What might help you is practicing ovals of different proportions.
Right now it seems like you draw ovals of similar proportions for everything, and you draw them smaller when a limb is further away. However, because those ovals represent a shape that is turning, rather than something that is just straight up moving backwards, it doesn't quite give the right effect.
Ovals with the same width but a different height would help a lot with suggesting the right shape, I think.
(And I think it'll also help with your proportions, since I think the main reason they can feel a little off is because of the lack of width on some of these limbs. The general height etc look pretty good imo)
I think your foreshortening actually looks really good with placement and everything; it is just the shapes you are using to block them in that make it a little harder to discern. Like I really love the kick drawing on the second page. I would recommend doing a few studies, just taking a page to look at references of each individual body part; arms, legs, hands... So this means you trace images of each part, copy down artist's simplified muscle diagrams, and do some figure drawing. It sounds like a lot, but it can be pretty fun.
Like for example, the lower part of the legs you have drawn. You have an oval, same at the top and bottom and from each angle. This can be good for blocking in poses, but I find it easier to imagine it as a cylinder. Then, I add on the muscles on the inside and outside of the leg, and I know the outside starts at a higher point than the inside (Sorry, I'm blanking on muscle names). And from the side, the shins make the lower leg pretty flat, and it curves down to the foot and bumps out at the knee. And eventually, you'll be able to draw it from memory without using all the guides. Just making observations like that, looking at muscle groupings, should help.
Another example is with your torso that diagrams and tracing should help; when an arm is raised, the trapezius(between the neck and the delts/shoulders) raises with it, the torso isn't always just a triangle.
I hope this makes sense:)
I think these look really decent! They look like really lively poses and I love that that vibe comes through. It feels to me like you don't have a lot of faith in your measuring methods?
When I'm unsure of how big or small something should be (as it's a little closer or further away from me), I look at its size in relation to the body behind it. For instance, when a hand is outstretched in my direction, it could suddenly be as big as the chest. For outstretched limbs, when I can't easily compare its size to specific parts of the torso, I like to imagine horizontal/vertical lines starting from the wrist (or ankles) and going back towards the main section of the body. This helps me gauge how exactly far out an arm or leg is stretching.
There's a lot of other methods like these. I think the main concept is to let go of your 3-dimensional knowledge for a brief second and evaluate the pose as a flat 2D image while you gauge your proportions. I think when you think of it like this, no matter how many approaches you come up with, you can be more sure of your measurements and proportions overall.
Try using some extreme foreshortening photo references! Really exaggerating the poses and proportions can often teach us a lot about how to improve.
I hope this helps! Good luck :)
Li13eo
3 weeks ago.
