3upmoon's sketchbook

[ThereIsNoJustice]

I think you might be paying too much attention to the outline/outer contour of the figure. It's good that you're observing all the bumps and curves, but it'll probably work better to start with the standard gesture curves C, S, and straight lines. Or start with construction from simple shapes like boxes and cylinders. You can add in the secondary forms later and keep them a bit more subtle. If I remember right, Hampton writes the same thing.