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>>Draw from life
>Ah, no thanks. Can I skip that?

Yes, you can, but you'll find very quickly that it'll be harder to grasp anatomy, and even when you do the movement in your figures may not all be there and they'll appear stiff. While not essential, drawing from life really helps

>Help
With what? Like I said, find some artists you really like. Outline the figures, block in major anatomical parts, see how it's done, then practice on your own. It'll turn out shitty the first time, the second and third and probably fourth time too. It takes quite a bit of practice to get good, the important thing is to not give up when it's crappy at first (it will be).
Taking some community college courses on composition or sketch or something couldn't hurt either

I really shouldn't be giving advice, as I'm a pretty piss poor artist myself, I've only drawn about 20 real attempts at touhous if that, mostly due to a (deadly) lack of motivation.

picture not mine