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Published: 2009-09-05 10:10:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 8688; Favourites: 194; Downloads: 124
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Its nothing special really, I'm just so sick and tired of seeing all these ridiculous skinny pointy anime drawings all over basil, so I decided to make a little guy on fleshy women!I'm not really good with guides, since I draw everything more with feeling and looking if its about right, thats why Its hard to set rules for proportioning.
There are quite some rules for the face that helped me alot, especially when you drew a face and it just doesn't look right, you might find out the flaws by checking by this criteria.
Please forgive me for spelling/grammar errors. :]
enjoy D:
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Same here except the one drawing xD
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you're welcome c: I'm glad you think so
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maybe ppl like to draw skinny things.... its a style 
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but this is a guide for realism
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i'm sure you saw this screen on basil, but i just wanted to point out that her drawing fits perfectly how not to do it.
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LULZZ.
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lululul, i actually used a basil drawing as reference for the bad example
cause i couldnt get myself to draw proportions that shitty, different artist tho, but this one holy sammich...
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ahahaha
dude. i totally remember her....
i was like ohmigawd how unbearable.
i find it extremely irritating when basilers see this kind of art and go all,
"ooh so kawaii desu~ please draw more :3"
UGHUGH. get out lol
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they just don't know better... poor little fools :c
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ΒΏAnd what If I'm skinny? Skinny people also exist, you know...? It's no THAT bad...
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I'm skinny myself c: This isn't against skinny people but unrealistically skinny proportions (waists too skinny to fit any organs in it, legs so thin they could be arms, etc.)
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Well, Tim Burton's style is unrealistic, as many other styles... I don't think it's a bad thing as long as its your own style.
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well this tutorial is on realistic proportion obviously c:
most people who draw skinny anime girls think that they draw realistic proportions, this isn't about extreme art styles
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People who draw anime girls know that drawn anime proportions. I don't really get why you despise anime when you started drawing with that style... O_o
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Simply and usefull tutorial! Really compliments. (and amazing gallery ^^) +fave
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Lovely guide.
I can never draw proportionate people. EVER! >__<
Sometimes I think I should just quit, but then I would be a lame quitter! .___.
Anyway, I love the way your lips, could you perhaps help a beginner out and tell me some good tips on how to draw proportionate luscious lips?
(and yes, way to much anime on Basil, and it ALWAYS gets front paged!)
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Thanks (:
Don't give up! Haha, I gave up on art like a million times, but I kept crawling back eventually, you just have to keep going and keep practicing.
I think a good tip for drawing lips is when you do the lineart/sketching only hint at the lips, draw the line seperating the lips and then hint at where the top lip ends and where the bottom lip throws a shadow, because if you line the whole lips they tend to look really awkward. As for finding the right shape it's just best to practice with reference, looking at your own lips, etc. (:
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Wow, thanks lanique ^_^ This is very helpful. Just a question about the chin, I though they were meant to be a BIT pointy...?
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Well, in anime I mean.
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Love this! very very helpful.
(omgash those sticks with heads on basil XD)
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im trying to draw better, this will encourage me to break my bad drawing habits >.<
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I...I can't help it, My charries are a very strange mix of real and anorexic....Mine could survive in teh live, but...omg pointy chin, so very much, and the very skinny, maney 5, 6 or even 7 head legs T^T
I actually know everything you've written here, but I need it present when I draw XD Its so easy to do skinnyness, lol. *gonna print thins out onto paper and stick in draw bookies*
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Do we really draw that skinny anorexic body XD?
anyways nice and easy tutorial i'll show it to my fren who needs help on her drawing
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Very concise, simple and easy to understand ^_^
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Ah very helpful XD Thank you~^^
yeah there are alot of really stick-like anime peole on basil lol
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D: I love you.
Seriously, I have so much trouble with anatomy and most of the guides I see are way too complicated. This one's perfectly simple and easy to understand. 
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Great guide
But I do have a horrible habit of drawing big heads
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they don't look anorexic to me D:
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Tip:
Flip your canvas horizontally, if you're using a digital imaging program.
If you're drawing on traditional pen/pencil, place your drawing in front of a mirror.
You'll never believe how many errors you'll see.
The body should look natural when flipped from side to side, if you drew it proportionately.
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well there are different styles like
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boney if you ask me
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This is real nice thanks
I try to use more realistic proportions rather than skinny anime ones, though I usually end up with anime bodies anyways :/
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This is nice and helpful but i dun really follow too strict proportional guidelines
most girls don't really have wide hips anyway :\
they aren't dramatically " V " shaped but somewhere between " V" and "hourglass" ._.
yeah
the thighs are a bit skinny but awfully good for a guide ._.
*cannot do better so feels terrible for commenting*
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this is a good guide. the "how not to do it" looks like an alien haha XD
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I referenced the bad example right off a basil drawing ;D
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Does this also apply to my skanky doodles or just anime/manga-wise?
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I don't see anything anorexic/pointy on your gallery
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AHHHHH WHUT. This is so protastic. This makes me even more ashamed of my lame anime/manga style.
Thanks for all the tips and pointers, I'm going to keep this in mind.
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You don't have to feel ashmed of your own style... there's nothing bad with anime!
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I tried ;_;
and you have nothing to be ashamed of! seriously, your style is awesome!
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Awww, that's nice of you to say. ;____;
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everyone has their own styles. you have found yours, and are in denial of it and thus feel it is inadequate. that cannot be any farther from actuality. just work on "improving" your works, not the styles.
and OT, this was indubitably an immense help.
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Love the "how not to do it" example-perfect.
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Nice guide, thanks.
*Hopes to get proportions right now*
Actually, I understood proportions, but I think the way I draw somehow distorts my view.
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