#tripping pose

I wanted to make her look like she is tripping and I had a bit of trouble finding a good reference of it.

(submitted by @leftiearts)

Hey, and thanks for the submission! This was super interesting to redline, and I admit - I also had trouble finding references! And boy did I need them! My first pass at the redline also left me feeling dissatisfied because this is very difficult, and not something I draw often.

My spouse was kind enough to model falling for me (I did not actually force him to trip) and the notes above are mostly my observations. The more messy sketch on the right corner is my first attempt at copying the photo reference. It sometimes takes a few tries to get the pose right, even if you have ample resources!

You did not mention it, so I didn’t really go into detail but - keep in mind proportions when drawing! There were some things, such as the length of the arms, which I fixed automatically because they did not match up (arm closer to the viewer is visibly longer than the shorter further arm, even though in this case foreshortening doesn’t really feel necessary). 

Either way, thanks and good luck!