Okay. So Yesterday.. I was working on a sketch drawing for a full body figured anime girl character. It was so hard and toxic for me since I usually do my drawings in stick figures. (Yeah. Like those games at hangman - kids used to play.. not sure if they still do now - in this generation, lol!) 

Before anything else.. (since I am in the mood to blab on my journal, haha!) 
Let me show you some of my previous drawings. I am not sure when I drew them (but I can be sure it should have been around February 2016 when I started drawing again.. I was not working on Anime Characters but.. really into Fashion Illustration back then - but as you can see.. my drawings are still somehow anime-looking, lol! So yeah. These not that old.. but seriously - be warned, it's not very nice to look at, lol!) I know - it seem like a kid's drawing!!! I pity myself whenever I see this but for some reason, I haven't really threw it away yet, lol.



Now.. this is something, I am not really proud at.. not that I am very proud of my works now.. but - it is better. Trust me, when I did these drawings, I even had references and guidelines, lol! (which actually later on led me to the fact that maybe we all draw and learn in our own way - what works for most might not work for you.. guidelines are awesome.. but for the most part, whenever I do guidelines my drawings ends up in big disaster more than I can imagine, lol.. don't get me started with the hair - it's one of my most hatest part to draw - until today! I really suffer with face and eye features whenever I try to draw a whole body figure. Agh. Haha!)

At that time, I still have not realised.. so I kept going on and on from one tutorial to another with anatomy guidelines, etc. (it was only just recently that I realize looking at references are better for me than working on guidelines - but I am sure it would be helpful for a lot of people and maybe with me in the future - just doesn't work for me at this time.)

After awhile.. I tried to draw by just looking at the images and developing the drawings and curves by myself - (i didn't even used a pencil - and went ahead using a pen since it was just a random doodle anyway - didn't care much at all..) 



Lol. Still terrible. But hey - I think it was better than the previous drawings, lol.. I didn't even used any guidelines at all. 
I know I always complain about my drawings and people will say - nah, you do great.. but seriously.. most of my drawings especially in the past were like this - how I can not be frustrated, lol! For the most part, except for the last two drawings, I usually spent a great amount of time in working on the drawings, etc.. takes up much time than usual or an average drawing should do. This is one reason why.. I'd want to draw but give up on drawing. I usually go with Digital Art but I find it still crucial for me to draw which is a pain for the the most part.

I also tried drawing something earlier - giving Iduna-Haya's suggestion a try. After looking for references here and there.. I have chosen this image: Sailor Drama Senshi Stock

I realized, I never drew a character or figure looking up - so I had a tough time trying to sketch this one - but I still tried my best - to make it... a bit better?
 

I lack space on my notepad (since I didn't used my sketch book for some reason) so I just skip the other areas.. this is what I came up with.. (I never improve with the hair, lol..  it still looks the same as I did before, sorry!) It was my first time working on a real life photo - so I was surprised that I was able to at least draw the figure a bit.. though, I messed up big time when it comes to the head and face. I wonder why.. When I work with whole body figure - it's always that I either mess up the head - or mess up the body. So frustrating.

I am already surprised I was able to create this one from scratch!
I was really proud of this one - because it made me felt it look normal - not the best but - - at least, average looking.



Though when I started re-creating a female character from my incomplete previous work.. I ended up with this as an initial sketch.. I am not sure how many hours I did this.. but I sure spent a lot of time - and its still all messed up. I really don't usually give too much focus most of the time with initial base sketch that I do.. because I usually will still fix it up once I put in clothes, etc..



So after coming up with the clothes to use, etc..

I have decided the character to have this kind of sketch figure - at least.

When it comes to female characters - I tend to based them on fashion illustration artwork rather than the anime-type kind of look - I dunno why.. lol. I probably fancy the outfit? Haha! So yeah. I never put eyes or any other facial features whenever I work on a full body figure - just too hard for me and I'll surely mess it up.. I kind of feel the head is too small and I had to draw it all up on the computer instead to not messed it up, haha!



After working on my line art..
Here's how it looks like now..



I am still not finish with the hands since I am not sure how will I work on that.. I need to draw it first.. so I just drafted an initial shape.. Idk about you but I am giving this character like an illusion of her - walking in a runway that sort of thing.. At least, that is just the pose I am going for.. (mostly the reason is just to cover up a lot of mess in the sketch, haha!) It's actually not finished yet - just wanted to show the progress I have done so far.. 

When I think back on how I usually draw.. from the drawings I have now. I can say I have improved.. (except for the hair.. which I will probably never understand.) Makes me wonder.. if I will still improve at all.. or is this the limit of what I can do. Hmm..

Gah. I have wasted another amount of time writing this stuff, lol! 
I should probably go head and finish the line work - get myself a rest.. then study the anatomy iHopelesss gave me - and practice more drawings later on. See Ya!  

I am totally not good with working on guidelines and for the anatomy.. so I just went akong by working on the figure itself. Please don't ask me how long it has taken me lol... as it took me many hours to actually finished this one and I have lost count! haha!

Not the first time I tried sketching a whole body figure but this is the first time I an seriously working on it. (with hands and feet). I know its bit that proportioned and all but trust me... I was pretty OC in the process akready and this is the best I can do and came up with..

I chose this kind of pose since I am going for a lady-like type of chaeacter... I always prefer legs together than making then separate. So yeah. Still needs a kot of work l am contented on the bosy figure for now. I think I might go wth clothes first before the head and all that - I am pretty weird to work on those before the head and hair haha! Well whatever goes.