I need help with poses!

[JoeTheJediPimp]

OK... I'm not a good artist by any stretch of the imagination, but what I am particularly terrible at is drawing any type of humanoid figure doing anything other than facing forward and standing up, with like no pose at all. Every tutorial I've looked at I just don't get, and they don't help me. Do you guys have any tips for a newbie like me to help me to one day be as good as you? Thanks for your help.

[Juice5942]

Draw stick figures. Draw them with the joints that humans have as opposed to the stick figures 5 year olds draw. After you draw the figure then fill it in a little bit, keeping it very basic.

If you see someone sitting or standing a certain way, draw a stick figure of their pose real quick.

It sounds kind of dumb, but it helped me lots.

There's also no real subsititute for studying live models, I don't know if you have access to them though.

Good luck, just keep practicing. :)