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Just a quick reference guide to different bodytypes of the female figure. Please consort the genius illustrators of yesteryear for more in-depth knowledge.
Sorry if this chart offends anybody in any way, this is a very boiled down view of the complexity and diversity of the female figure.
Such illustrators that are experts of anatomy:
Frank Frazetta
Steve Huston
Moebius
Tanino Liberatore
N.C. Wyeth
Dave Stevens
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Bernie Wrightson
Richard Corben
Norman Rockwell
Dean Cornwall
Gil Elvgren
Katsuhiro Otomo
Nishimura Kinu
Paulo Serpieri
Barry Windsor Smith
Michael Kaluta
Paul Bonner
Joseph Sheppard
Andrew Loomis
John Buscema
Burne Hogarth
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Thanks. This is incredibly useful! I'm with everyone who thinks there should be a male one. Watching you to stay updated on upcoming tutorials.
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Haha, I may have to take everyone up on that!
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Awesome! 
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I love how detailed this is, but so easy to follow and understand. Thanks for sharing! ^_-
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You are an amazing person. Thank you for this ;A;
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This is really helpful. Thanks for making this since adding different female body types will help a lot in my stories and future are. Well you be able to different male types? It's really hard finding some on this site.
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Yeah, I might just have to make one soon!
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Gee, some people really get hung up on terms. It's like they look for reasons to be upset so they can feel like they are fighting for some big, important cause when in reality they stand for nothing, and it's their need to be heard that makes them come up with really silly debates.
Anyway, great chart! I'll get some use out of it for sure.
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If we couldn't complain, where would our livelihood come from?
Haha, thanks Joe!
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Very helpful and well-thought out, I love you incorporated different heights as well. 
Will you be doing one for male body types?
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i can't believe that people are being so picky
this isn't a tutorial on how to add variety to your character's body types, and it certainly isn't for copying when creating characters. i think it's smart of phobos to only stick to the avrg. of fairly regular body types
people's bodies store fat in different ways, spread out differently, and stick out more in different ways, so trying to cover every single body type and quirk that people's bodies can have in just a few models would have ruined what they were trying to get across
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Oh, I believe it. I knew submitting this would offend at least some people, for whatever reason.
Thanks for understanding!
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cool ! this is really nice and helpful
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Aha, thanks for this! I really needed a reference for a "chubby" character, since mine always end up being more like the full-figured or petite characters, I have a chubbier character but she always ends up with the full-figured body.
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This is superb!
I cannot thank you enough for this.
I appreciate how you incorporated a variety of body types and heights for this reference. All too often, some artists will only employ one female or male body type for every character.
This is brilliant! Thank you again for creating this.
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Thanks very much!
Yeah, it is frustrating when artists do that, though sometime through no fault of their own, they're hired based on their skill drawing one particular body type.
No, thank you!
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No matter skillfully executed, the monotony becomes unappealing for many.
It is absolutely fantastic to see more excellent artists incorporate variety into body types!
In your opinion, what would you like to see more in art or body types depicted?
You're welcome, but thank YOU for creating this exceptional reference! It's been a struggle to find references as superb as yours is!
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I'd probably like to see more of the shorter bodytypes. The shorter height can make for some really interesting and fresh characters as well as differently dynamic posing.
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Agreed- short body types seems the most ignored in the majority of art.
There is such a variety of body types, it is baffling why these are not more explored.
Do you think it's because of preference for certain body types?
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Well, I'd have to say that the overwhelming popularity of Anime has a big thing to do with it. Many people on dA were inspired to draw in the first place by anime, which isn't known for it's diversity in bodytypes.
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That is a valid point, there.
Besides anime/manga, do you feel some factions of the comic industry also perpetuates a preference to certain body types?
Are there any artists or works you would recommend that feature a variety of body types?
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Comics definitely lean towards the supermodel figure as well.
European comics, in almost all areas, including anatomy, show a lot more diversity. A couple of my favorites that have more diversity in body type would be Moebius and Tanino Liberatore. I'm warning you now though, Liberatore's work is often explicit.
Some others would be Jeffrey Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, Richard Corben(though his anatomy is often cartoonish), and Sergio Toppi to name a few.
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Considering European comics, I agree with you that the range of anatomy features more diversity than their American counterparts.
Although it is considered Anthro, Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, is a fascinating read, and the art style is quite intriguing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksad
Thank you immensely for all the suggestions and the artists' names.
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Yeah, to call Blacksad "furry art" is an insult, haha. It's so tastefully done, well drawn and diverse.
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It's a genre of its own exceptional merit.
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Thanks for sharing Your knowledge
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Neat should be useful..also you didn't go up to fluffy? And I'm sure alogn with other people would want a male one.
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Hehe....fluffy...
another fan of Gabriel inglesias i see
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heh kinda, hes funny.. but really I'm not huge fan of anyone.
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'Fluffy'? At a certain body type do you grow fur?! O: I've sure been out of the loop.
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No was more of a level of fatness,...I'm starting to wonder if anyone really seen Gabriel Iglesias XD www.youtube.com/watch?v=NliooP…
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Fluffy? If that's in the 'fat category', I don't want to elaborate much more on it, as it's too complicated of a topic to cover fairly here.
Maybe someday!
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I should start using this rather than "winging" it.
Nice references.
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Winging it is a good way to get the pose and energy, but some kind of reference should always be used to reinforce certain things.
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i feel like the only people that are complaining about the fat issue are the ones with fat fetish problems
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Haha, some of them possibly.
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i like the way u drew the bodys
its how i like to draw my ocs
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Cool, will have a look!
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oh my gosh thank you
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