Female Figure Drawing Tutorial.pdf

Female Figure Drawing Tutorial

Chest and Torso

I am going to begin this

tutorial by addressing one of

the most commonly asked

questions that I receive: how

to draw women's breasts

(heh, I never thought I'd

actually be making a tutorial

about this.... ^_^). One of

the most important things

you should consider is to

make your subject look

natural; you can draw an

attractive female without

making her look like a

"silicon implant ad," as a

friend of mine put it. ^_^

The main problems people

seem to have with drawing

breasts are the shape and

the placement. A lot of

artists (professionals as well

as ametuers) make them

look like balloons that have

been taped onto the

subject's chest; this is hardly

a natural look. If you look

through figure drawing

books, you'll see that they

are more like halves of a

sphere or overturned

teacups rather than

balloons.

Now, note the position. Imagine a central guideline that runs down the center of your

subject's body, as shown at the left. The breasts are at 45 degree anglesfrom that

center line, and are about halfway down the chest (shown by the red diagonal

guidelines). Be very careful not to draw them too close together or too far apart, or

too high on the chest; these are commonly made mistakes. As you will see in

examples below, this basic rule of the 45 degree placement will apply to pretty much

whatever pose you are using.

Here is another pose, showing the torso from a front view. Note

how the breasts are still located at 45 degree angles from the

center line of the body. Oh, also take note of the shading. After

looking at various examples, I find that shading in this fashion

(rather than just following the lower curves as you would shade a

sphere) makes them look more natural.

Here is one last pose to go over the size and placement. It's harder

to see here, but the breasts are still at the 45 degree angle from the

center line (which isn't draw in this picture; sorry about that ^_^;).

Notice that the leftmost breast is drawn as a half-sphere, not as a full

sphere. If you want to exaggerate the size, that's your choice, but I

personally don't think its necessary.

Now, lets move on to the neck

and shoulders. When you draw

the shoulders, notice that they are

slope down smoothly, they aren't

flat. Try to take the musculature

structure of the neck and

shoulders into consideration,

especially if you are going for a

more realistic look. They should

be shaped more like a clothes

hanger, and not drawn flat an

hard.

Here are some

more examples

of various

shoulder

positions. Notice

that the

shoulders are

never drawn flat

and dull.

One more thing I wanted

to cover regarding the

torso is how to draw it if

an arm is lifted. ^_^ I

have personally found

this difficult sometimes,

so I figured it was a good

thing to go over. If the

arm is lifted, then the

back of the torso will be

exposed. Although a

female's torso isn't as

round and full as a

males, it should still stick

out in the back. Don't

make the upper torso too

narrow. Notice also how

the top of the right-most

breast doesn't just keep

curving inwards in a

circle; remember that it is

not a full sphere, so it is

attached to the muscles

of the shoulder.

Arms

Next, let's move on to the arms. The arms consist of three

basic sections: the upper arm, the foream, and the hand.

Each can be represented in prelimiary sketches by oval

shapes. Now, I know some people don't like using the

shapes; you do not have to do it this way, this is just one

possible way to go about sketching arms. Some books

recommend using cylinders, but it's better to use flat ovals

because they more closely match the shape of the arm. It

isn't shown here, but if the arms are held loosely at the

side, the hands should come down to the middle of the

thigh. The elbows should be at about waist length.

Once you have your basic shapes of the arms down, you

can refine them and make them look more realistic. This is

a little more difficult. ^_^ When drawing the arms, don't

make them straight and flat; arms have muscles, after all.

^_^ Never draw a straight arm as just a long cylinder

(unless you are doing a super-deformed/chibi pic). ^_^

The arm starts at the shoulder. Notice how the shoulder

bulges out slightly, then curves back down. The arm tapes

slightly inwards until you reach the elbow. At the elbow,

the arm widens again just after the elbow where the

biceps are (as shown in the topmost picture here). The

elbow itself can be a little daunting to draw. Remember

that the arm doesn't just start curving in the other

direction; there is a joint, and it should be shown (as in the

top and bottom left pic). There are more examples below.

Here are some more poses for arms, this

time showing how the parts of the arm

overlap. It is sometimes easier to visualize

the overlapping or foreshortening if you use

basic oval shapes first, but again, you do

not have to use them if you do not want to.

Notice how in the topmost picture, the arm

that is moving away from us tapers and

grows smaller the further away from us it is.

These poses are a little more difficult to

refine. It is very important that you pay close

attention to the way each par of the arm is

facing, and how the elbow is to be

positioned. Try to imagine the arm as two

different shapes stuck together: the

cylindrical upper arm, and the forearm,

which is sort of shaped like a bowling pin

with a bump on the bottom. ^_^ That should

help you in determining the position of the

elbow.

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