TRSE: How To Draw Tutorials:
Differences Between Males and Females
Please allow me to offer my own opinion and a reason for the diagrams showing the characters especially female one being bare-chested . I don't really view the female breasts as "sex objects" especially considering the fact that the only one small difference between the male and female breasts is that female breasts picked up some extra fat to help with the nursing of the babies. That's why I always find it strange/funny that the male people can walk around half-naked with their nipples in plain view while the females couldn't. If you give the girl & boy twins the same haircuts, and put them in the same trunks, it would be hard to tell them apart. Even "flat-chested" tomboy girls can easily pass as boys (happened many times in the past!). Heck, even heavyset men have baggy breasts and some of them had to wear bras (don't ask them or they'll be very embarrassed)! Enough of my own opinionated ranting, and I ask you people to please get used to the basic degree of nudity. Let's show the differences between the males and females.
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Here's the tips on drawing the male and female bodies:
1. The women tend to be shorter than men. To make a woman shorter,
go with a smaller head or add an extra "head" to the height of the male
characters. It seem quite common for Animanga male characters to tower
over the female characters. But there are plenty of men out there who are
shorter than women (or women being lot taller).
2. Give the men broader (wider) shoulders while giving them narrower
hips.
3. It's optional to give the men more muscular look but that's not
necessary when taking in account of their personalities.
4. As the children, it appears that there are very little difference
between the male and female bodies.
| 5. The female hips are to be as wide (or wider) as the
shoulders (blue rectangle pattern) while giving them narrower waists to
give them the hourglass shaped bodies. You know how some men like to outline
a "hourglass" form with their hands.
6. Now lastly, the female breasts which may be the hardest (most misunderstood?) parts of the female bodies. |
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Basically, the female characters tend to be shorter with their bodies shaped like a hourglass with the hips being as wide (or wider) as the shoulders and the circles can be used to represent the female breasts. Broader shouldered male characters tend to be taller with more blocky and narrower bodies.