Breasts - Understanding the Dynamics 2

EDIT: Although I have drawn an example with a breast simply protruding from the chest, this is not the case in reality. That example is just to illustrate the fact that the breasts are actually surprisingly far from collarbones.

EDIT 2: Remember that this is not "the only and right" way of drawing breasts. This is how I draw them, and you may agree or disagree with me as you please

I'm back with part 2. It took pretty long to compile, and it's not comprehensive, but I believe it has some good points there and there. Note that these are my own observations and I'm not unbiased artist. I have my preferences that I follow to make appealing drawings.

In anime and manga, breasts aren't drawn too strictly according to the physics. The breasts tend to be placed higher, near the collarbones, because it makes them look young and perky. Drooping hardly ever takes place. In some hentai, breasts tend to look more realistic, but usually they are rather monstrous physics-defying lumps of perfect shapes. Also, girls without bras don't seem to be bothered about their breasts jiggling crazily around. In reality, what I have heard, breasts are quite a nuisance, with and without bras.

Anyway, I drew my own view of breast. Note, that these apply on breasts that are hanging free. Bras and clothing in general are factors that affect the shape of the breasts a lot. This is probably why people think breasts always look nearly perfect spheres, even without supportive piece of clothing. This is, of course, not the case. I hate anime figures with detachable clothing parts, as the breast don't fall like they should. Despite having six Revoltech Queen's Blade action figures with such feature, I bought them due to their excellent articulation, not for this obnoxious feature.

Here I wanted to emphasize the rib cage. As it's where the breasts are anchored, it's the most significant "object" that affect the shape, size and position of the breasts. Note that, the larger the breasts are, the more support they need to keep the shape. So a girl with small body can't offer as much supportive area for the breasts to anchor to like women with larger rib cage. Thus small girls tend to have smaller breasts and if they do have large breasts, they look quite different from those of bigger women.

Also pay extra attention to the understanding the 3D. Perspective is such a pain, but in order to draw anything, it's a must have skill. In order to draw the breasts, you need to understand where the beholder is looking at it, how the body is related to it etc.

Breasts also come in various shapes. However, I have only drawn shapes that I find attractive. That said, the breasts don't always follow the dynamics too strictly, especially the larger breasts. This is why I don't usually want to draw extra large breasts, as the dynamics in them are often too ridiculous

This is also why I drew "girly", "lady-like" and "motherly" body builds as a reference. It's quite natural that younger women have smaller breasts and body compared to older women due to growth. These are only archetypes though, what's drawn here are about women in general point of view.

And finally, as an apology, I'm sorry for illustrating under-aged looking girls in reference part. For the sake of practice, I wanted to try drawing different body builds. I want to make clear that I have no interests in kids. Also, I apologize for illustrating obaa-san. Just like with kids, I have no interests in very old women. Everything is for the sake of art and demonstrating the things the way they are. Don't expect to see more of these two extremes from me here on dA.

Hope you like!