Admin Post: Drawing Challenge #15 - Body Type

[goss]

This is the second in our series of Diversity challenges. The goal here is to break out of defaulting to the 'ideal' body type when drawing, by focusing on those who are normally left out of common portrayals. (eg. fat/disfigured/gender non-conforming people/etc.).

Challenge #15: Body Type Diversity

Create a drawing featuring someone of a different body type or size than the 'ideal' that is usually seen in media.

You can challenge yourself to draw a human/humanoid body type that's completely different to your own, or a body type that you identify with but rarely see in media, or even one that you've never attempted before. The comment section of this post may be used for discussion of the prompt (ie. ideas, suggestions, questions, etc.).

A round-up post for submissions to this challenge will be done on Saturday 7th April, 2018.

Happy Drawing, everyone! :)

Comments

Re: Examples of Different Body Types

[goss]

This chart with the bone structure and gradual changes in body weight is really useful! Thanks for posting it. :)

I also love the first point made in the Giving Your Characters Unique Features page, about how you might think all 5 characters are physically different, but when it comes to body type, they're all identical, which in no way reflects real life.

As a creator, I definitely fall into this trap, so it's good to be able to recognise and then break out of that default.