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I made another rudimentary warming up drawing and included all the sketching phases. I drew my original character princess Enne again.

1. This time I wanted to draw the same pose from below. Low viewing angles tend to be hard, at least for me. I drew the reference plane again, to give an idea of the orientation and add some key reference points so that I can start morphing at least something out of the chaos.

2. I drew major body parts as simple planes. I also drew few arrows to make it easier for me to see the orientation of the legs. I did the same with surface orientation of the torso. I also drew a "horizontal" line to make sure the hands are on the same level with the crotch. The pose probably doesn't follow the initial reference plane too strictly, but that's not a problem. I can never be sure whether my initial sketches are even correct, so it's better not get too fixated on the guidelines

3. I fleshed out the basic forms. I noticed that the legs seem far too long in comparison to the rest of the body, and it's not just because of perspective. There were some other issues as well, so I made notes what parts to fix on next sketching phase. Keep in mind that even if you use guidelines and other references, your sketches may still be incorrect in many ways. Sketching in multiple phases helps to make corrections on each iteration.

4. I refined anatomy and proportions according to my notes. The legs are now shorter, the torso is longer and the head is larger. The perspective is also less extreme now as a result.

5. Sketching the details is fairly simple phase, given that you know what you are drawing. Low viewing angle adds some difficulty though.

6. Finally I traced the rough sketch carefully and made some small fixes all around. I accidentally drew the sword almost in the same orientation as in the earlier drawing. It doesn't look bad, but somehow I feel it should be seen from very different angle.

Here is the earlier drawing:

Description
I made another rudimentary warming up drawing and included all the sketching phases. I drew my original character princess Enne again.

1. This time I wanted to draw the same pose from below. Low viewing angles tend to be hard, at least for me. I drew the reference plane again, to give an idea of the orientation and add some key reference points so that I can start morphing at least something out of the chaos.

2. I drew major body parts as simple planes. I also drew few arrows to make it easier for me to see the orientation of the legs. I did the same with surface orientation of the torso. I also drew a "horizontal" line to make sure the hands are on the same level with the crotch. The pose probably doesn't follow the initial reference plane too strictly, but that's not a problem. I can never be sure whether my initial sketches are even correct, so it's better not get too fixated on the guidelines

3. I fleshed out the basic forms. I noticed that the legs seem far too long in comparison to the rest of the body, and it's not just because of perspective. There were some other issues as well, so I made notes what parts to fix on next sketching phase. Keep in mind that even if you use guidelines and other references, your sketches may still be incorrect in many ways. Sketching in multiple phases helps to make corrections on each iteration.

4. I refined anatomy and proportions according to my notes. The legs are now shorter, the torso is longer and the head is larger. The perspective is also less extreme now as a result.

5. Sketching the details is fairly simple phase, given that you know what you are drawing. Low viewing angle adds some difficulty though.

6. Finally I traced the rough sketch carefully and made some small fixes all around. I accidentally drew the sword almost in the same orientation as in the earlier drawing. It doesn't look bad, but somehow I feel it should be seen from very different angle.

Here is the earlier drawing: