Drawing Males

[Twigg]

I can draw males, just not as well as females.
My male drawings always look... awkward. Stiff, kind of. Whereas with females, I find it easier.

That and a good amount of males have short hair, so you can't hide any facial flaws with hair.

[hiei]

I can draw both, but I'm far better at females. I started by drawing males too. xD
I do draw females more tho, and not having the boobs there kind of messes me up. Meh, maybe if I was a guy or had a boyfriend I could do better at it.
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[sychobunny]

I once had this conversation with my friend while he was sketching and complaining how hard it is to draw females, and I was like "what?"

I can draw females way better than males, and he's the opposite. For me, I think its getting the right muscle tone.

[HenceForth]

I find drawing guys just as easy as girls. I actually draw guys a lot more often, but thats probably why I don't have a problem with doing so.

Men not having such obvious curves, has a lot to do with people not drawing them, plus with the populatiry of feminine men you can get away with a simlified anatomy (screw muscles they're prettier this way!) so people don't bother trying to make men look like men

[Chu]

Oh, I've been away from this thread forever. D:

I guess you can really get away with drawing feminine looking men. I men, I like my guys curvy in real life too. @.@ It's more artistic.

[HenceForth]

personal preference in men may be a big factor too then,
I don't really like curvy or really femine men, I also don't often draw that kind of person.

[Chu]

Yay, I made a discovery! XD

It makes sense with women too though; generally I draw my women as tall with small chests and long hair - exactly what I picture as "beautiful" in my mind.

[HenceForth]

Hurray for discoveries!!


But....I don't really do the same for girls,

or mabey I just have different tastes in beauty. If i think of the last few girl characters I've drawn they are noting alike shape wise......

[Chu]

I can understand that, because you probably draw a lot more than me. I draw my main idea of "beauty" and such, which revolves around the same opinions. What do you draw for, if you don't mind my asking?

[HenceForth]

Mostly for my own enjoyment, recently to kill time in class, sometimes for avatar community comissions, once and a while for my friends.

Well, I've been trying to start up a webcomic for a few years now, but I wanted to get better first. I've been drawing to reach that goal. So a lot of what I draw have been concepts, possible characters, practise poses, trying out differnt styles...things like that.

I've actually found someone who has a short story that I can use to make a practice comic, so I'll be starting work on that soon

[Chu]

Ah, I see. So what you seem to draw for is variety and experience; it makes sense that you'd have different looking characters.

Wow, that's interesting. ^_^ Good luck on it!

[HenceForth]

I guess that would make the difference wouldn't it, but really I havn't done too much for variety I still rarely draw children and practically never older adults

[Chu]

Mmm, yeah, young adults/teenagers seem to be the most popular in that area.

[HenceForth]

definitly, they make up the most popular celebreties and that age seems to be the most desired. Plus people often draw those around their own age

[Chu]

Mmm, that's true. xP