Jojo was over the other night and so I showed him how to translate a storyboard pose into a layout pose.
Here's the pose. Notice that it's a scribble. Not every line is meant t be taken literally. You have to maintain the pose and the guts and expression, but make a finished sensible constructed drawing, using logic (and appeal).
You should see the action in context of the story:
It's hard to put some of these things into words; it's better to demonstrate in person, but I'll try:
DRAW FORMS FIRST- my blue lines indicate the forms underneath the details. I started by doing the body pose in blue because that's the biggest part of the picture. I didn't start with the eye or the feet.
The body shape
the feet- made of more than one piece and bendable
Hands and fingers are 2 forms. Then group of finger form is divide up into individual finger forms.
Cheek and Smile line make a form in between them
This smile and cheek line below is wrong; because they don't together make a shape. They aren't related like they should be.
many of the forms weave in and out of each other
each form is organic but solid - and you draw them all the way through - even under things that cross over them
do details last. Remember that the negative shapes between the hairs have to be above the body form. They can't cut holes through the form.
LINES ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS FORMS
Lines are just borders around the forms. When drawing, look between the lines at the shapes they are bordering. Make the shapes appealing and sensible.