- Ample –
used for referring in a positive or humorous way to someone’s body, or a part of it, that is large
- Angular –
bony, lean, or gaunt
- Apple-Shaped – have broader shoulders and bust, and narrower hips
- Barrel-Chested – has a large chest that curves outward
- Beefy – has a large heavy body and strong muscles
- Big – tall and heavy, and often fat
- Bony –
so thin that the bones are prominent
- Brawny – physically strong, with big muscles
- Broad –
of great extent; large
- Built –
very beautiful or physically very attractive
- Bulbous –
bulb-shaped; bulging
- Bullnecked – with a short thick neck
- Burly –
large and strong; heavily built
- Busty – having large breasts
- Buxom – vigorously or healthily plump
- Calloused – having an area of hardened skin
- Chubby – plump and rounded
- Chunky – bulky and solid
- Colossal – extremely large
- Coltish – tall and thin
- Compact – physically small but looks strong
- Corpulent – having a large bulky body
- Curvy – shapely and voluptuous
- Dainty –
delicately small and pretty
- Dumpy –
short and stout
- Elfin –
small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm
- Emaciated –
abnormally thin or weak
- Fat –
having a large amount of excess flesh
- Fit –
in good health
- Flabby –
having soft loose flesh
- Flat-chested –
having small breasts
- Frail –
weak and delicate
- Gangling – very tall and thin, with long arms and legs, and not graceful
- Gawky – tall and thin, and moving in a way that does not seem graceful or comfortable
- Giant –
of very great size or force; gigantic
- Heavily-Built –
having a large, broad, and strong body
- Heavy-Set – having a stocky or stout build
- Herculean –
muscular and strong
- Hourglass Figure –
the circumference of the bust, waist, and hips, are a wide bust, a narrow waist, and a wide hip that has similar measurements to that of the bust.
- Hulking – large, heavy, or clumsy
- Husky –
strong; hefty
- Itsy-Bitsy –
very small; tiny
- Lanky –
ungracefully thin and tall
- Lean –
without much flesh; thin and fit
- Leggy –
having attractively long legs
- Lithe –
thin, supple, and graceful
- Long-Legged –
having long legs
- Long-Limbed –
tall with long legs and arms
- Meaty –
fleshy; brawny.
- Musclebound – has extremely large strong muscles as a result of a lot of exercise
- Muscly – with well-developed muscles
- Muscular –
having well-developed muscles
- Obese –
grossly fat or overweight
- Oval-Shaped –
large bust, narrow hips, and a full midsection
- Paunchy – having a paunch; having a prominent stomach
- Pear-Shaped –
having hips that are disproportionately wide in relation to the upper part of the body
- Petite –
having a small and attractively dainty build
- Pigeon-Chested –
having a narrow chest that sticks out more than usual at the front
- Plump –
having a full rounded shape
- Podgy –
somewhat fat; chubby
- Pudgy –
slightly fat
- Puny –
small and weak
- Round-Shouldered –
having the shoulders bent forward so that the back is rounded
- Runty –
a person of small stature
- Scrawny –
unattractively thin and bony
- Shapely –
having an attractive or well-proportioned shape
- Shrimpy –
of inferior size; puny, runty
- Shriveled –
wrinkled and contracted
- Sinewy –
lean and muscular
- Skeletal –
very thin; emaciated
- Skinny – very thin
- Slender –
gracefully thin
- Slim –
gracefully thin; slenderly built
- Slight – thin, not very tall, and not looking very strong
- Slightly-Built – thin and not very tall
- Solid – big and has a strong firm body
- Spindly –
long or tall and thin
- Spoon-Figured –
hips are larger than your bust with a defined waist
- Statuesque – tall and beautiful like a statue
- Stocky –
broad and sturdily built
- Stout –
somewhat fat or of heavy build
- Strapping – tall and strong
- Stubby –
short and thick
- Svelte –
slender and elegant
- Tall –
of great or more than average height
- Thick –
with meat on your bones
- Thin – having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender
- Taut – firm with strong muscles and little fat
- Thickset – has a wide strong body
- Toned –
having firm and well-defined muscles
- Top-Heavy –
having a disproportionately large bust
- Towering –
extremely tall
- Trim –
neat and smart in appearance
- Tubby –
short and rather fat
- Underweight –
below a weight considered normal or desirable
- Upstanding – tall and straight
- Voluptuous –
curvaceous and sexually attractive
- Well-Built –
large and strong
- Willowy – tall, thin, and graceful
- Wiry –
lean, tough, and sinewy
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The Body Shapes of the World’s Best Athletes Compared Side By Side
Health and fitness comes in all shapes and sizes. Every single one of these athletes is a certified bad-ass.
I’ve posted this before but it’s worth reblogging!
Just a reminder – if you’re drawing a team superhero book and more than one of your characters has the same build YOU’RE DOING IT ALL WRONG
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This is excellent.
This reference sheet includes 50+ body types for people who struggle in creating unique character bodies. Also I did a mini-breast tutorial, because I didn’t add breasts to any of the body types since breasts are so customizable.
Edit: I added 4 more body types in this preview, since people really enjoyed this reference sheet. I also edited the description of male/female bodies for clearer understanding. Thank you for enjoying my reference sheet, I’m glad this was helpful to many people.
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