Drawing Tips: Tapering in Body Shapes

'The skin closet to the the joints such as the elbow, wrist, and ankle are some examples where the shapes taper in. the rest of the anatomy could very in almost any kind of shape depending on the person'

'Tapering shapes will help any drawing or sketch. This is deceptively simple but a good one to remember. It's enemy is symmetrical shapes and parallel lines'

Source: http://drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.ca/2010/04/tapering-body-shapes.html