Drawing and posing figures

Above is a general step-by-step guide to drawing a basic human figure (face omitted). Below are some ways to vary the basic idea to get different body types:

You can also have a column torso, an oval head, and stick-limbs with ball joints, if you're just making quick notes about how the figure is posed.

When I'm stuck on 'how should I position this person?' for figure-drawing practice or fashion illustration, I role a 20-sided die to randomly select one of these 20 basic poses.