Sunday, November 2, 2008

Skeletal Structure Drawing + Figure Muscles


These pictures are from 2 different drawings in class a few weeks back. The drawing of the figure was about an hour, while the skeleton drawing was a half hour.
I'll start first with the drawing of the skeleton. To me this drawing turned out a little more detailed than I would have liked it to, but overall I think the scale and proportions are correct for the most part the exception being increasing of the skulls' size. I started this drawing as lightly as I could before darkening in the pelvis and rib cage. I feel there is somewhat of a good atmospheric perspective because the skull is lighter than the rest, and the front side of the pelvis is darker than the back side.
In the other drawing, the one of the model, proportion wise the only thing needing correction would be to slightly reduce the height of the figure's waist. This was a very interesting pose, because not all points of the figure are grounded and the stick is helping the figure to balance. I also drew a few of the quad muscles but I was a bit confused as to what muscles I was able to see while just glancing at the figure. You can also see placement of a few of the spinal erectors. I believe a strong point in this drawing is the line variation and the attention to highlighting the figures muscle tone.

1 comment:

threadspool said...

i was attempting to do skeletal from memory the other day and saw your work. great and applicable concepts. i've never gone to school for the arts, maybe one day.