The Parts of the figure must be put together in a manner that brings out their meaning. Likewise the parts of the figure must be put together in a manner that will portray or caricature the meaning of the pose.
-Walter Stanchfield
When one side of a form stretches, the other side side should squash...and vice versa. This really helps add life to your drawings, get a better feeling of weight and is an aid in avoiding symmetry. A drawing that is totally symmetrical (both sides are mirror images) is usually a flat, uninteresting drawing. Avoid this and look for how gravity is acting on your design.
Soft mass can stretch out when it's affected by gravity and squash down when it comes into contact with a hard surface.
As people move from place to place and perform actions, their bodies, limbs, even their clothes and hair (and everything else) are affected by the forces exerted by the muscles working against gravity, wind and air resistance, and this is expressed by drawing the forms squashed down or stretched out. Also, bodies can squash or stretch if they're affected by external forces out of their control (like a person tripping and falling face first on the sidewalk...their face might very well squash into the hard pavement). Link
Use Straights and Curves in areas of natural stretching and squashing to Design your forms and give them rhythm.
Rad Sechrist - http://radhowto.blogspot.com
No matter how cartoony or realistic you draw, you always design the shapes
go Here - working from big shape design to smaller shape design
I often organize my figures so that one side is always squashing and the other side is stretching - Mark Kennedy
Anthony Holden
Avoid "lazy- Lines." Each line should be saying something and have a purpose. A lazy Line is a line that doesn't describe anything like shape, texture, softness, hardness, stretch, squish, gravity etc.
In Nature we see forms in balance, ready to move in any direction. Few fluid forms are completely symmetrical, and the contrast in form and shape makes and active type of balance. One side can be straight while the other bellies out with the relaxed weight, or they can both bend or stretch or twist or turn - it is always possible to make a drawing that is solid, round, pliable and in balance. we call these forms "Plastic" as opposed to "static."
The Illusion of Life
"Usually the part of the body which is Curved is the muscular or fleshy part which bends or folds inward. The straight is usually the Boney part which stretches or pulls tight when bent. Thinking of this will help determine the straights and curves in an object even in a relaxed position."
Milt Kahl
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