Mastering Figure Drawing Basics by Hands-on Exercises by Keto4

Forget thick anatomy books. This class gets you drawing real characters from day one with quick, practical exercises that actually stick.

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Draw full-body characters with solid, believable proportions
• Use croquis and timed sketching to loosen up and capture poses fast
• Adjust face and body proportions by gender and age
• Draw expressive eyes, hair, hands, and feet without overthinking
• Simplify realistic figures into SD / Deforme style characters
• Build your own cheat-sheet workflow for consistent character design

✅ Requirements

• Skills: No prior anatomy knowledge needed, basic comfort with sketching is enough
• Tools: Any digital art software, drawing tablet or pencil and paper for hands-on exercises

📝 Description

If anatomy theory ever made you quit, this course is the reset button. Keto skips the Latin names and long lectures and replaces them with short, hands-on drills. You will do a lot of croquis, figure sketching, and key studies, so your hand learns character proportions by repetition, not memorization. Short sentences, clear demos, lots of drawing.

Then you learn how to stop drawing the same body over and over. Keto breaks down how body proportions shift by gender and age, and how to push a realistic base into stylized or SD characters without breaking the structure. It is not about intuition. You get simple ratios and visual checks you can reuse every time.

The last stretch is all about personality. Flat characters usually come down to generic details. Here you work through eyes, hairstyles, neck connection, skin tone hints, plus hands and feet — the two things everyone avoids. Keto shows reliable shortcuts for each, then ties it together with accessories and common poses so your characters look ready for a portfolio or client pitch.

🧑‍🎓 Who this course is for

• Beginners who want to draw characters but feel blocked by complex anatomy
• Hobby artists and illustrators moving from fanart to original characters
• Concept art and game art students who need solid proportion fundamentals fast

🧑‍🏫 About the Author

Keto4 is a working concept artist and instructor at Laum Academy, known for a clear, beginner-friendly teaching style. Their portfolio focuses on character design with strong readable silhouettes, from realistic figures to stylized SD work. In class, Keto teaches the exact practice-first workflow they use to keep anatomy fundamentals fun and repeatable for students.

🏁 Final Result

• A finished character lineup sheet with gender- and age-varied proportions, expressive faces and hairstyles, plus one SD / Deforme version — ready for your portfolio.

📢 Guys, this is a Group Buy campaign, check the GBC forum thread to get access

You can find the course preview in the download section below.