Any tips for drawing the female figure?

Arsonus · Post by **Arsonus** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:01 am

Specifically, some sort of online *free* tutorial? And, if it can happen, somewhat anime like. Because I tried to draw one of the characters for the Noir comic I'm working on... Ugh. So, any help you can give is much appreciated.

Koolbob777 · Post by **Koolbob777** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:05 am

There's a few tutorials which is nice like
<a href="http://www.polykarbon.com">www.ploykarbon.com</a>

or emm....
is yours furry or human?

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:24 am

Not from me...the female character I end up drawing more often is only twelve...and has really big ears.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:53 am

http://saveloomis.org/FigureDrawing/27.htm this page specifically, but the whole book is good for basic anatomy. It's always recommended for the more serious artists to learn the basics of anatomy first before going into anything stylized.

Koolbob777 · Post by **Koolbob777** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:04 am

emmm,aren't we serious in this business?

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:41 am

There are some artsts whose style is simplified enough where anatomy study isn't really all that necessary. A serious artist, I mean, is one who's going for fairly realistic where it's easier and more preferable to learn the anatomy than fake it.

Webcomics are a hobby, level of skill depends on how much effort you're willing to put into it, just like any other hobby

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Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:07 am

Draw a man. Then subtract the hoo hoo and add some cha chas.

(Polycarbon is good actually. There are some good books out there too.)

Arsonus · Post by **Arsonus** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:18 am

Actually, calling it "anime" might have been a bit of a strech... The only anime thing about it is the facial features, ya know, the arrow/carat nose, the tiny mouth. The body is, or at least I'm trying to make it, pretty realistic.

Thanks for the help!

War · Post by **War** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:30 pm

Drawing a man and then adding a breasts will give you a man with breasts. Terrible thing to do. Unless you swing that way. Men typically have noticeably different builds from women (don't get me started on bishounens, throw em all on the fire and let god sort them out

).

Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:21 am

Then sometimes even the body can't help. You'll see a nicely drawn picture of a woman, then look at the head and say "She has a guy face. With lipstick."

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:41 pm

Yeah... Then you get a little something like this... A man with two canteloupe halves on the chest. Mmmm... Mmm... (Michelangelo didn't really see many ladies naked...)

Jen_Babcock · Post by **Jen_Babcock** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:30 am

Ryuko wrote:Yeah... Then you get a little something like this... A man with two canteloupe halves on the chest. Mmmm... Mmm... (Michelangelo didn't really see many ladies naked...)

haha I always crack up when I see that. I always point at it to my friends and say "Look at this- this is just awful. It's like a man who put snowballs on his chest and said they were boobs."

And yes... Michelangelo certainly didn't see naked ladies.

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:44 am

Well, you have to remember that at that time artists where into figguring out the "ideal" figgure. Which usualy meant lots of mucles or at least defining what was there well much like the gods of their time. You can see this with the statue of David. David was probably 12 years old or so. You can tell by looking at things like the size of his hands and other features. Michelangelo was trying to styalize him which ened up with the buck naked statue we all know. This also leads me to believe that Michelangelo was a pedophile as he draws only men and pedernasty was moderately common practice in those days. So, when mike tried to draw the ideal woman he probably followed the same suit and added alot of mucles and such. That, combined with the fact that I doubt he did see many women naked in any context turned out what you see there. Ew....

Jen_Babcock · Post by **Jen_Babcock** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:57 am

chibiartstudios wrote:Well, you have to remember that at that time artists where into figguring out the "ideal" figgure. Which usualy meant lots of mucles or at least defining what was there well much like the gods of their time. You can see this with the statue of David. David was probably 12 years old or so. You can tell by looking at things like the size of his hands and other features. Michelangelo was trying to styalize him which ened up with the buck naked statue we all know. This also leads me to believe that Michelangelo was a pedophile as he draws only men and pedernasty was moderately common practice in those days. So, when mike tried to draw the ideal woman he probably followed the same suit and added alot of mucles and such. That, combined with the fact that I doubt he did see many women naked in any context turned out what you see there. Ew....

Even that considering, there were many other sculptures and paintings that depicted the female figure much more successfully. Titian's Venus of Urbino comes to mind. The ideal female figure to people from the Renaissance weren't muscular like Michelangelo's depiction- they tend to be fleshy and soft looking. I sincerely think Michelangelo just couldn't do convincing female nudes (his pieta after all is quite beautiful, and mary is quite feminine looking)

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:09 am

Ah! Crap. I thought he was greek erra. No clue why though. Never mind.

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:17 am

Oh yeah, Mike was a big gay homo, not sure about the pedophilia, but eh. It was many years ago.

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:52 am

As a rule, every great artist is homosexual.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:19 pm

Actually, I highly suggest geting the female version of this. I have one, and it helps a great deal. Don't rely on it for head movement, though, since the neck is very static. But nevertheless, it's very useful.

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:58 pm

Wow! That's awesome. I think I want one of those.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:24 pm

They pose in a very natural way. Much better than those old wooden models they sell. I dunno about you, but it's nice to have models that are actually shaped like people and not vague geometric shapes.