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Younger vs. Older Features by `thundercake:iconthundercake:

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disclaimer-ish...I like writing down things I have sorta "figured out" over the years, and some people seem to find it helpful, but this isn't the word of god and I'm sure a lot of much smarter people have given better over the years, so please understand that this is just my personal experience/opinion speaking and nothing else.

second disclaimer: as I said in the tutorial, this is aimed at strictly cartoony styles, NOT REALISM. I realize there is sometimes a boob-space in real life. My argument is that a cartoony style with lines requires some realism sacrifices in order to draw your attention to more important things, like gesture and shape.

Also I drew the examples in like 10 seconds so.. sorry, they're not the best, haha. PIIIINK

anyway, these are all things I would have liked to know about 5 years ago, so that's why I wrote this. (I'm looking through my old art. YEEP! it's scarier than that ghost I saw the other day.)

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=powowcow Jun 25, 2009, 12:28:48 AM
Fascinating

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=OhImSeeinStars Jun 25, 2009, 12:40:02 AM
you know, i think i always knew these things subconsciously, but seeing it somewhere on paper kind of makes me realize it's all true. i guess just because i LOVE pointy cheekbones doesn't mean it looks good on everyone. haha, thanks for this. i'll definitely keep it in mind.

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~who-the-moon-is Jun 25, 2009, 12:42:15 AM
Oh yes. Definitely helpful. =D Thank you very much for sharing.

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~SinisterlySweet Jun 25, 2009, 1:36:12 AM
Hmm...I haven't noticed a lot of characters that look too old, but I can never get characters to look old enough.

While I agree on your breast arguement, I've found that the problem with most drawn breasts that I see isn't the outline (or gross misshapen-ness or sizing issues, even), it's that the costume and the breast shape/outline don't make sense together. That's what pisses me off. As well as 'Y' cleavage when the character is topless/there's nothing there to hold them up. Breasts are magical, but they are not beyond physics. DX

Huzzah for tired drawing and ranting!

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~CrystalWhiteInk Jun 25, 2009, 1:37:03 AM
quite useful, and all very common sense items that most people tend to forget. :)

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~dia-aren-marie Jun 25, 2009, 2:42:41 AM
Very helpful indeed! :) Thank you so much!

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~Tear-Bleeder Jun 25, 2009, 2:50:40 AM
I believe the "neck tendons" you're referring to are actually muscles, the SCM's.

But this is actually pretty good, I think. Clear and simple, right to the point.
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*flutist Jun 25, 2009, 2:55:42 AM
really well-written and helpful :D

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~Entomologia Jun 25, 2009, 2:59:56 AM
You really catch the differences between young ones and old ones. Altough I already know about some of them, I also find some new to me. Thanks for sharing, It's really helpful for beginners.

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*happywatrmelon Jun 25, 2009, 3:00:39 AM
very helpful thank you :)

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