Essential for gender drawing! The effect of "direction" that brings out "likeness" to illustrations

It is one of the big walls where beginners collide.

There are many differences between men and women, and each little accumulation of consciousness clearly separates the whole masculinity and femininity.

This time, we will summarize the “direction” that is often overlooked.

Types of gender differences in illustrations

There are two types of differences between men and women.

First, gender differences in the human body (shoulder width, waist, legs, eyebrows, contours, etc.)

Second, there are gender differences in the atmosphere (manish or feminine appearance, pose, impression etc).

The “direction” that we will cover today belongs to the second “gender difference in the atmosphere”.

When beginners / intermediate students draw men and women, they are very conscious of the human body, but there are many people who are casual about the difference in the atmosphere.

However, the latter “difference in atmosphere” is as important as “difference in human body”.

I want to draw a masculine character, but somewhere, I want to draw like a girl, but somewhere I can't be cute.

Such a problem is also a problem that tends to occur because it ignores the “sex difference in the atmosphere”.

Furthermore, for example, onee characters that are masculine but full of femininity, and cool female characters that are aggressive but have a delicate appearance.

Such characters need parts that cannot be expressed by gender differences.

Gender differences in atmosphere

4 important orientations

There is one keyword that should be conscious of gender differences in the atmosphere.

That keyword is the “direction”.

There are four things to remember in this direction:

• Male → outward, upward
• Female → Inward, downward
• This is all.
• The atmosphere changes drastically by remembering these four directions.

Even if it is an extreme story, even a stick man, does it look like “just” just by being aware of the direction?

Try the same pose.

Just consciously changing the direction, you can easily feel masculinity and femininity.

Also for character making

A typical example is hair orientation. The basic shape is outward for men and inward for women.

Conversely, incorporating outward hair into a woman gives a boyish, active, and confident impression.

On the other hand, if you take inward hair into men, you will have an impression of being gentle, gentle and feminine.

Also, sometimes there are straights with no orientation at all. (Most straight characters have their hairs wrapped inside.)

This gives a mysterious and neutral impression regardless of gender. For example, Haku of "Spirited Away", Nico Robin of "ONE PIECE" (first term), and Yu Kanda of "D.Gray-man".

It is also interesting to change the direction of the hairstyle depending on what character you want.

Summary

There are countless differences between men and women, both visually and otherwise.

The “direction” I talked about this time is one of the elements that are often overlooked.

If you are told, it is natural, but if you are not conscious, it will not appear in the illustration.

In order to bring out the character of the character you want to draw, why not incorporate it into one of the drawing items?

Cre: egokororoman