PSA for those that don't understand boobs

[MiniGoth]

1. Since they're attached to the chest, they follow the angles and body language of the shoulders.

2. They are more like water balloons than air balloons - but they are teardrop shaped, not circles.

3. Unless you're doing it for stylistic purposes, they don't ride high enough to be sneeze guards.

Carry on.

[velderia]

4. Nipples also come in various shapes and sizes, as well as colors, and are not always poking out.

5. Not everything is in C or D size.

6. Bras should be comfortable.

7. If the artwork is in some sort of sequence, don't make them nonexistent in one frame and then inflated in the next.

[BlightedArt]

8. They're awesome.

[meth]

9. and tasty

M

[littlebones]

10. A woman will never, ever be able to stand in such a way that her boobs and her ass are facing the same direction. No, not even if she's a contortionist.

[TinyBird]

11. Not all boobs are round-ish globes. They come if different shapes, especially when they are developing or smaller.

12. Running and moving around without proper support can range from okay to annoying and to really uncomfortable and painful. Jiggling breasts, no matter how sexy they might look still are loads of fat jumping around your chest. Also nipples chafe.

[manlybrian]

12. Men don't usually have them.

[SkullClutter]

13. Just because they're there, doesn't mean that they need to be exposed or shown off.

[JFierce]

14. 58008 on a calculator upside down spells them.

[CLANLESS]

15. In order to draw something well, look at it a lot and expose yourself to a lot of it. Use a lot of reference and draw from real life or photos rather than from imagination.

[megaten]

12. Men don't usually have them.

15. Well most wish they didn't have them.

[Elwell]

16. With just a little experience, implants become ridiculously easy to spot. And drawing your medieval/barbarian/ancient/fantasy/tribal/whatever character with what look like implants is really silly and distracting.

[aerefly]

17. Drawing a breastfeeding man would be accurate, too.

[s.ketch]

I don't know if there's a technical term for it, but that line right there is important. Once you're aware of it, breasts are easier to draw.

[CLANLESS]

Expose yourself to a lot of reference.
Reference; http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php

Nude beaches and colonies help too, but not sure if those are common in the US. Nothing on the human body is a perfect geometric shape or object.

[Demo]

19. They can be blue, and usually come in pairs, .........


down by the sea.

[Raoul Duke]

If only renascence painters had read this thread.

[JeffX99]

20. Size doesn't matter.

21 It's sharing that counts.

[JeffX99]

I don't know if there's a technical term for it, but that line right there is important. Once you're aware of it, breasts are easier to draw.

That "center line" is known as the Linea alba.

[Raoul Duke]

22. They feel like a bag of sand.

[Randis]

Expose yourself to a lot of reference.
Reference; http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php

I see what you try to show but this is really poor reference for artists.
Nudes with outdoor lighting or at least studio lighting would be better (very easy to find on the internet)

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah DM that was a pretty horrifying link. Some of the most hideous and depressed looking boobs in the world.

[CLANLESS]

"this is really poor reference for artists."

Depends what you're looking for. I think it's a pretty good website to see what sort of shapes the breast can look like.
About the lighting, it's not from an art site so don't be so hard on that aspect. It seems that many people here were complaining about fake balloon boobs rather than bad lighting anyway, but there are references out there with better lighting. I can share some on the "The Appreciation of the Feminine Form" thread too.


RD, they're not sexually appealing (to me) but I don't find them depressing. I find it more interesting than anything else. In the eye of the beholder..

[TinyBird]

23. "Sexy cleavage" (as in the type where breasts are squished together) is not something that happens completely naturally, so if you're drawing someone naked, the chance for that cleavage to happen is very unlikely (exceptions are when the poses creates it). For that sort of cleavage to happen even with clothes on tends to require bra, and depending on the boobs in question, not all bras can create that.

[Conniekat8]

My titties are small, round, perky, cuddly, pettable, slightly asymmetrical with a bit too much space between them...
and never miss an opportunity to show them off:
www.badkittehco.com/DSC07224.JPG

[Ashtonw]

My titties are small, round, perky, cuddly, pettable, slightly asymmetrical with a bit too much space between them...
and never miss an opportunity to show them off:
www.badkittehco.com/DSC07224.JPG

Hey cut that out, this thread is about boobs, not pussies.

[Black Spot]

23. "Sexy cleavage" (as in the type where breasts are squished together) is not something that happens completely naturally, so if you're drawing someone naked, the chance for that cleavage to happen is very unlikely (exceptions are when the poses creates it). For that sort of cleavage to happen even with clothes on tends to require bra, and depending on the boobs in question, not all bras can create that.

It's amazing what using superglue can do.

[erinc]

4. Nipples also come in various shapes and sizes, as well as colors, and are not always poking out.

24. Skin matters -- nipples aren't generally lighter than the person's skin color. It's unlikely that someone with dark olive skin would have light pink nipples.

[Velocity Kendall]

boobs

[Conniekat8]

I'm surprised no one posted a link to this website yet... for research, of course.
http://new.rateyourrack.com/home.php