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Published: 2012-06-25 13:56:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 47042; Favourites: 1467; Downloads: 1422
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Female Figure tutorial.More tutorials can be found in my gallery, in the Tutorials folder.
Currently available tutorials:
Female figure
Basic Hand
Basic Expression
Arm Anatomy
Upcoming tutorials:
Hair Color
Hairstyles and Techniques
Leg, Thigh, and Ankles
Heads
Heads at an angle
Bodies at an angle
Basic Male Figure
Basic Foot
Eyes
Mouth
Nose
Landscapes (6 separate tutorials)
Materials (4 separate tutorials)
Gems and accessories
Coloring the body
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Sometimes people ask me why I use such insanely meticulous and yet unnecessary measurements. The reason? Well, although I personally don't need to measure so incredibly carefully, it's not only extremely beneficial knowing the exact location (hence allowing me to make more accurate estimates), but because it's for your benefit as well.
I've seen a lot of tutorials that gave a nice explanation, but still forced me to estimate the distances and sizes. Those tutorials, while somewhat helpful, didn't allow me to improve my anatomy at all. I always wished there was some kind of exact comparison, some kind of exact tutorial, for me to use.
Now that I'm older and able to take measurements to myself, I used six different hands and studied them in order to come up with an approximate average. Although hands differ from person to person, understanding this approximate average would've helped me a lot in my earlier days. Since I can't find any tutorial with exact measurements, I can only make one myself
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This is great! You've explained the proportions very well. I look forward to your other tutorials.
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Now i got a clue how to model human bodys in 3dmax ^^
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This is really intimidating to look at initially, but once you power through at start reading it and put it to action, this really helps you out a lot and it isn't so complicated 
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Thanks for your tutorials. *O*
so helpful for me.
~ waiting for your other tutorials.
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Just a note, Thigh gap does not have as much to do with weight of the individual as much as it has to do with the width of their hips. No matter how thin some people get they wont have a thigh gap do to have much narrower hips.
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Thank you for finally saying this. I see in so many tutorials for drawing the female figure that they always have the 'thigh gaps' and it's annoying. I have plenty of friends who are thinner and you will never it on them LOL I still will never understand the obsession with a thigh gap.
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Very cool!
Do you do tutorial request? I have one and it's hard to find them.
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I do tutorial requests as long as it pertains to my style and interests
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Well, do you think you can do breast physics in you style? It's hard to find tutorials on those, and I don't want to start going into drawing females in action if they look weird.
It's ok if you say no.
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I've been planning a breast physics tutorial but as you can imagine it's a very difficult subject. It will be next on my list.
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Yes! Ok then and it's true it is a difficult subject. I can wait ^^
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Are you an architect?
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Thank you for your support.
I'm not an architect, just an 18 year old self taught artist hoping to improve myself! My tutorials are actually just the notes that I take when I study something.
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Even better! You're cool but I guess you hear that all the time hehe
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Your tutorials are amazing, and they have helped me a lot, both in traditional drawing, and in digital (which I am only just beginning now).
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Wow! Thanks! I actually really like that you give precise measurements. It takes the guesswork out of it when you're still learning.
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thank you soooo much your tutorials are really helpful......
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Thanks! The simplified polygon shapes are really helpful! I always have trouble with the hips most.
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thanks for your support!
problems do you have?
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Yeah, I just have difficulty with the way the legs join up to the body. And butts. 
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Perhaps you'll be interested to hear that I already made a tutorial that perfectly addresses your issue.
I have three other tutorials that are already complete, and working on another new tutorial concerning the head, but I'm waiting two to three days between each submission to avoid overflowing groups.
These tutorials are:
Arms and how they connect to the shoulder/hand
Legs and how they connect to the hips/butt/foot
and Hair coloration.
Stay tuned
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Awesome! I'll have a look through your tutorials then.
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This is cool!
So for Line D...is it typically above A->B->A, like the red pen says, or above A->B->B like the writing says? (...or is it a matter of preference, based on the body type you are after?)
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Ah I suppose I didn't clear that part well enough.
If you look closely, the red pen points out part D at the same place as the writing. It's above the lower A, and both B's. Line D is in the middle of the first part A. However, in order to get line D, you'd need to have B.
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Oh, I get it, that was my bad! Thanks!
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B is a rectangle with a Width 5/8 of A. Should this not be with a 'Height' 5/8 of A? Otherwise Awesome tut!
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Haha you can take both since A is a square!
But now that you pointed it out, it's gonna bug me forever.
Cannot be unseen
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hehe sorry bout that! And this too: You cant take both coz we are trying to find the Height of B, Not A.
What I mean is A is a Square with Equal Length Sides, this is true but you tell us the 'Width' of B (rectangle) is 5/8 of A - but it's not, the Width of B is the same as the Width/Height of A.
The Height of B (shorter sides of the rectangle) are 5/8 of A - you wrote Width instead of Height 
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Thanks so much for allowing BleachRealism to host this encouraging non-tutorial!
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hohohoh another alternative method to draw
hmm usually typical manga tutorials use "8" rule for female body.
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The heads-tall rule isn't actually a rule itself, but an estimate.
You can make a person look taller or shorter by decreasing the height in comparison to the head.
3 heads = child/toddler
4 heads = adolescent
5 heads = preteen/early teen
6 heads = late teen
7 heads = pre-adult
7.5 heads = adult
8 heads = tall adult
8.5 heads or more = very tall adult.
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