My recommendation for today is Mike Koizumi a.k.a 'koizu', and his YouTube channel. This is the first channel I've dug up for my blog that doesn't seem to be active anymore, but it still has some valuable information.
Don't let the low level examples in some of the videos throw you, this artist has a strong grasp on anatomy and perspective which really shows in his more advanced drawings particularly the video on How to Draw Fight Scenes.
It's no exaggeration that I've watched that clip over a dozen times since I first subscribed to his channel. The sad part is that after all these years I'm still stumbling around on the "fill in the details' stage even though he describes it as the easy part where you start to coast. Still, laying down the fundamental shapes and poses before starting the drawing is sage advice.
Lately I've been experimenting with laying the groundwork in a thumbnail sized version and referencing that but it's easy to lose proportions when I start to expand to full size. Now that I'm back into the swing of drawing I may have to revisit Mike's ghosting technique and see if that doesn't work better for me this time around.
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