DRAWING MANGA BOYS
One of the hardest things to get right is a pair of folded arms. It can be a dramatic
visual example of body language in a manga story, and makes a character look
firm and immovable. You can see how the chest is arched backward slightly to
exaggerate the gesture.FOLDED ARMS
Create shoulder and elbow
joints by drawing four
circles, one at each corner
of an imaginary square. Join
the top three with straight
lines, and add a center line.
Draw a line from each
elbow across the chest.
Add shoulders and a sug-
gestion of a neck. Then
work on the hands. The
left hand has no detail.
Add four jointed fingers
to the right hand, above
the elbow.
Flesh out the upper and
lower arms by joining
the joints. The lower
arms are folded, so draw
one on top of the other.
Indicate a torso.Ink the main lines from
the shoulders, down the
arms, and around the
individual fingers.