Kitty Pryde pic WIP, critique requested

Hey guys. I haven't been drawing much but I'd like to improve on my ero skills starting now. I recently started a picture of Kitty Pryde in the shower (X-Men Evolution version).

Here's what I have so far.



I want to improve several things, namely her hands and feet, crotch area, and make her legs look less flat. I think the face turned out okay, but the overall proportions seem a little strange and I don't know where to fix it.

Any advice/critique is much appreciated.
Thanks.

Pubis should be at the mid-height.

Length of shin = length of hip

Arms straight down, fingers should come to mid-thigh


Hope that helps some. Great job on the face, could tell right away it was Kitty.

Okay, some work has been done. I took your advice of using a guide based on head height, but instead of using realistic proportions I got a lot closer to how the characters look in the show by putting a similar grid over a reference pic of the character. Lines have been cleaned, hands and feet look (slightly) less like crap. Ditched the total crap background.

Hmm, the torso still looks stretched to me. Maybe shorten that and maybe the legs as well. Not sure.

tsujoi's got the gist of your problems down.

First off, her legs are way too long. They are almost twice the length of her torso. Either lengthen the torso or shorten the legs. Secondly, her waist is too narrow. I'm not sure which view you're drawing from, but to me it looks like her body should be twisted a bit. This means that we should be able to see more of her side. It looks like you're thinking of her body as a flat object; instead, try imagining pieces of the body as 3D blocks- when you view a block head on, you will only see one side. Turning it will allow you two see two sides, and you should apply that principle to your drawings. Thirdly, her breasts seem a bit too high, and her hips are nearly nonexistent. Look at some reference pictures!

I've done a little redlining for you to help you out. The pose you chose is a little complicated, and I'd definitely recommend studying up a bit more on human anatomy and practicing building form with shapes before tackling another pose like this again.

I drew a little on the side to show you what I meant by flatness and form.




This is just the redline by itself to let you compare it to your drawing (her legs might still be a bit too long).



Just practice drawing some human bodies and you'll get it! Hope that helps! :)

Thanks for the help guys, but again I'm NOT trying to make her look realistic. I'm trying to emulate the proportions from the show. Here's a reference image I'm using.



I do need to work on the body/leg lengths, define the hands and feet better, and I want to change her expression a little as well. I copied her face from the photo a little too closely >.<