>>7594842
I like to simplify the body with the rule of halves, see picrel.
Once I learned the basic proportions and where everything is supposed to be, it clicked better for me. I obviously do a lot of mistakes, but you can always correct everything afterwards. These were supposed to be fast gestures drawings.
Continue with references, don't give up.
What helped me was :
Life Drawing for Artists (Chris Legaspi) and Hide Channel (for the simplification)
Figure Drawing for all it's worth (Andrew Loomis) (for hammering basics proportions in my head)
Stonehouse Anatomy (Junghyun Seok) to understand how basics things works.