Common Mistakes of Drawing Breasts
Common Mistakes of Drawing Breasts
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Anatomy of the Human Body

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Common Mistakes of Drawing Breasts

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Common Mistakes of Drawing Breasts

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Assignment: Draw the Breasts

The assignment for this lesson is to do some quicksketch gesture drawings. Focus on how to position and motion of the body affects the shape of the breasts. And of course, don’t forget about the pec muscle under the breast tissue. I’ve provided some reference photos in the link below. If you’re not sure how to do a gesture drawing, refer back to the gesture lesson in the figure drawing course. Grab your breast pencil and bust out some drawings! Man, the puns are really racking up. I gotta milk it for all it’s worth.
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palyo
Hi everyone! These drawings are my assignments for the breasts lesson . Other than the poses sent in the downloads , i've did some gesture drawings but i forgot to take the references for them . Anyway, i think the worst drawing out all of them is the one on the right in the third photo, it just doesn't feel natural to me the way i drew it. I would really appreciate any kind of feedback and critique.
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prokulous
The line of the breast where it connects to the armpit it looks like it’s curving ever so slightly inward toward the rib cage. Perhaps try curving slightly outwards towards the armpit like you did in the drawing next to it? To get a smoother transition
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Jesper Axelsson
Nice studies! The breasts look pretty good in the drawing to right in the third photo, but the pose is a bit unbalanced. Her right foot doesn't appear to be planted against the ground plane as in the photo, but more like she's on her toes. That gives me the feeling that she's about to fall back. - Overall I think you did a pretty good job drawing the breasts. I might study how the breasts interact with the pecs a bit more (eBook: The Breasts page 1) . There is some ambiguity about that in your drawings. In image 8 for example, you have the brest mass pointing to the upper humerus, but that's the pec's job. In image 7 you have the outer contour of the breast overlap the pec, when it's actually the opposite. - As for general drawing: I think your drawings need more gesture. By that, I don't necessarily mean more exaggeration in the posing, but making sure that there is a flow connecting everything. It could be the flow running through the body, the gesture of the pose so to speak, but also a flow between unrelated parts of the body, to make sure that you get a harmonic composition. Maybe you'll find this post and my paintover in it interesting https://www.proko.com/s/DGcZ Gesture, gesture, GESTURE! It's a superimportant concept, that holds your work together and makes it come a live. It doesn't have to be as obvious as in Heinrich Kley's work and traditional animation drawing. It could be subtle like in this painting by Rafael https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Raphael_-_Madonna_in_the_Meadow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1200px-Raphael_-_Madonna_in_the_Meadow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg. The gesture is there holding it all together, but it's "hidden". You might appreciate checking out this Drawing Demo by Glenn Vilppu Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
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Myles Goethe
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Dylan Doster
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teetree
Some more drawings after watching the example videos.
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teetree
Here are my drawings before watching the example videos.
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Lenserd martell
胸ってバレーションが多いので描きつらいですねエロい感じもあまり:(悲しい
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Jesper Axelsson
Hi @Lenserd martell, my Japanese knowledge is very limited, so I'll write this reply in English. I hope that's fine. Overall I think these look good👍 - Try to show the breasts' form better. In Image 1 for example, the breast closes too us feels flat. - It might help to think of the breast as two pieces: 1 muscle piece, and one breast piece. The breast piece "hangs" on the muscle piece. You see this clearly in the eBook: The Breasts, page 1. - In some of these you've lost some gesture. Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
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Samuel Parker
First few drawings I did were quite jittery because I just had coffee, I did some more from reference off the internet and I drew some bresticles from imagination :^)
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jocetx
Help, I can't download the images :(
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viny
7mo
by far one of my best quick sketches
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Margaret Langston
Here are my breasts:
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Sofia Johansson
the second drawing from the end is gorgeous! well done :)
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Steve Lenze
Hey Margret, I'm still laughing at your title "Here are my breasts" I really like your drawings, they have a lot of gesture and are a bit stylized in a cool way :)
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Tsotne Shonia
I know they're meant to be anatomy studies but I couldn't help myself, I had to try and make them pretty line drawings Boobs are too sacred Still learned a lot and had a ton of fun so it's all good I guess :-D
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fefelix
Hey everyone! I added the pec. maior in blue, I hope that's not too distracting :i Anyways, looking forward to your feedback on (breast) anatomy, readability and gesture!
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Warren Hart
Looks great!
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Sandra Süsser
Lesson notes breasts and first test and study
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mathews
the real reason why most of us got into anatomy.
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Jesper Axelsson
Nice! Really solid drawings!
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unpayedintern123
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Jesper Axelsson
Hi @unpayedintern123, nice studies! I like how you really dissect the figure in order to understand the anatomy. - It would be nice if you showed the forms of the breasts more clearly. They feel a bit flat compared to the threedimensionality of the skeleton you've drawn. Really think of the breasts as 3D-forms interacting with the ribcage beneath. You could show the roundness by adding crosscontours. You might also benefit from enveloping the breasts lightly before adding details, to make sure they relate correctly to eachother, but also to make sure you've considered the form of each breast. I think you would appreciate watching and following along with Stan's examples: How to Draw Breasts – Assignment Example 1. I like to 1. start by trying myself, 2. then copy Stan's way of drawing 3. then retrying on my own, but trying to draw the way Stan did. Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
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Sarvesh Gupta
Here's my assignments of the breasts. Feedbacks are welcome!
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fefelix
Hey Sarvesh, I think your drawings are very much going in the right direction! It looks like you are able to tackle all the different anatomical parts of the body. The only thing I see that could be improved here is the "connectedness" of the body. What I want to say is that for some poses (2, 4-7) the models' bodies are falling apart a little. I'd recommend always constructing the three masses/ skeleton first before drawing the muscles. That should also help you getting away from relying on contours (as it seems you did in #2, for example) and focusing more on gesture. In some cases, where you did construct the figure with the 3 major masses, I'd argue that the distance between the 10th ribs and the ASIS/ between rib cage and pelvis is too large. If you look at the reference photos for your drawings 4-7 you might see what I mean when observing the contours/ negative spaces in that section. Other than that I find your drawings quite impressive as well as proportionally and perspectively accurate! You definitely seem to have understood the different aspects of breast anatomy concerning gravity and individuality. I hope you've found this feedback constructive. Have fun studying! Felix
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Zuzu Soltys
Hello,this is my assignment for the breast lesson. Critique is welcomed!
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James Paris
Here are my assignements for the breasts. I must say it has been a while since my last quickskecth session
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James Paris
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Sadie Ward
Here is my attempt at the gesture of the breasts. I tried physical media for this one, but I may move back to digital. Paper and pencil feels so unclear to the point that I imagine its hard for the king people who are willing to give critique
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Jesper Axelsson
Hi @Sadie Ward, really nice job! The breasts feels three-dimensional and you start on a basis with good gesture and structure. -In #3 & #8, I think you can show more of gravity's downward pull on the breasts. - In #5 & #7, you're showing the breast being squished as they're being pushed down by gravity on the ribcage, which is great! But I think you're doing it a little too much, making them look a little too flat and soft, compared to the reference. - Overall, try to pay more attention to accuracy in placement, size and shape. In #4 the upper breast looks a little large and it's upper edge is too curved, making it look like gravity isn't affecting it as much as the other breast. In #10 the breast sit much higher than in the reference. In #6 the angle between the bottom edge of the breasts is much steeper in the reference. Something that helped me strengthen my eye was to do Dorian Iten's Accuracy Training exercises that you find on his youtube-channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMX3K3YMbd8&t=6s. I did them as a warm-up for a month then carried with me the habit of marking top, bottom, left and right in my anatomy studies (I wanted to have some focus on accuracy without taking too much attention from the anatomy). And it helped a lot :) If you want to learn more about accuracy I strongly recommend Dorian's Accuracy - A Drawing Guide (you can also get it separately on his website https://www.dorian-iten.com/accuracy/ ). Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
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TK
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Here's my assignment for the breasts.
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