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Thaaaat's why we study anatomy, kids. (A practice more infuriatingly difficult than one might think, because A)instathots use photoshop; B)fitness magazines focus on gesture than anatomy when they take a picture, so the serratus anterior and the "spears" of the external obliques are impossible to study and abstract into general patterns; C)female abs and male abs are not the same; and D)to see all the "claws" of the serratus anterior you need a girl with an 8 pack, aaand finding one who can take a half-decent selfie is like finding Prince Harry's dignity, next to impossible. But, good news? After scouring the internet for hours and hours (no joke) I found one, one picture that wasn't shit, and now all the knowledge I've extrapolated is your's, randos of the internet. Enjoy.
To explain further to anyone who's new to drawing:
Your obliques are the muscle fibers that wrap around your torso and frame the abdominal wall; they're half of what makes a six pack sexy, so keep that in mind.
The serratus anterior can be visualized by drawing an egg and giving it bear claws.
A classic "six pack" typically consists of the two sets of abs above the naval and the set just below the naval, which, because fat is stored most in the stomach, tends to have softer definition; overlapping and topping the arch of the rib cage, for a man or woman, is your "eighth" set of abdominal muscles.
An eight pack looks like this:
A ten pack looks like this:
Kinduh freaky, ngl. It requires a ridiculously low BMI to get, and it almost looks "wrong".
Part of what makes drawings abs so goddamn aggravating (for me at least) is because, not only is the abdominal wall radically different depending if the subject is a man or woman, but everyone's abs have a distinct shape and the oblique never lines up the same from person to person. Meaning, it is super hard to break down the torso into general rules and shapes.
P.S. BMMBT= bottom, middle, middle, bottom, top
The under part of the line the "spears" the obliques make (typically) connect with the bottom of the "eighth" pack, the middle of the sixth, the middle of the fourth and near the top of the pack below the navel, usually just under or at the curve. Especially in women's case, the bottom pack is actually two sets of abdominals but the smallest, lowest, most inward facing set is usually so soft and undefined that the two sets look like one adorably soft mass curving into the bowl of the pelvis, past the illiac crests (the sexy tops of the hips), and connecting with the pelvic floor.