Books for beginners a little above/character design pin-ups.

So the little things, through the abundance of information of too-many-ideas, now look to draw a figure.

 I'm assuming the reader is one who wants to do pin-ups, are from the furry/oc community. With character design and anatomy. I do recommend Marshall Vandruffs George Bridgman bootcamp, he also a course on Heinrich Kley which you can look up, if you have the money for the paywall. Yet there's still plenty to learn! (link to a list by Puccanoodles.)

The Frank Reilly School of art by Doug Higgins

These are the beginnings modes of thoughts that I took to help engage and lead into the first preliminary marks of what makes. It ain't gatekeeping a method, yet it's a sign post to help with reverie and observational drawing.

If you'd like to capture all of Frank Rielly's teachings, check out this student's blog from 2011, long live the blog!

This is specific enough to learn what to see with the figure drawing, observation and readings. It's possible to find this pdf online.

It's like entering into a Victorian art school and then getting an art lesson by a spirited draughtsman. The gender stuff is outdated, yet the core lessons remain.