How do you draw chubby male anatomy?
HI HELLO sorry I took so long to respond to this; Iāve been out of state for a few days and didnāt have the brain power to reply until now! This is a tough question to answer, but I will do my best!!
Disclaimer: I am not an anatomy expert and am self taught when it comes to character drawing; thereās a lot of stuff Iām learning and can improve on, this is just what I do in my art
First and foremost, observation and references are an artistsā best friends! If I didnāt like talking about myself and my thought process so much, Iād leave this answer here lmao! the more you see how real bodies sit and move, the easier itāll be to translate to simpler styles. As a fat person, I live in a handy dandy reference for how to draw fat people already lol; but if you arenāt as blessed as I am, thereās always references online. Thereās this website that you need a password for that looks promising. I havenāt started using it yet but I follow the person who runs it on twitter and theyāre p cool
As for my personal experience, hereās the three things I try to remember:
1) muscle vs fat! Muscle, for lack of a better word, isnāt as droopy, so it sits differently. I like boobs so Iāll use some that Iāve drawn as an example lol
Theyāre both round shapes (and theyāre both fat), but the pecs on the dude on the left arenāt as firm, so they sag. I tried to do the same with their arms. For the most part, there isnāt a huge difference between amab and afab fat bodies, but itās in a couple of places where fat and muscle sit on the body. When talking about drawing amab bodies specifically, fat doesnāt collect as much on their hips and butt (generally) and it doesnāt sit on the chest quite the same because of all the mammary nonsense underneath. probably
2) gravity, babey! This is the one thatās on my mind the most when I draw chubby people. You wonāt see me using many perfect circles in my sketches because of gravity and the sort of liquid way fat settles.
Teardrop shapes are the way to go if you donāt want your chubby dude to look like a balloon animal sidjsnbdhx (or do that if youāre into it! Art is subjective! Iām not your dad!)
3) details; or more specifically, definition and the lack of it! The easiest way to make your character look chubby is to not give him abs, lol (this also works in real life š) another example of this would be hiding things like jawlines:
but ALSO if you wanna enhance the shapes youāre drawing, I like to add body hair, stretch marks, dimples or a well placed roll or two:
I hope this is useful! Iām not an expert and idk if I answered your question fully but if you have follow ups, my inbox is open āļø