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Just a quick reference guide to different bodytypes of the female figure. Please consort the genius illustrators of yesteryear for more in-depth knowledge.

Sorry if this chart offends anybody in any way, this is a very boiled down view of the complexity and diversity of the female figure.

Such illustrators that are experts of anatomy:
Frank Frazetta
Steve Huston
Moebius
Tanino Liberatore
N.C. Wyeth
Dave Stevens
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Bernie Wrightson
Richard Corben
Norman Rockwell
Dean Cornwall
Gil Elvgren
Katsuhiro Otomo
Nishimura Kinu
Paulo Serpieri
Barry Windsor Smith
Michael Kaluta
Paul Bonner
Joseph Sheppard
Andrew Loomis
John Buscema
Burne Hogarth
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Phobos-Romulus In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 21:17:51 +0000 UTC]

They aren't supposed to be. I was just mentioning that it is easy to overdo them/

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RionaWolfheart [2014-07-17 15:18:55 +0000 UTC]

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to RionaWolfheart [2014-07-17 21:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that was the most irritating aspect of the complaints to me. 

Thanks a bunch!

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AloysiusEroticArt In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 14:15:24 +0000 UTC]

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bluealiceroses93 [2014-07-17 10:33:40 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh how very nifty! I'm so glad you made this. c:

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Karrakas In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 08:46:31 +0000 UTC]

I like how they all seem to be self confident and happy with their looks. 

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Rye-Rahym In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 08:38:57 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful, good for drawing characters! Thanks for sharing it!  

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ErinTheEevee In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 05:07:52 +0000 UTC]

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Antarasis In reply to ErinTheEevee [2014-07-17 10:55:30 +0000 UTC]

Both genders are heavily idealized, but I think women's a tad more and that is why - at least in my case - the females caught my interest. Though I'd like to see one with males aswell.

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to ErinTheEevee [2014-07-17 06:31:24 +0000 UTC]

Hopefully it's beyond that, but I'm sure that's at least 75% of the reason. I wanted to make a tutorial that was actually informative, as when I look up anatomical tutorials on here, most of them are just plain embarrassing. Either they're wildly inaccurate, insultingly simple or vague, or they just plainly don't know what the hell they're talking about.

Haha, rant over, thanks a bunch!

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ErinTheEevee In reply to Phobos-Romulus [2014-07-17 07:48:51 +0000 UTC]

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Healsgood In reply to Phobos-Romulus [2014-07-17 06:40:58 +0000 UTC]

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to Healsgood [2014-07-17 06:44:10 +0000 UTC]

That too. I love drawing male characters too, but there's something special about drawing girls, haha.

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Fuumah In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 04:19:58 +0000 UTC]

im thin/athletic,short/average(5"3"), an i stopped getting taller years ago worst part is i have a baby face age: 18

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to Fuumah [2014-07-17 06:33:23 +0000 UTC]

And that's where the simplicity of this tutorial really shows. People develop so incredibly differently.

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arrozblanco12 In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 03:03:12 +0000 UTC]

This helps a looot!
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would it be too much to ask for a male version?

I'm pretty raspy in there...

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to arrozblanco12 [2014-07-17 03:57:22 +0000 UTC]

It's in talks.

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arrozblanco12 In reply to arrozblanco12 [2014-07-17 03:04:07 +0000 UTC]

oh  never mind somebody already asked that huh?

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SpatialDimensions [2014-07-17 02:48:57 +0000 UTC]

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ESManimation In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 01:24:20 +0000 UTC]

awesome Im gonna fav this

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ScottPilgrim1996 [2014-07-17 01:07:59 +0000 UTC]

Lol I laughed when I saw the ideal in height...supermodel

Anyways this is great I was practicing down figures...this will really help.

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killernaut [2014-07-17 01:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Thx for the tutorial

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Ponyitalia12 In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 00:28:38 +0000 UTC]

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Blood-Mina In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 00:00:26 +0000 UTC]

Yay I'm chubby! I love this!

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DaykuMaryu In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 23:33:54 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

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BonumNox In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 23:18:59 +0000 UTC]

Oh this is great! I need help making my characters diverse! I was wondering if there was a male version of this somewhere? It would greatly help me. I've really only been seeing very skinny guys drawn around here or very feminine guys. It is hard since most of the ref submissions are for very slender or very muscled people. Guys come in as many sizes as woman. They can be chunky, or skinny. I'd like to see a version with males as well. I looked at the tumblr link and found that helpful as well. I'm going to use this a lot.

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to BonumNox [2014-07-17 01:10:13 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, either I will make a male tutorial or my brother will. Stay tuned!

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BonumNox In reply to Phobos-Romulus [2014-07-17 01:16:53 +0000 UTC]

Really? I will I have watched you. So I can see later.

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rinredridingwolf In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 23:16:07 +0000 UTC]

quite helpful! and extremely well done. thank you!

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Devilactive In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 23:15:39 +0000 UTC]

Saved to HD.

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sweettroll3 In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 23:08:31 +0000 UTC]

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MandaPandaCosplay In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 22:53:24 +0000 UTC]

This is a very comprehensive and awesome reference guide! Thanks for posting! 

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XtreamCrazy In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 21:44:41 +0000 UTC]

This is such a good reference guide! Thank you for sharing!

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QuartzFire In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 19:49:45 +0000 UTC]

absolutely adore this, thank you for going the miles into research and sharing them ^^

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UrbanTeacup In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 19:41:10 +0000 UTC]

god bless you and this post 

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xMJJMoonwalker In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 19:18:32 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful for basic stuff! Thanks for sharing

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nevorarodriguez In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 19:10:40 +0000 UTC]

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EnvisageIt In reply to nevorarodriguez [2014-07-17 00:21:53 +0000 UTC]

I agree with you. I would be in the "big" section right after the chubby one, and I am okay with it. When I finished looking at this, I thought hmm.. Phobos did a great job making them all look really beautiful, so butt hurt people need to cool their jets. Most of the bigger woman drawings on Deviant aren't as accurate as they could be, and the athletic ones are seriously disproportioned, but this artist did an amazing job getting them to look realistic. This tutorial will be quite helpful, because I struggle drawing heavier women and make them not look... umm.. pregnant lol. Nice job on the picture Phobos, and I thumbs up your comment nevorarodriguez.

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to nevorarodriguez [2014-07-16 22:21:35 +0000 UTC]

Exactly!

Cheers!

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StartheWisher In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 18:47:28 +0000 UTC]

I completely agree with you on all of these body types, and your tutorial is very helpful.

Don't listen to the nit-pickers and the too easily offended.  Their issues arise on their ends, not your end.  It's difficult to portray what is traditionally a chubby or fat woman in today's culture without backlash, considering the "bleeding-hearts" movement created by the increasing number of obese women.  Your depictions of the chubby, big, and fat women are very accurate.      

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to StartheWisher [2014-07-16 22:20:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much. I recognized that it was a sensitive issue before I even submitted it, but yeah, people need to finding things to get offended by. It's almost like they enjoy looking for things that offend them, just so they can get on their high horse.

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BilboobliB In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 18:37:57 +0000 UTC]

Nice scale ") Thanks

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PanMarlon In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 18:30:59 +0000 UTC]

very helpful tips.

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FRivArts In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 18:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Never seen a tutorial like this before. Imma share it everywhere ='3

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4TheOneWithoutAName In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 17:54:24 +0000 UTC]

This will be very useful!

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DragonLagoon In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 17:32:59 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful!

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NamiTheAssassin In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 17:20:44 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant tutorial! This makes it all make more sense, thank you!

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AmbitiousAuthor [2014-07-16 16:53:42 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful!

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barnrab In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 16:50:04 +0000 UTC]

This is great, be cool if you tied a male body type one! Real helpful thanks

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