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Female Figure Drawing Tutorial
Chest and Torso
I am going to begin this tutorial by addressing one of the monly 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 angles from
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
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