i've looked up and down the internet for answers to this question. i know exactly how to draw an "ideal" form female (mesomorph). incoming info understood by illustrators based on an 8 head tall figure: it's 2 head units wide for shoulders, 1 1/2 heads for hips, 1 head unit for waist, and so on. this is a guide to drawing a mesomorph, as it's called. but, i'm trying to draw a small-framed female. i tried 1 1/2 heads for shoulders, it looked too small. i'm not looking for "just play with it" tips. i've "played with it" for years, with no success. i'm asking for a brief tutorial based on the 8 head unit figure. what i basically need to know is how many head units for her shoulders, how many for her hips, and if the waist is actually smaller than 1 head until. thanks for reading! if i have the power, i'll donate points, or something, to best answer! . o .
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""Slim Figure Female
I'll be ignoring the legs and arms, focusing on the upper body only since those sort of speak for themselves. Since this body type essentially has the least flesh, we want to use sharp edged shapes to help define it as the bones show more prominently. We'll use two thin horizontally placed rectangles to help us draw the hips and ribcage/chest area and then a wider and longer rectangle set vertically between the two horizontal ones (see screenshot). Once you've drawn this out, we're going to fit it into our body base. You want the lower edge of the bottom rectangle to touch the crotch line, and the top edge of the top rectangle to cut through the middle of the shoulder area. Now you have an approximate height for the breasts and hip width and the rectangle in the middle will serve as reference to shape out the stomach.
You can duplicate the body base with the rectangles into a layer and then lower the opacity on it so you can draw out a rough of the body on top of it. This would be a rough that will then help you when you draw on top of it again to create your final version of the body type.
There are several things that can help when drawing on top of the rectangles and body base. You want to make the hips pointy/sharp edged and the line that connects hip to thigh should curve inwards before bowing out with the thigh, this will help define the sharp edged hips a little better. In the slim body type the ribcage usually is very present as well, if you want to take it further, you can go as far as drawing three small lines right below the breasts to have the bones showing through the flesh. Much like the hips, the shoulders would be sharp edged, same goes for elbows and knees. Otherwise, it's rare to see a slim person with voluptuous breasts, so following that, you want to make sure the outer line of the breasts is within the chest outline. ""
design.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-draw-different-body-types-for-males-and-females--vector-7542
Drawing a figure isn't a "paint by numbers" exercise, the above is the best advice you're going to get. YOU have to practise and get better at it using the advice above to guide you. If you want to be told how to draw something in greater detail than is described on that webpage then you are never going to be an artist or develop any style.
coming down on people over your own personal views or vendettas about types of approaches is both a waste of your time, and my own.
I'm not, I'm stating an opinion based on 20+ years of experience as an artist and a teacher. If you can't deal with that then that is your issue not mine. I was not rude, you interpreted that yourself.
well, i'm just a kid, and i was just accused of being shrewd (to put it lightly) online just for asking for hugs, so my whole new mode has made me assume people are coming down on me..
this artist is a little more simple, and less precise than i'm aiming for, as they don't exactly explain how wide the shoulders, waist, and hips should be, without looking unrealistic. but, thank you very much.
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