Female waist, abdomen help.

[WolfHunner]

I'm trying my best to make waists of women from skinny to thick varieties. But I don't know much about proportions of the waist/hips and navel. Do you have your own technique to draw them?

[dramspringfeald]

Here try this or This Good Luck

[WolfHunner]

Here try this or This Good Luck

I laughed a little when he said drawing the male bodies are harder. Anyway, thank you.

[LVUER]

I laughed a little when he said drawing the male bodies are harder. Anyway, thank you.

Then you should laugh at me too, since I too find drawing male bodies are much harder (and painful) to draw.

In the end though, it's only a matter of which one you draw the most. Before I can properly draw females, I thought male bodies are easier to draw simply because I drew male all the times.

[falsedelusion]

Here try this or This Good Luck

I laughed a little when he said drawing the male bodies are harder. Anyway, thank you.

Drawing male bodies are harder for some people. It might depend on which body type you start out on (e.g. for the first 4-5years of my drawing life, I was too scared to draw guys, so when I did start drawing males, it was very hard for me)

as for female bodies, I read somewhere that the idea body type is the hourglass. Aka, chest measurement = hip measurement.
So maybe something like below?
Its kinda hard to just draw the hips and know if it looks right or not; you'll have to draw in the chest too to get a frame of reference.
I think once you get used to drawing the perfect figure, then you can experiment and draw other body types.

The key thing is to study actual people (don't be scared to seem creepy) and practice lots

EDIT: just realized you asked from thin to thick.... so I added another two example. I tried OTL

[WolfHunner]

Thanks a bunch falsedelusion.
I didn't mean to offend anyone about the difficulty of male anatomy.

Edit: Is the navel suppose to be a certain distance from the vagina?

[dramspringfeald]

Not really, but I would try to be a little above half way from the Crotch and bottom of the ribs.

[Nuxill]

The tutorials dramspringfeald posted don't really explain much, so I found some that show varying sizes and explain why they work that way.

If you don't mind a little nudity, there's a great reference here that could help you: http://dredsina.tumblr.com/post/25341400011
This is also good for a slightly more cartoony style (another warning for nudity!) http://littlefroggies.tumblr.com/post/1 ... eally-fast

Here's also a visual reference of a lot of male and female athletes of all different body types that is a wonderful reminder of how different our bodies can be and how different bodies are suited to different types of work: http://danipat.tumblr.com/post/30141950 ... ant-period

Also if you have time I would highly recommend watching IntroducingEmy's Redline Tuesday videos. There's tons of little tips that are GREAT for beginners and even though it's geared toward a more cartoony style you can tell she knows a LOT about anatomy. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA8354E49777D52E

Hope these help!