive. However, despite this, we see through his art journey that it is not all simply one straight line. As he discovers new techniques, mediums, and experiments with new subjects, there is also a significant portion of backtracking when it comes to talent: as soon as he tries something new, it turns out significantly worse than his average drawing, yet with time it generates significant improvement to his art overall. One particular example of this was when Pewdiepie discussed his interest in learning anatomy, but not just drawing rough people: he wanted to study anatomy, to learn how the body moves, and how eac...