Boobs: real or animated, a pretty huge segment of the world likes lookin’ at ‘em.
But like any other body part, they can be hard to draw well. Enter Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail and Edens Zero and known illustrator of said chest-level body parts.
As part of “Oppai no Hi” (that’s “Boob Day” in Japanese), Mashima posted some tips for drawing better breasts on his Twitter feed.
For you aspiring boobistrators out there, here’s our translation of his notes, from top to bottom, left to right.
It appears to be boob day, so here’s one point of drawing advice for beginners. When you draw from an angle, look out for how the clothing appears!
If you add an angle, it looks like this.
Wide
Narrow
NG (no good)
The area covered by the swimming suit has increased
A lot of people draw it like this, right?
I sometimes make the same mistake
Micro bikini
You can use the same technique with cocktail dresses and tank tops
#おっぱいの日 という事らしいので絵描き初心者さん向けワンポイントアドバイス!角度をつけた時の服の見え方に注意しよう! pic.twitter.com/EHD15yZ3CF
— 真島ヒロ (@hiro_mashima) August 1, 2021
There you have it. Mashima-designed chestal areas can now be seen on Edens Zero, which seems to be coming to Netflix soon.
Source: Otakomu