My Stupid Journey Drawing Naked Guys
Alright, here’s the deal. Decided today was the day to finally tackle drawing dudes. Naked ones. Specifically, the, uh… you know, dick area. Figured there must be some easy trick, some beginner shortcut everyone else knew that I didn’t. Felt kinda dumb even searching for it. Typed in “Men Showing Penises Drawing Tips for Beginners Easy Tutorial” like a thief in the night. Found a couple videos. Promised “easy”. Promised “beginners”. Sounded perfect for me.
Grabbed my sketchbook – the cheap one, obviously. Took out a mechanical pencil. Sharpened it nice and pointy. Sat there staring at a blank page for a good five minutes. Blank page always wins the first round. Finally gritted my teeth and tried drawing a standard male torso outline. Kinda looked like a lumpy potato with stick arms. Whatever, moving on. Time for the scary part.
The tutorial said something about starting with basic shapes. Made sense. Tried drawing circles. One for the top part, one lower down where things dangle. But honestly? Mine just looked like two unrelated bubbles on a potato. Frankly sucked. Tried connecting them. Now I had a weird lumpy peanut shape floating in space. Looked nothing like any anatomy I’d ever seen. Erased half the page in frustration. Pencil lead snapped. Damn it.
Watched another part of the video. The guy was drawing these gentle curves and overlaps. “See? Simple!” he chirped. Felt anything but simple. My lines were either wobbly nervous scratches or heavy-handed trenches dug into the paper. Couldn’t get the hang of showing it sitting naturally. Mine looked either glued on like a weird extra limb or just completely flat and painted on. Not good.
Then I noticed something stupidly obvious in the video: They weren’t obsessing over just that part. They kept showing how the legs attached, the tilt of the hips, the curve of the belly down low. Maybe I needed to back up? Like, way back. Started roughing in stick legs first. Just simple lines. Then a rough pelvic area shape – basically a tilted bowl where the legs meet. This actually helped! Suddenly the center wasn’t floating. It had somewhere to be. It looked… attached. Still looked weird, but attached weird is better than floating weird.
Took another shot. Started simple:
- Scribbled stick legs.
- Drew a sorta shallow “U” shape between them for the base.
- Tried a gentle little curve hanging down from the belly line. Didn’t make it too long, kept it soft.
- Made sure the legs were affecting the space where it sat. If the legs were apart, the “U” was flatter. If the guy was standing straight, it hung more naturally.
Scrunched up my eyes at the drawing. Was it great? Hell no. But it looked less like a kid glued a pebble to his drawing. It actually looked somewhat connected to a body. That felt like a win. Didn’t need to draw every vein or wrinkle. The place and relationship were way more important. That was the hidden “easy” part I was missing earlier.
Finished scratching out a few more poses – standing straight, slight turn, legs apart. Each time focused first on legs and hips before even thinking about the delicate bits. Erased less, cussed less. Ended the session with pages full of wonky but slightly-less-terrible dicks. They still ain’t winning any art prizes, let’s be real. But I got them to look like they belonged on the body instead of just awkwardly hovering. Progress, not perfection. Frankly, that’s as good as it gets for now.
