The Breasts
mmhmmm… So, you clicked on the episode about breasts. How surprising...
Skelly: Sowwy um late! Oh, uh, actually, this one’s about female
chests… ...We don’t need you.
Hello my name is Stan Prokopenko, you’re watching Proko. We’re gonna start with don’ts
and then move onto the do’s of drawing breasts. I know I’m a guy teaching this, but realize
that I have the breast of intentions.
Common Mistakes
Breasts come in all shapes and sizes naturally. Multiply that by aging, implants, and make-up,
and then again by different types of bras and clothing, and there’s a lot of ways
they can look. With so much variation, it’s easier to say what you should never do than
what you should always do. So here’s a list of “oh god please stop drawing breasts like
this.”
A lot of these mistakes come from thinking of the breasts like spheres or cones, but
that’s not true. Breasts are not rigid. They’re soft, teardrop-shaped forms that
hang off the ribcage.
The #1 mistake? “Air-Balloons”! People seem to think of breasts as simple spheres
all the way around. They show a rounded mass at the bottom and top of the breast. In truth,
breasts do not have a round top plane. They taper to be thinner towards the collarbones.
They’re fuller at the bottom because of gravity pulling them down, like a hanging
water balloon. The only time you’ll see top cleavage is from a powerful push-up bra.
Or implants. Or make-up. Or Photoshop.
There are a lot of lies told about breasts, okay? But I’m here to give you the truth.
Stan Prokopenko, veritable Boob Expert!
Oh, uhh… I’m not really much of an expert. I… I’ve never even seen. any…
You can stylize the breasts however you choose, but you should at least start with reality,
and work your way out from there.
Another common mistake is drawing the breasts squished together in the middle. There’s
a natural separation between the breasts, about 1 to 3 cm in width. Of course, some
bras actually push the breasts together, but at least when drawing the nude figure, leave
some space in-between.
Mistake #3 is thinking that the larger the breast, the larger the nipple. Not true. There
is every kind of combination. Large breasts with large nipples, small breasts with large
nipples, small breasts with small nipples.
Skelly: And large breasts with small nipples!
Dammit Skelly! Get out!
Now, the final mistake I want to mention is super bizarre. Air-Balloons, okay, they’re
supposed to be “sexy,” whatever. But this? This is just weird. Anti-gravity boobs! You
see this a lot when action girls puff their chests out. When a woman puffs her chest out,
her nipples are not going to reach for the sky. Breasts don’t have any muscles to point
them upward. This version is much more accurate. Breasts hang off the ribcage. Tilt the ribcage
all you want, but all breasts care about is gravity.
Skelly: Look! I’m a girl too!!
What. The. F--
Form. Now that you know the common mistakes of drawing breasts, it’s time to learn how
to draw them correctly. In the next episode we’ll look at the form and motion of the
breasts. Don’t miss it!
Assignment
The assignment for this lesson is the same as the pecs lesson, except with a female chest.
There’s two parts. For part 1, do a tracing over a model photo of the pectoralis major
and breast tissue. For part 2, invent the pecs and breasts on top of photos of Skella.
I’ve provided reference photos for part 1 and 2 in the link below. Grab your breast
pencil and bust out some drawings! Man, the puns are really racking up. I gotta milk it
for all it’s worth. Post your work in our anatomy group at proko.com/groups!
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