How to draw the female body for absolute beginner's.

Body outline.

 

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We are now going to attempt to turn our female stick person below into something that I hope will vaguely resemble the female figure.

 
                                            

The first thing I am going to do is clean up my stick person and remove any  lines that I feel are no longer required. In fact instead of cleaning my original stick person up I'm going to place another sheet of paper over the top and trace it. You will notice that I have left the centre line down to the groin area on the upper body as I will use it as a guide for getting the correct symmetry when I begin to outline the upper body. Also before I began my outline I did a little research and built a small file of pictures to use as reference points throughout.

Forming the Torso and limbs.

I started my out line from the neck first  making sure I gently  curved my line over the shoulder and down in towards the naval before gently sweeping it out and down to form the hips and thigh to the point I had marked previously for the Knee, which as discussed before is just above the 6 heads mark. Once I was happy with my first line, I used the centre line of the stick person to judge my distances for the opposite side. I found using the top of my pencil and thumb to gauge the distance from the centre line very helpful. See also Body Shapes.

This may take several attempts but don't worry as the more you do the more natural it will become. I am finding it difficult to form the natural curves of the body and am needing to refer to my picture collection quite a bit to give me a better idea of the shape. Please remember also that we are not all the same and our body shapes vary greatly. Draw what is natural for you then fine tune later.

After I had the basic shape of the upper body hips and thighs I allowed a small space just below the X at the bottom of the centreline to form the base of  the crotch before sketching the outline for the inner thigh to the knee.

 
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Once I had finished the inner thighs I moved back up the body to the arms. Using the centre lines and points I had marked for their positioning as a guide. I moved the left arm over slightly so that I can draw the hand in full view.

I did the same for the lower legs making sure that I  emphasised the shape of the calf muscle on the back of the leg to give them a more feminine look.

Breasts.

Once I had the basic body shape I  moved back up to the neck.

Using the centre line again, I marked a right angle with its point at the base of the neck between the shoulders sloping out toward the armpit area. I will use the point where it crosses the  D  to mark the nipple area of the breast. I also marked a gently curving line just below the D to define the lowest point of the breast.

All I had to do next was draw the rough shape of the breast trying to make them look natural. See also How to draw the female breast.

Once I had finished drawing the breast I cleaned up the picture again removing the rest of the lines that I no longer required.

 

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