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WarrenLouw — The Shape and Form 18.02.09
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PRINT NOW AVAILABLE ON DeviantART.Hey everyone! So... I decided to do a lil study for myself to help understand certain things about the female shape and form better (stomach in particular). Im no expert at anatomy, so theres definitely more accurate interpretations out there by other artists, but thought Id share it with you all anyway.
Hope you enjoy!
• Pencils and colour done in Photoshop CS3 by Wacom Intuos 3
EDIT UPDATE - Discovered a line I didnt connect that carries on from the ribs, passed the hips and runs down into the leg muscle that reaches the knee area.
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this will help me a lot. thank you. I always sucked at drawing the female form for some reason. The muscle structure seemed to be right but my drawings always lacked elegance.
good stuff man.
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I am really glad that you put this up. I like seeing sketches.
If you have more, please upload the rest.
Thanks for the share.
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this is really really helpful especially for people who are awful at anatomy (like me 
thanks for posting
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You know your shit.
And I love your shit..
Wait that sounds wrong.
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wow i could use this as reference... since i suck at female bodies ^_^ thanks a lot! great work!
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Thanks its been much usefull for me !
Love your art btw
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Very interesting indeed, rarely did i see people making tutorials dealing with anatomy this way ... thanks a lot for sharing
And i can see the J. Scott Campbell's influence on you in the way you draw the hips .. he's one of my most fav artists 
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good use of elipses, i could learn a thing or two
YOU ROCK
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One more thing, could you maybe consider doing this same thing but with male anatomy?
And not just very buff guys
but also medium buff,
skinny
and medium fat or something
and if you could please leave the "sketchy" parts that got you started (construction), don't hide/erase them
would be really awesome!
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I LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT HAS BOOBIES IN IT!
no seriously though, it's a great reference for female anatomy. sorry i had to mock the internets.
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I really dig your construction...
That is something that is something that has been nagging in the back of my mind for some time...
I.E the exact nature/anatomy of a good construction scheme....
IE so as I could draw decent pinups figures without extensive and exacting reference to a model ETC like i would in a normal drawing situation etc....
So anyway it looks like you have quite a nice one going there... did you learn it from manga books or what...anyway i would really like to see a few tutorials on this......
Good Stuff
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Hey man, glad you like it. Nope, I keep away from those manga books. Its mostly from studying real models. My 1st understanding of anatomy was through J. Scott Campbells, Danger Girl sketchbook. From there Ive just gone forward with my own understanding. Will be doing more studies like these at some point.
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I really like the construction model you have developed... its elegant
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I hope you don't mind I put this piece into my "Great Resources" collection..
I think it's an amazing example about how to shape the various parts of a female body
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I've been looking around for awhile for some good refrence for myself to learn off of and this is just great! thanks a bunch. Are you going to do another?
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hey thanks a lot
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Oh great I'll keep my eyes peeled for that one
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this's really helpfull for me learning about anatomy..
so dynamic..
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lol, i'm tired and accidentally read the description wrong
I read it as "studies of myself" instead of "for myself"
I need to practice line and anatomy digitally, what did you reference? i have an uncanny feeling that the answer is pin up photos...
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haha! well, i used a lot of nude photography to see where the common denominators were mostly ^^
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awsome.what method do you use to draw the hips .i draw a line for the spine then atriangle for the hips but unfortunately it turns out crap.
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I like the contrapposto - that definitely highlights the femininity in each pose. Wonderful job.
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awesome....you are a great artist
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very nice, theres a nice sense of where the weight is as well as good anatomy
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Excellent, makes me want to take up fine art. And not for the reasons you might assume.
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very j. scott campbell cannons you have, for the female form.
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Hes the one artist I learned the most about the female form from when I was younger.
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Hey warren! nice seeing you still doing what you do best 
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Hey, go for it! Hope everyone is able to learn from it. Yeah, took me a long time to get legs looking more of less right... still need to work on understanding it all better. anyway thanks for the compliments! best of everything to you!
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this is really cute.
I don't know why, but I find it rather spiffy and amusing (especially the girl teasing with her... panties?), and the bodies look great, really.
The poses look natural enough to speak for themselves and I'd love it if I could draw it.
You've inspired me.
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Just wanted to show you how this picture has helped me. my understanding of the stomach and hips are much stronger now.
[link]
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You didnt list this as stock, but I used it as reference for an excersize in blending and shading. See it here: [link]
Thanks for posting.
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can you make a tutorial for this? it's wonderful! love your style
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Nothing wrong with brushing up on the fundamentals. I like how even though it's a study, you kept the poses very dynamic.
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With anatomy, I find it often helps to get as many different interpretations as I can find, so these are great!
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