Draw Masculine Poses - Quick Art Tips

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In this video I go over how to make more masculine looking poses

[@percival4554]

So a lot of you are probably thinking that this drawing looks way less "cursed" than the man with a feminine pose. With this and the previous tutorial in mind, I don't think it's unreasonable to say that these are good examples of why women have an easier time presenting as masculine than vice versa. Women can puff out their chests, put on muscle, and angle their limbs convincingly. Men, however, can't as easily replicate the soft and slim proportions of a woman. It's the anatomical equivalent to "You can always put more on, but you can only take so much off." This is all to say that if you're looking to play around with how your character designs read, you should know which battles are gonna be downhill, and which are gonna be uphill.

[@ColdBaltBlue]

It also highlights the fear of femininity instilled in us by society.

[@tannietf2]

we live in a society

[@Beelzebub0407]

also, Judith Butler mentioned about how masculine behaviour is a universal default, whereas femininity is a deviation from the norm, so when we see females doing male poses, it still seems okay because it’s “default”, but a man doing a feminine pose is deviating from the norm

[@sarahb3nyakar]

Trans woman here and like yea

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

@@ColdBaltBlue what? 😂 is this a troll? (edit: i was confused and there is a proper debate below)

[@GallerySpecter]

Excaliblader's guide to looking manly: 1) Arms out 2) Wide stance 2) Dick thrust forward

[@incogniftoar3943]

Basically asserting dominance by being physically vulnearable lol

[@Drac0zilla9]

. 👁️‍🗨️👄👁️‍🗨️ 👌 ______|_______👉 | ____\____ / \ _| |_ Like this?

[@Yesna]

​@@incogniftoar3943which is basically what happens to everyonewhen you try to appear bigger than you actually are

[@SRobot08]

So t-posing is the definitive male pose, makes sense

[@thedoc3727]

"Well, what is it?"

[@josh_the_artist]

not me taking notes on how to stand

[@alexiaatheducc]

MOOD

[@literallynot4rt]

Me fr

[@HERTZZBR]

you ain't gonna look masculine in real life if ypu do this shit 😭 you're just gonna look like you have scoliosis 😭😭😭

[@thealmightyrat]

real

[@thealmightyrat]

although just a warning, pushing out your pelvis too much as a habit is bad for you, just take care of your posture bro ❤

[@eltacoplays5683]

Last time it was the femboys, now the tomboys are attacking my notebooks.

[@Jellzy_Daniella_Animations]

As a lesbian, I am proudly going to draw muscular women and tomboy's and women in suits. 😀

[@KABIGON4445]

Cmon bruh, don't take Tomboys from us boys😭​@@Jellzy_Daniella_Animations

[@Jellzy_Daniella_Animations]

@@KABIGON4445 IM GONNA STEAL THE TOMBOYS FROM YOU MWAHAHAH **AGGRESIVE LESBIAN ART DRAWING INTENSIFIES**

[@xxjoebamaxx7782]

​@@Jellzy_Daniella_Animationsover did it a bit?

[@KABIGON4445]

​@DaniellaRingbauernoAnimations No🥺 I want a tomboy pookie

[@KatsuoCM]

HE ACTUALLY DID IT??

[@mahatimasawkar3021]

Now this is useful.

[@excaliblader]

Glad it was helpful!

[@helldronez]

​@@excalibladerhow long to master proportions and anatomy? I have been drawing since kid and still can't do it properly 😢 (I am graphic designer now as job, but sometimes I do art drawing in hobby)

[@Doweeto]

@@helldronez It depends on how you study it Short answer: Practice Long answer: Try to find the right practice from your favorite creators until you get a hold on the basics, lots of references can help you finding a pattern on the anatomy, and how most bodies work. Start moving onto different body types to not make it look the same and spice up those poses a little with perspective Next thing you know, you already got the skill and power to draw anything you want and the only thing holding you back is your imagination (im still on my journey to accomplish more skill, so take your time and search for other peoples takes in this)

[@sanjeedfaruque1139]

​@excaliblader where are the oily men 😢😢😢

[@blu5816]

​@@DoweetoHey can i ask you some questions via discord?

[@FBI-bt7rr]

No way I just saw that other comment about the guy requesting this 💀

[@6lackquy]

Same😂

[@icy4739]

Ye, we did

[@candyperl3697]

Lol me too

[@liravega2404]

“For obvious reasons” 😭

[@Shane76375]

XD

[@aspebb]

"For obvious reasons" I see you, bro. I see you 😂

[@obochickenboisawsome]

You found a more sophisticated way to mention manspreading.

[@muscifede]

More like an explanation to manspreading

[@sketos_d]

"Manspreading" ain't a thing

[@enderguardian7443]

@@sketos_dit’s a thing, it’s just guys spreading their legs to a douchy extent (aka beyond the scope of their balls)

[@pronetogames7946]

​@@sketos_dI can tell you don't have balls

[@sketos_d]

@@pronetogames7946 my dude what I mean is that it's normal sitting for men - It's not "mAnSpReAdInG" the way feminists make it out to be

[@SinNun-tx5jp]

basically, think of Dio, then start backing down

[@tellg0t090]

You can even keep the make up

[@senior_sakuga]

now I can make all the tomboy gf poses I want

[@KABIGON4445]

You can make poses But can you make one for me in real😢?

[@isuckatusernames4297]

hell yeah.

[@thomazplays9305]

​@@KABIGON4445 Pardon?

[@isuckatusernames4297]

damn, all these hours spent looking at muscular women and drawing them really prepared me for this tutorial. because its one of the only time where I didn't feel like I learned anything valuable, which is pretty impresive considering how eye opening all the others were. 🗿👍

[@codeender5980]

haha replying to this guys video saying you didn't learn anything this time is a crazy flex, but I respect it

[@TheIrishKnight0]

I appreciate how the masculine and femine pose videos use a eoman for masculine and a man for feminine, since its masculinity we're covering, not men and the same for femininity

[@nerdyguyD679]

It's cause the differences stand out more since we expect to see it on the opposite gender allowing us to learn better on how to draw masculine or feminine characters

[@thisfluffylittlesquirel2850]

TIME TO PUT MY MEN IN SKIRTS!

[@Jellzy_Daniella_Animations]

SLAYYYY🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤪🤪🤪🤪😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅

[@babytricep437]

Eugh..

[@g4pro781]

🤢

[@muffinconsumer4431]

Get it

[@SOSOBROBRO14]

Femboys 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯😝😝😼😼😼

[@enraikow6109]

There is, of course, the other way to represent as masculine and it's mostly the opposite of the example. Best phrase that i believe would get you to understand best is "Officer stance". Where, like the name, the legs are close together and stable, chest is puffed forward, hands are straight, strong, and to the side, you shoulders inline with your hips (not twisted). Lastly, the head is straight, level, and eyes focused. Overall, a posture that's firm, stable, proud, and tempered. Like how a proper man should be. For the spine, simply stand with the wall closely behind you and the points on your body which you should feel the wall (excluding your calf and heel) is your lower buttocks, upper back, and back of yhe head.

[@wurlmon5191]

While I'm barely an artist, this still looks very useful. A lot of my friends, who are artists, primarily draw women, or feminine-looking men, so this looks like a really nice way to get out of that comfort zone.

[@l3onardomgbr]

We drawin' tomboys with this one

[@elaineharyono3675]

I've seen both this short and the other one for the feminine poses. It's always interesting to see how someone's physiology influences their posture, leading to the perception of masculinity and feminity. It got me thinking about poses for pre-pubescent children since young girls and boys usually haven't developed the characteristics that are perceived as masculine and feminine yet

[@georgerontube]

Lionbryce from the previous video got what was needed

[@ProbablyUltraman]

"P e w b i s"

[@sindelscat9336]

I also want to point out that you can also use the broad hips to your advantage when the legs are together as well, since they help protrude the thigh, so what you can do is sort of tilt the hips and take the Torso along with but only a little bit tho, you don't want to exaggerate it, you could even make it more masculine by raising the arms up with the hands behind the head.

[@coppycatshorts]

these shorts just give me more evidence that my spine is reallly fucked up

[@ericyarmey4454]

Thank you, I appreciate this for no particular reason.

[@RSA-zv9hd]

This is what I need

[@ImNotGrimz]

WE'RE FALLIN IN LOVE WITH FICTIONAL CHARACTERS WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@MouseGoat]

hot dam, yeah im def hetro, that is one thing i lerned between girly pose mand and masculine woman. Also thanks! as someone who loves drawing you vids have been really impresive. cant argue with your results and the fact that i need to pay more attention to bone structures

[@GamerX-2000]

This great because even though I don’t draw much at least they’ve now taught be how to make my posture look more feminine and avoid making my posture look more masculine!

[@cheese1627]

THANKS BRO THIS GON UP MY R34 🥶🥶

[@BigLichen]

I’m here for art tips… I swear.

[@fragranceman_]

The transmascs out here making bullet point lists

[@derboe_thebeast6869]

🙏

[@fragranceman_]

@@derboe_thebeast6869 🙏

[@I_Will_Steal_Your_Kneecaps]

Shhhhh

[@snap.-_-]

💀 caught red handed

[@RandomAnimeEnjoyer1]

Gross..

[@PCGamingClassix]

Can finally draw Joelene Joestar

[@itsKhii]

Now I can draw muscle mommies 😊

[@KABIGON4445]

Give me 100 of them

[@lazyduckcringe]

Edging to this rn

[@Sandwhichthief30-06]

😨

[@arctuuz]

🤢

[@onceinaknifetime]

hUH

[@just_golden1085]

same

[@duckway4733]

🤯🤯🤯

[@ryanchow8881]

My favorite art channel

[@mypen7262]

BRUH Took the DRAW BONE to another level

[@trashtoast7007]

The dio pose is peak masculinity

[@ThatIdiotNamedKiyo]

She hitting that happy chaos pose

[@RadicalCluster]

I’ll keep this in mind next time I draw!

[@pulgasari8984]

I recently rewatched season 1 of mmpr, and at the end of this episode I legitimately shed a few tears.

[@isaiahadams3215]

Now I understand the point of the pictures looks. I was confused with the feminine one

[@AboudZaid]

Lmao ,you actually delivered the video👏👏

[@faxel2195]

I love the content! Thanks for the tips! ❤

[@excaliblader]

No problem!

[@allenzmn]

bro you delivered youre such a goat

[@hatsumi328]

The other vid shows Feminine in Male and this one showing Masculinity in female. I like it :>

[@cameraman9831]

To show how much correct pose effects

[@DiagonalLeizyure2141]

Total

[@calicobagels]

I love it tho I'd probably never use it

[@aravil2858]

@@calicobagelswdym you are probably already using this in ur characters it’s literally just learning how to draw poses

[@ursamajo.r]

​@@cameraman9831 It's not incorrect for a woman to be masculine or a man to be feminine

[@andrevaughan5646]

first we got a guy doing a girly pose, then the commenters asked for the opposite and lo and behold, we asked and received

[@mikehok8935]

usually i watch these videos and go “i knew that! Woo!” but this is the first i’m like, “oh damn i never took note of that.” thanks bruv.

[@nery2981]

YES! THE SEQUEL EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR!

[@enragedvideogameman2974]

Now can we get a guide on bending poses?

[@KABIGON4445]

........

[@enragedvideogameman2974]

@@KABIGON4445 wdym? I think it's fair I find it hard to do myself

[@KABIGON4445]

@@enragedvideogameman2974 unrelated question...... Are you a femboy?

[@edcrichton9457]

You might need to be more specific. Do you mean sitting down bending over to pick up something from the floor or standing and bending to hug a much shorter person? Or any of the dozens of other specific poses.

[@enragedvideogameman2974]

@@edcrichton9457 this 👍

[@IkeaSquid]

Tysm! Ive had such problems with my male characters looking like twinks 😂😂

[@nerdyguyD679]

A twink is simply a young generally attractive guy has nothing to do with looking fem

[@MajdYT]

I will apply this next time I draw!

[@thes0mething]

Dude, you are helping me so much with my art🙏🙏 thank you

[@gemiscool5490]

TOMBOY RAGHHHHH

[@KABIGON4445]

The best kind

[@Rayn3rEx3]

he really did it😂

[@daper1015]

YES! We all have been waiting or this!

[@unicornhero7243]

Me after my friends call me “bro” instead of “bestie”:

[@randomcrapimake6593]

I saw the hair as an arm and was so confused as to why they had 3 arms 🤣

[@pumpkinpie6912]

Can you make a vid about androgynous poses?

[@satohime]

how dare you not show us how the girl would look with the Man Pelvis

[@computritori]

This is peak

[@jackfelldown1]

"For obvious reasons"

[@Parthgamer123]

Thanks

[@literallynot4rt]

As a trans guy and a artist, i find this information VERY useful, thank you sm

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

What does being trans or being a guy have to do with anything? Do you talk like that in real life too?

[@ImNotGrimz]

​@@jaideepshekhar4621as a Heterosexual Man, i don't fucking know, but if they like to say that, then it's ok i guess...

[@miwiarts]

​@@ImNotGrimz I totally wouldn't mind if if more heterosexual guys started their sentences like that, lol (genuinely). As a woman, that is.

[@ImNotGrimz]

@@miwiarts yeah but it feels weird when someone mentions their sexual orientation and/or gender in a video. But honestly i don't give a 🦆 about if someone mentions that, just live the life and don't hurt nobody. I'm here for the art, not the hate. 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

I am here to practice drawing. I don't want gender pooltics here. Nobody needs to know who you bang.

[@mikofox2536]

Oh now I know why my girls look like boys, it's cuz I model them after my own body and that's how I'm built lmao💀😭

[@Ocro555]

Naww somebody tell that guy on the femboy short his request was granted

[@plant3341]

Jolyne Cujo drawing advice

[@AdreusF]

Obviously 🗿

[@stargazerequiem]

I didn't understand it, unfortunately. Please draw more examples for clarification 😈

[@Jellzy_Daniella_Animations]

*_Ahem_* ... specifically *_-women with muscles-_* , I mean.. What?🤔 *Who said that?* 🤭

[@gavintwebber2089]

That’s literally just how I stand

[@anthonysamuelhalim]

thankyou

[@Kyra-Nostal]

Thank you, my dude😊

[@JR_Zart]

U actually listened to the comment 💀

[@mewingbroom7650]

My day be so fine!😁 Then boom...🫠 h o r n y 😔

[@cocoan-s-e-a]

thanks bro

[@onolemn6712]

Reason number 567 why artists give me dysphoria

[@RATIK_SAMPLE]

Every artist is a surgeon at some point...

[@Stella.22g]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO TOMBOY TIMEEEEEEEEEEE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@josephcabusas042]

He really did the request 😮

[@dead.Cha0ss]

dont forget the other big reason we manspread..

[@Deimos696]

That lil obviously reason

[@kyllernotkiller]

What I learned is: Men: □ Women: ○

[@biornicles]

Taking notes on how to pass as a guy

[@jawadoumar]

thanks.

[@BredloverX]

She hitting the jojo pose

[@kermitthefrog4830]

I've been a man for this whole time and I didn't know

[@archayz2]

I love this video, great tips!! Id just prefer it if you started saying cis men and women instead of without cis because some trans people like me feel excluded

[@starlight_studios_art]

Your body will still act like how your born sex is, cause bone structure

[@thealmightyrat]

​@@starlight_studios_art'cause bone structure' how does yo ass know they didnt start hormones early and therefore have the bone structure corresponding to their gender

[@SaishoVibes]

@@starlight_studios_artnot really, there are a lot of times where the fat develops (hormone-based) impacts your look. For example, on cis women, body fat tends to form around the hips, while on cis men it is more of the gut/front of stomach. HRT can substantially move (over time) the fat locations, giving trans women more of a cis woman silhouette, and the same goes for trans men getting a more cis man silhouette. It might not help the ribs, but at the same time that is hard to notice from a distance, especially with baggy clothes. Also, the placement of more traditionally female clothes exaggerates the hourglass by putting their wear-line at the waist and not the hips (like male/unisex clothing has) so it makes the torso smaller as well, making the wearer appear more feminine. I personally feel like I have more of an hourglass from skirts/high-waisted pants than I really see myself without. I hope this helps! Tl;dr: Clothing can impact how people are viewed in society more than bones, and the same goes for placement of fat with HRT.

[@starlight_studios_art]

@@SaishoVibes still wont change your bones, which is what makes the majority of your build the way it is. Even if the fat placement "moves around", it wont change you will generally still have a body look in line with your normal sex instead of your mental illness of an image

[@neillocke7429]

I love equality

[@r3d040]

Me, a trans man and an artist taking notes on both how to stand and how to do the posing

[@Ultra-Instinct-q1n]

same with this one

[@pepsiman8483]

Damn he did what he said e would

[@thatonealivecorpse]

I thought she had three arms at first 💀

[@muscifede]

why I fell like the previous one of the male character in female pose look more feminine that the female character in masculine pones of this one fells masculine, maybe its not that notorious the male pose?

[@justduro1527]

Nah its just easier for women to pull off a masculine pose, than men can with a feminine pose

[@Jellzy_Daniella_Animations]

​@@justduro1527I think it cause the difference in bone and muscle structure, I think women are often more flexible than men.

[@yerka5027]

Oh hell yeah!

[@harraldschmitt9113]

dont let twitter watch this video.

[@BraveSoda]

Me, a girl with bigger ribs than her waist:

[@potez5940]

This is really helpful!

[@georgeporras9931]

Yesss woo!

[@FreyasArts]

*takes notes in trans man *

[@Madzillahx]

"For obvious reasons-" 😭

[@torikeii]

as someone who wants to make a non-binary OC that has both feminine and masculine traits, thank you for this.