Life Drawing and The Human Form in Animation - Take on Me

Many animators have adapted a style of life-like redrawing of figures and the human form for their animations, most differentiating in technique and use. I've always been curious how some artists simply nail the drawing of the human form so meticulously and precisely, something that beguiles me every single time. Thus, I went into the possible practice of development and recalled one of the early techniques of animations that are applicable even today - rotoscoping, and how one can practice laying down the main lines that define the human form in a life-like aesthetic. My favorite rotoscope animation is A-ha's animation for the music video "Take on Me", directed by Steve Barron, and it shows how simplicity of minimalistic lines and shadowing can create a solid and believable life figure based off live images. I believe that an effective method of learning solid drawing can be facilitated here, where one learns the contours of the human body through rotoscoping, then applies it through life drawing in order to practice visual analysis. In other words, one's for the line, the other is for the perception. I believe that with this method, one shall be able to effectively recreate different positions in different perspectives of the human body quickly, which is quite effective for animation, whereas this technique does not necessarily have to be used solo - mixed media is the key to exuberance, or so I think

"A-ha - Take on Me" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914