While I wait to get into a new free tutoring program, I've been drawing batches of mannequins using photo refs mostly for fun. I just finished one, with the mannequins in somewhat thick bodies. Here it is (warning: oppai):
[nsfw]http://puu.sh/dADBO/78ceea5a52.jpg[/nsfw]
My mistakes (as far as I can see them, anyway) are:
- That the bodies are somewhat inconsistent to each other; I was trying to make the figures the same but in different poses, yet didn't quite get that down.
- I forgot to draw ears on some of them.
- I also forgot how the armpits align with the torsos when an arm or two is raised.
- Though I went for a mildly-thick look (thinner side of the BBW spectrum), I might have not made the heads and torso area round enough to better get that across.
- The back on the middle-left one looks really off. Maybe its because the photo model's hair was too in the way for me to see how the head, neck, torso, and right arm connect...
- Speaking of inconsistencies, I also noticed quite a few inconsistencies in the photo refs I used, such as the shape of the torso, width of the torso, and the V-ish folds in the crotch area. Must be my still-very-flawed visual perception that led to much of the inconsistency.
- I might have drawn the fat folds and bumps wrong, and missed some spots where they should have been.
- Also the collarbones. Looking at refs again, I see that they should have been less pronounced.
- The butt on the middle-left one should have been thicker, and by extension also been shaped like it was resting on a surface rather than if the figure was standing up.
- Some of the hand palms are shaped wrong in relation to foreshortening, and the fingers with their lengths and joints.
I was told by a friend that the figures looked too segmented, especially the three on the bottom, but I don't see how that is. If anyone could clarify that for me, I'd appreciate it; might help with my perception when I do more of these.