A topic that has always fascinated me

Men and women draw differently. Recently John K. posted some comics from the 50’s by a woman cartoonist, Marty Links, and pointed out how "girls have certain qualities in their work that are beyond us inferior boys."



(check out the subtleties in everything, even the feet.)

Here is a comment left by Pete Emslie, a cartoonist and professor at Sheridan College of Arts.

“As others have already noted, whereas males tend to have a flair for dynamic posing and action, the female artists seem to have a greater knack for bringing out the more subtle shades of human emotion through the expressions and body language. I've certainly witnessed this time and again in the character design work of my Sheridan students. 



The boys love those extreme action poses with plenty of forced perspective in the limbs, and they tend to draw in very broad strokes, sometimes getting a bit too loose in their handling of structure in the process. In contrast, the girls often take a more whimsical approach to posing, bringing out the characters inner feelings in a charming and appealing way. For the record, they tend to draw cleaner too, resulting in images that read clearer to the viewer. To be sure, I am generalizing here, and there will be many exceptions to these two sets of "rules" I have described. 



Admittedly, I tend to prefer the more charming and whimsical approach myself, and therefore really enjoy the work of the more talented girl students. Not to mention the fact that girls are unafraid to draw "cute", whereas the guys are often wary of coming off as uncool with that sincere approach and are more than likely to add an ironic twist to their drawings. Both approaches are quite valid and will find their respective audiences, though, so I try not to discourage the students from taking the route that is more natural to them so long as the resulting drawings are communicating well to the viewer and are showing good structure and movement.”

I notice most the time, when guys draw girls they end up looking mostly like guys. Even Matt Groening has said that he cannot draw girls, so he just adds eyelashes and pearls when his characters need to be feminine.

Here's some great examples of a guy (Bob Clampett & crew) drawing cute:




Pete Emslie


I noticed that girls are normally much better with colours as well. Not only in choice, but blending them together too.