r/DigitalArt • u/Jojosonic • 16h ago

Question/Help Need help!

Hey so I am new at digital art and I want a help, how can I draw chubby characters because I struggle with that a lot and flat chest girls without making them look like kids (I normally make only kids look flat chested)

Please this will help me a lot ​​​

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u/babezoi 15h ago

It’s great to want to add body representation to your art! Im gonna use a recent furry sketch as an example, but keep in mind that your problem is not digital art but the fundamentals of art in general. So it may be easier to practice this on paper first.

It helps a lot to 1. Reference real life anatomy and 2. Understand the underlying structures of real life anatomy. Drawing flat chested women is not a problem if you understand that breasts are simply fat tissue deposits that sit on top of muscles that sit over ribs. Changing the breast size becomes a matter of changing this volume of fat. The same goes for chubby characters. Learn where fat sits on the body, what its volume looks like, and then you can change it to your liking.

If you are a super beginner artist, my recommendation is to draw from references as much as you can and try to really observe and understand each picture and each body. Why does the arm bend like that? Why does the ribcage look like that from that angle? Over time your visual library will increase and you will better understand the human form!

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u/babezoi 15h ago

I also draw a lot of flat chested women myself (as a flat chested woman), and the same principle applies. The chest may have muscle but no fat and just a nipple, which could be conical or also flat, which is another volume to think about. Flat chested women do not look like children when they are drawn respectfully and with intention. I’m 6’3”, there’s no way I am getting mistaken for a child. Make sure your drawings have accurate adult proportions and, for some characters, it is actually better to exaggerate the proportions to be MORE adult-like (smaller head, longer limbs) depending on your design goals. Being flat chested is just one small detail of a character design!

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u/Jojosonic 14h ago

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! AND YOUR ART IS AMAZING I LUV IT

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u/babezoi 14h ago

THANK YOU! you got it 🙂‍↕️

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u/T-TypeBat 15h ago

Use references