How To Draw Female Bodies Ch 3 Part 1

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1: Chapter 3
2: Body Texture Is the Key to Bringing Out the Softness in a Female Character’s Body

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1: Texture and Curves
2: Let’s draw while keeping in mind the defining features of a girl’s body
3: Texture and Roundness Representation
4: The key points to the suppleness of a girl’s body are:
	1. Their breasts and butt
	2. The roundness of their shoulders and narrowness of their waist
	3. The undulation of their stomach and roundness of their crotch
Bring out the texture of the body using curves.
5: Round shoulders
6: (below 5) Round and undulating stomach
7: Breasts
8: Narrowness of the waist
9: (below 6) Round butt
10: Round crotch

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1: (top left) Body’s Curves
2: (below 1) Gentle bulge
3: (below 2) Dent
4: (below 3) Gentle bulges
5: (bottom right of 4) This line represents the portion of the crotch covered by the leg.
6: (right of 5) This line is meant to help keep the crack of the butt conscious. It can’t be seen, but drawing it in the sketch will help with establishing dimensionality.
7: (above 6) This line is used to help visualize the pelvis.
8: (above 7) This line helps visualize the rib cage area.
9: (right of 1) The Curves That Make up the Breasts’ Roundness
10: Loose curve
11: Especially round curve
12: Drawing an Undulating Stomach
13: This center line represents where the stomach dips in.
14: Belly button. It extends from where the stomach dips in.
15: Curved surface
16: These lines make up the external oblique muscle. They’re drawn in to bring out the roundness of the stomach area.
17: The Curves and Dips That Establish Soft Body Texture
18: Body line that gives roundness to the body
19: Dip
20: If the underwear happens to have a seam, this soft curve would represent it.
21: Roundness of the abdomen
22: The softness of the skin can be brought out by having the underwear dig into it.

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1: Drawing Breasts
2: (below 1) Typical Representations of Breasts
3: (right of 1) Let’s take a look at the typical sizes and shapes breasts are usually drawn in, as well as how to bring out their softness.
4: There are very many different ways of emphasizing the appeal of breasts, whether it be through their shape, size, or movement.
5: (below 4) An example of particularly having them hang out from the side view to give them volume.
6: An example of emphasizing the large chest size through a front view.
7: An example of playing around with the nipple placement a bit.

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1: Breast Transformation
2: An example of breasts changing shape by being pressed together with the arms. Represents the softness of the breasts.
3: Size and Shape
4: An example of emphasizing the fullness of the breasts by putting them in an angle that makes them asymmetrical.
5: Upwards Angle
6: Emphasizes the supple underside of the breasts.
7: Breast Movement
8: An example of the breasts heavily bouncing.

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1: Breast Features
2: (below 1) Drawing Tips, Positioning, and Names
3: Breasts
4: Nipples
5: Areolas
6: (right of 1)  Let’s take a look at the various positionings, shapes, and sizes of breasts.
7: (below 6) Outline - Supplementary Lines
8: The line that captures the upper breasts(the area where the breasts extend out from)
9: Center line
10: Outline of the body
11: A line that keeps the position of both breasts uniform
12: A line that keeps the size of both breasts uniform
13: Shoulders
14: Armpits
15: Breasts
16: Under breasts
17: These lines are drawn mostly parallel to each other.
18: Balance and Terminology
19: Breast volume
20: Depending on the designer’s preference, the breasts can be freely moved up or down. The size can also differ depending on preference and needs.
21: The region below the nipples is called the underboob.
22: Upper Bust(where the breasts connect to body)
23: Top Bust(center of nipples)
24: Lower Bust

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1: Breast Shape
2: (right of 1) There are mainly two types of breast shapes. The nipple placement is harder to position for the perky type, making it overall more difficult to draw.
3: Side View
4: Drooping Type
5: Perky Type
6: 45° Angle
7: The nipples mostly face straight forward.
8: The nipples point up diagonally.
9: Front View
10: The nipples are about right in the center.
11: Center x2
12: The nipples are slightly above the center.

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1: Breast Size and Positioning
2: Basic Type and Large Type
3: Where the breasts begin. Upper bust.
4: Waist
5: Basic Type - The breasts are higher up, in other words, the upper bust is higher.
6: Large Type - The breasts take up more space horizontally and the distance between the breasts and waist decreases.
7: (right column section) Reference - Realistic balance. The distance between the jaw and breasts appears large.
8: (below 7) Reference - A type where the breasts don’t stand out.
9: (below 5) Basic Type
10: (right of 9) Large Type
11: Armpits
12: Long
13: Waist
14: (below 10) Short
15: Small Type
16: The distance between the breasts and waist becomes larger.
17: Long
18: Comparison to basic type.

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1: Differences In Silhouette Between Small, Medium, and Large
2: Small Type
3: Mountain shape
4: The underboob line is longer.
5: Medium Type, between small and large
6: Bowl shape
7: Large Type
8: U shape
9: The underboob is drawn very round.
10: Leaning Forward, Front View
11: Small Type - Loose mountain shape
12: Medium Type - Naturally-shaped mounds
13: Large Type - Drooping
14: Leaning Pose With Poking Face Out
15: Small Type - Slight bounce
16: The distance between the lower bust and waist changes.
17: Long.
18: Medium Type - Jiggle
19: Gets shorter.
20: Large Type - Sway
21: The breasts hide the waist.

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1: Nipples and Areolas
2: (below 1) Terminology and Features
3: (right of 1) Let’s take a look at different shapes and sizes of nipples and areolas. Combined with the varying sizes and shapes of breasts, many unique combinations can be made. Draw with whatever your preference might be.
4: (below 2) Breasts. Spherically shaped.
5: Areolas. Circle-shaped. They can either extend more vertically or horizontally.
6: (below 5) Nipples.
7: (right of 6) Curved line that travels along the curved surface.
8: Juts out.
9: The tip has a wrinkle that represents the slight indent.
10: Two Types of Nipple Shapes
11: Square Type
12: Round Type
13: Has a mostly circle shape when viewed from the front.
14: Slightly more oval-shaped than circle-shaped.

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1: Two Types of Nipple Sizes
2: Large Type
3: Small Type
4: Draw it as if drawing the tip of a pinky.
5: Draw it around the same size of an adzuki bean.
6: A Type That Doesn’t Include the Areola
7: The areolas are omitted and only the outline of the nipples is drawn.
8: The bottom of the nipples are drawn with curved lines.
9: From the side, the outline slightly juts outwards.

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1: Drawing Nipples and Areolas
2: (below 1) How to keep things balanced
3: (right of 1) The areas that have light shining on them create gaps in the linework.
4: The lower area has a thicker line to represent the shadow.
5: (below 4) The nipple does not face directly forward from the side angle.
6: (below 2) Using the clavicle as the peak, a triangle is formed using both nipples. Use this to keep balance when drawing.
7: Supplementary Lines
8: Center Line
9: Upper Bust
10: A line that travels directly down the vertical axis of the breast to help with nipple placement
11: Top Bust(nipples)
12: Lower Bust
13: (below 7) Body outline
14: (right of 12) Some artists prefer having the nipples face straight forward in order to further emphasize their shape and size.
15: Drawing Nipples and Areolas on Breasts
16: Jutting Out Type
17: Bean Type
18: Use oval-shaped lines.
19: Jutting Out Type
20: Bean Type
21: In the case of the angle being directly from the side. The oval lines become longer vertically.

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1: Various Nipple and Areola Representations
2: Bean Type - The areola is thinner, with very little dimension.
3: Round Type - The areola is small as well, with very little width.
4: Square Type - The areola is larger with a wider width.
5: Squished Bean Type - The areola is on the smaller side. It’s a bit thick.
6: Larger Bean Type - The areola is both thick and wide.
7: Pointy Trapezoid Type - The areola region is wide and large.
8: Small Bean Type - The areola is wide and thin.
9: Slightly Bulging Type - Both the nipples and areolas are small, appearing as if they are combined.

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1: Breast Representation
2: (below 1) Volume
3: (right of 1) Let’s take a look at bringing out the softness of breasts via volume(size, weight) and movement.
4: Bringing out weight via an upwards angle
5: Droopy Type
6: Breasts X-Ray Diagram
7: Perky Type
8: (bottom left of page) These large breasts are dropping down to both sides.
9: Where the breasts connect
10: There is distance between both breasts.
11: In the case of raising the arms
12: With the arms raised, the breasts get stretched up as well, making them extend vertically more.

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1: Movement
2: In the case of not utilizing movement
3: Breasts swaying up and down
4: Breasts swaying side to side
5: Sway distance
6: Area where the breasts are connected to body
7: Outline/Rough Sketch
8: (bottom left of page) In the case of not utilizing movement
9: Breasts swaying to the side
10: Breasts X-Ray Diagram
11: Rough Sketch

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1: Representing Softness
2: Arms Pressed Together
3: The breasts make vertically extending oval shapes.
4: X-Ray Diagram of Breasts and Body
5: The cleavage region is drawn thicker to really bring out that texture of two breasts coming together.
6: The squished up areas have gaps in the linework. This is done to really make it feel like the breasts have squished together.
7: Breasts Drooping When Laying Down On Back
8: Use gentle curved lines to make the breasts feel like they are being pushed down by gravity and spreading out.
9: Here the breast is drooping to the side. The nipple placement faces outwards as well.
10: In the case of the breasts not being as large
11: Naturally being pressed down by gravity. The nipple placement does not change much.
12: Comparison of the differences in volume

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1: Drawing the Breasts From the Top of the Head
2: The breasts spread to the sides. Draw them with gently curved lines.
3: The chest in between the breasts. The ribcage is right underneath here.
4: Draw the outer region with especially round lines.
5: Gentle curve.
6: In the case of less volume for the breasts to spread. Beautiful mountain shapes are made.
7: In the case of the breasts maintaining their bowl shapes even when lying down. 3D figures out girls with invisible bras in a more manga-like setting will sometimes look like this.
8: A drawing that emphasizes the weight of the breasts

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1: Drawing Bras
2: (below 1) Comparing Wearing a Bra to Not Wearing One
3: (right of 1) Bras were originally meant to support the weight of breasts that would otherwise naturally droop down and maintain their shape. When drawing characters though, sometimes their breasts can maintain their beautiful shape even without any bras, so let’s take a look at this alternative representation of breasts.
4: (below 2) Front
5: Before Wearing Bra
6: Body width
7: There is a gap between both breasts
8: The breasts extend beyond the width of the body.
9: After Wearing Bra
10: The breasts are squished together, creating cleavage.
11: The breasts are more kept within the width of the body.
12: The lower bust is raised due to the breasts being lifted up. This could also occur from the straps around the shoulder holding the breasts up.
13: Side
14: Top Bust
15: Lower Bust
16: Upper Bust
17: Cup. This is where the breast enters.
18: Breasts sometimes droop like this.
19: By putting on a bra, the bust takes on an attractive shape.
20: Behind
21: Scapula
22: The side straps reach below the scapula.
23: The shoulder straps. The length can be adjusted.
24: Straps can have varying widths and designs.
25: Hook. The bra is held together via metal parts snagging on to each other.

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1: 45° Angle
2: Outline of Breasts
3: Since they are drooping, the nipples face downwards.
4: Outline of Breasts With Bra
5: The bra makes it so that the breasts don’t move and are pressed against the body. This can cause the bust to appear smaller in exchange for a more refined shape. On the other hand, breasts can appear to look larger as well via stuffing and the like.
6: 3 Types of Breasts in Bras
7: Natural Beauty Bust - Here the breasts’ original shape is maintained as closely as possible. There is a small gap between the breasts.
8: Y-Shape Bust
9: For larger busts, some bras can lift them up and push them together.
10: I-Shape Bust
11: This is usually seen on those with exceptionally large breasts. Even when wearing a normal bra, the breasts will lack any gap between them.
12: Swimwear Bras
13: Just like bras, swimwear will try to maintain the beautiful shape of breasts. Bras are at times consciously designed in a way to show off one’s breasts, but swimwear often further focuses on the aesthetic aspect of that.
14: Halter neck type. There exist those that use shoulder straps just like bras as well.
15: Compared to bras, swimwear usually has less cloth and shows off more of the skin like the sideboob.
16: (below 13) Just like bras, swimwear is usually kept together on the backside, under the scapula.
17: (below 16) The side region of the breasts revealed due to one’s outfit is called the sideboob.
18: A type where it’s tied together with string. Just like with bras, there are various variations of this, like some making a cross shape across the back.

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1: Points to Take Notice Of
2: Putting On a Bra (connecting the straps)
3: In the case of omitting the bra. This is the shape the breasts take on.
4: (below 3) Hook
5: (below 4) Take care to have this curved line neatly wrap around the surface of the upper body.
6: This part lifts up from the surface. Draw in the shadow.
7: (below 2) This part adjusts the height of the strap. Some bras don’t have this, but drawing this gives the bra more of an undergarment feeling.
8: (left of 7) Rough Sketch
9: (below 8) The shoulder joints, bust placement, and body roundness all help establish dimensionality.
10: (right of 9) This thin line helps emphasize the fabric state of the bra.
11: The ribbon makes the bra feel more like undergarments.
12: Upwards Angle
13: Here the nipples are shown popping out. It’s usually drawn this way in manga and such when taking a sexier approach.
14: Breast Shape
15: How they would look for a normal bra. The nipples aren’t drawn.
16: Rough Sketch
17: Ellipses are used to achieve body dimensionality.
18: Draw while using a line representing the lower bust.

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1: 45° Angle Back
2: Draw with a curved line traveling across the surface while keeping in mind that it’s coming down from the other side.
3: (right of 2) Slightly digs into the skin
4: (below 3) Straight line.
5: (right of 4) X-Ray Diagram
6: (below 5) Breast shape. The linework brings out a natural and supple roundness.
7: (below 4) Connects above the spine.
8: (left of 6) Try to make it feel like it’s tugging from both sides towards the center.
9: (left of 8) The strap’s seam is on the side.
10: (left of 9) Seam
11: (left of 10) Where the cup and seam connects
12: (below 11) Wraps around the shoulder joint.
13: (right of 12) Rough sketch. Capture the body’s thickness using the lower bust.
14: (below 13) Draw in the strap.
15: (below 14) Breast shape. Movement is kept in mind while making the shape attractive.
16: (left of 15) X-Ray Diagram
17: (left of 16) Draw curved lines traveling across a curved surface.