I can't draw upper bodies

[DarkGodEM]

So, I've been trying to draw lately however I can't figure how to get some decent ratios for the upper body.
From the waist down things look pretty good tho.
Any clues on that? also, any tips on faces?

 

[Deleted member 29316]

Is this realistic style? I could help you in anime style body proportions.

 

[BenJepheneT]

Unironically speaking, use porn thumbnails. Most of these thumbnails are meant to exxagerate woman proportions and after a good few looks you'll start memorizing patterns and discern the familiarities between all the body types.

At least that's how I did it.

 

[Deleted member 5560]

That's a very small image, but I'll do my best.

First: the overall sense of proportion and ratio is actually fine. Shoulders are roughly the size of the hips, the torso is roughly 3 heads tall. The problem is the arms are too short, the torso is too boxy, and the high shoulders give her a hunched look.

Your image roughly looks like this broken down into the shapes, and you should see what I mean about the arms and the torso. Women tend to have sloped shoulders, and all humans tend to have a slight inverted triangle look (if they're slim) due to how bones are placed. Shoulder bones, ribs, then a mostly empty space for organs before the hip bones cause the shape to flare out again. As for arms, if you press your arms to your side you'll see the elbows fit exactly into you waist - about even with your belly button. Even if her arms are bent, they should be longer.

Something like this:

As you can see, by paying attention to that inverted triangle, even though her waist is the same width, it gives her more of an hourglass figure shape.

 

[Deleted member 29316]

Here's how I do it. The head is the reference of the proportions of the respective body parts.

For example, the neck-torso area is about three heads high, as shown in the illustration. The arms from shoulder to hand is 2.5 heads high.

 

[Deleted member 29316]

Next, after putting in the guidelines (or if you're already aware of your body poses), I draw in the body.

Please do take note of the guidelines in the first illustration. It's how wide you should draw the body parts, in relation to the head size. (If you're drawing younger characters, you have to intentionally make the head bigger than the body.)

 

[Deleted member 29316]

Once you're done, you may erase the guidelines.

(Sorry for the rough lines...it's my first time to use a pen tablet in a long while...)

 

[Wohendum-Bluu]

That's a very small image, but I'll do my best.

First: the overall sense of proportion and ratio is actually fine. Shoulders are roughly the size of the hips, the torso is roughly 3 heads tall. The problem is the arms are too short, the torso is too boxy, and the high shoulders give her a hunched look.

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Your image roughly looks like this broken down into the shapes, and you should see what I mean about the arms and the torso. Women tend to have sloped shoulders, and all humans tend to have a slight inverted triangle look (if they're slim) due to how bones are placed. Shoulder bones, ribs, then a mostly empty space for organs before the hip bones cause the shape to flare out again. As for arms, if you press your arms to your side you'll see the elbows fit exactly into you waist - about even with your belly button. Even if her arms are bent, they should be longer.

Something like this:
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As you can see, by paying attention to that inverted triangle, even though her waist is the same width, it gives her more of an hourglass figure shape.

Awesome!! Wish I could draw.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Awesome!! Wish I could draw.

You can always try and doodle during your free time, now I am doing the same while ignoring my boss' rant on misusing the Inventor 2020 and the 3D printing machine.

 

[Aoibh]

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So, I've been trying to draw lately however I can't figure how to get some decent ratios for the upper body.
From the waist down things look pretty good tho.
Any clues on that? also, any tips on faces?

here is a site where you can take inspiration and learn some tricks.

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www.pixiv.net

Helpful Artists YouTube:

Ethan Becker -

https://m.youtube.com/user/ToBelgium

(KnKl) Kienan Lafferty -

https://m.youtube.com/user/KienanLafferty

Ergo Josh -

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCD6v_eY0IDEGittgHsmd8aQ

Manga Artist:

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Akihito Yoshitomi - (He does drawing practices that you can learn from.) -

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCeySBnV71dyC-gwqapq9NwQ

that's it from my head for now. You can learn alot from these people.

 

[ChronicleCrawler]

And here I am, drawing sticks till now.

 

[K5Rakitan]

Keep working on it <3

 

[tiaf]

And here I am, drawing sticks till now.

Don’t worry! It’s mainstream! I also draw sticks a lot. Sticks are the prettiest art there is out in the world.

 

[NotYourTypicalMan]

sticks with dicks

 

[OkuraTsukiko]

Don’t worry! It’s mainstream! I also draw sticks a lot. Sticks are the prettiest art there is out in the world.

sticks with dicks

There are two types of people

 

[NotaNuffian]

There are two types of people

Sticks with metric ton of gorn, thank you stick animation. I love those days. It helps to vent out as a child when I get dragged onto alleys to get freshly beaten up daily. On hindsight, I should have gone for the route of murdering small cats and dogs and level up until I murder the three bastards.

 

[tiaf]

sticks with dicks

Sticks with metric ton of gorn, thank you stick animation. I love those days. It helps to vent out as a child when I get dragged onto alleys to get freshly beaten up daily. On hindsight, I should have gone for the route of murdering small cats and dogs and level up until I murder the three bastards.

Why bring gore in...
The poor man was just asking for art advice...

 

[Kowaichi]

I can't find the face tutorial I made back in 2017, but here are the guidelines that I use in order to draw faces.
Create a circle first and add a face cross. And then, add a square inside the circle.

The bottom of the circle is where you will draw the mouth
The square helps you to know where is the hairline, nose, jaw, and ear.
The face cross - eyebrow, eye, and chin.

I hope it helps!

 

[EternalSunset0]

I can't find the face tutorial I made back in 2017, but here are the guidelines that I use in order to draw faces.
Create a circle first and add a face cross. And then, add a square inside the circle.

The bottom of the circle is where you will draw the mouth
The square helps you to know where is the hairline, nose, jaw, and ear.
The face cross - eyebrow, eye, and chin.
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I hope it helps!

This is amazing. Thanks for the very helpful tutorial :D

 

[Ral]

Nice advice from everyone.

Is this more on the anatomically accurate style?

From me… the thing I notice most is that the arm is not attached to the shoulder properly. It is like you draw the arm separately and then just connect it to the shoulder with some lines.

I think you need to study anatomy first. What could help is to draw a simplified skeleton where you can put on the flesh like this:

It helps me a lot when I do it like this.