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does anybody recognize which "how to draw" book this page came from?

Claire, The Ultimate Worrier
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@ami_angelwings i don't know but it's pretty funny

Ami Angelwings
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@waitworry this is probably 2nd next to the one that said boobs are made of muscle as my favourite western "how to draw manga" pages

Ami Angelwings
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@waitworry eschergirls.com/photo/2013/03/

this one, which is hilariously from a book called "Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist: Everything You Need to Start Drawing Authentic Manga Characters"

Ami Angelwings
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@waitworry it's also very weird because the title implies that manga characters have different basic anatomy from like regular humans or superhero comic book characters, which I suppose is true... superhero characters have no organs and also their legs are 3x their torso, while manga characters apparently have muscleboobs

Claire, The Ultimate Worrier
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@ami_angelwings boobs actually do have muscles in them they just don't look anything like that

Ami Angelwings
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@waitworry as a commenter pointed out at the time, due to the mass popular campaigns for breast cancer awareness, it's very easy to find anatomical depictions of breasts so there's no excuse for a how to draw book not to be able to find a reference

Claire, The Ultimate Worrier
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@ami_angelwings something I'm realizing about that bad diagram

I think it implies the artist doesn't know what boobs feel like

Retro Goth Bunny
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@waitworry @ami_angelwings Sounds like they need to go on E so they can grow their own reference material /s

Ami Angelwings
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@rgbunny @waitworry "that time I transitioned to draw manga"

Retro Goth Bunny
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@ami_angelwings @waitworry "I can't draw cute waifus unless I became one!"

Ami Angelwings
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@rgbunny @waitworry "reincarnated as a girl in the same world to more accurately draw boob, that's my story and I'm sticking to it" the hit new LN

Ami Angelwings
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@waitworry gonna guess they don't

Jennifer Pumpkins 🎃
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@ami_angelwings @waitworry Typical anime girl physiology.

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@ami_angelwings as much I hate it, I feel it's technically too strong to be Christopher Hart. Hart is... A different kind of inept.

Ami Angelwings
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@BigShellEvent apparently Chris Hart has other artists do all his drawings while he takes credit, so it's possible it is from one of his books, all his books have different uncredited artists on them fwiu that's why the art is so varied

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@ami_angelwings damn. Just as I thought I can't unrespect* him more.

?Inrespect? Irrespect? Idk English language is weird

Deconstructed Drac
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@ami_angelwings oh I get it now, these artists are all using those little wooden models