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Ami Angelwings
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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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anatomical diagrams

@ami_angelwings boobs actually do have muscles in them they just don't look anything like that

Ami Angelwings
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re: anatomical diagrams

@waitworry yeah they're adipose tissue/fat on top of pecs, they're not pure muscle

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

@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