#fat positive art

[wizardsorbet]

Finished up a lineart comm for AChunkyCookie !! absolute cutie…

[cheesebrainz]

Faded and torn, old and forlorn My weak and hoping heart

[spaginithethird]

Open up your heart

Like the gates of hell

Got some amazing art of Irdothan by @smash-chu ! Her art rules and I highly recommend checking out their blog and projects!

[makeshiftlove]

werm up of a werm up! have you felt yr kneecaps lately

[zaftigpink]

[entity56]

something something what if the moon was a lady

kinda bad but i had fun making it

(normal version under cut)

[sergle]

the threshold has been crossed, it is now springtime!!

[wizardsorbet]

a little textural experimenting for my warmup~

[cheesebrainz]

Seawinds brought her to me A butterfly, mere one-day miracle of life

[fugitiverabbit]

Fat Photo Ref just got an update!

New photos are up now to help you draw some beachy babes this summer. I'm hoping to update a little more frequently this summer and get to access requests quicker too. You can apply for access or login by going to fatphotoref.com (follow the link on the splash page to request access.)

[littledoepeach]

third fairy in my fairy series 🥹🎀🩵

[tootroll]

As an artist with a focus on fat and trans bodies, my understanding of the human form comes from seeing variety.

I admire bodies that don't fit into the ideal form, because they are all the more common and all the more ignored.

You can find a million drawings featuring fat bodies that are drawn with the sole purpose of being appealing due to following the ideal form. Whether it be because our eyes have gotten the idea, through repetitive influence, that that form is *ideal*. Or for audiences to lust after.

Finding art depicting variety in body types, in fat distribution and structure, is very.. very hard. Sometimes, if you want to see more of something, YOU ought to be the thing you want to see more of.

If you truly want to be a body positive artist, learning to draw a generally appealing fat body is less than half the battle. Thin bodies have variety in fat distribution and in structure. Fat bodies just accentuate these forms.

Practice the ways fat falls around the body, see how it feels when you let yourself play around with the human form. Have FUN with it.

Learning to stop caring about making bodies look the most appealing to wider audiences has been the most freeing thing for me. Practicing various body types has been very fun, and has improved my understanding of the human form more than anything else possibly could.

[jijidraws]

Fairies 🧚‍♂️💚💜✨ // done for patreon

[lovertm]

body paintings by anahitacreates

[thatchickmaya]

Messy vampire consort

[lylahammar]

Banner illustration for NAAFA by Bats Langley

Hey everyone!! Did you know that this August is the third annual Fat Liberation Month? The month is organized by NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance), and it's something I didn't know about until I randomly wondered earlier this year if we have a month for our movement, and looked it up. I've never seen anyone talk about it, so I want to change that!!

Through the month of August, I'm going to be drawing lots of fat art, and I would encourage any artists who see this post to do the same. Draw body types you've never tried drawing before! Draw bodies that are bigger than society's "acceptable" level of fatness! Use references (fatphotoref, Morpho Fat and Skin Folds, my own Pinterest reference board)! Perhaps even draw yourself with complete honesty, without trimming out the parts of yourself that make you self conscious, to help better understand and accept your body!

If you participate in this event, please tag your fat art with #Fat Liberation Month, so that I can see and share your work. Have fun and help spread the visibility for this really cool and underrepresented event! 🎉✨