Viewing Angles
American comic book artists are the champions of the foreshortened view. To help you understand this technique, here are a few different views, from different angles, of the same pose. Working on perspective will allow you to achieve the most exaggerated views.
The character is seen here from below, from a low-angle perspective. His foot appears to be disproportionately large compared to the rest of his body.
Suggestion
Place the character within a parallelepiped that includes the extremities of the character’s body, and then move its corners and edges as needed to create foreshortened views.
To emphasize one particular aspect, ...
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