Boobs! Tutorial
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010I know I should probably do a female anatomy tutorial first but I have to get this one out of my system because it is very simple. An awesome art teacher taught me that breasts should be drawn like a unit and not 2 separate entities. The description he gave me was that breasts are like a sandbag over a barrel. Now if you’re trying to compliment your wife or girlfriend I wouldn’t go with that phrase, but it totally makes sense to me. I would recommend starting off drawing an actual barrel with a sandbag.
Now for the tutorial:
1. The barrel is the ribcage which is shaped more like an egg.
2. I find that drawing the woman's body as a series of various teardrops or egg shapes is helpful.
3. The nipples are not exactly parallel. Pay attention to the angle of the body.
I don’t know about you, but after I learned this, when I see breasts drawn like the two have never met, I want to fix them.