This anatomy installment will break down the leg bones and muscles. I tormented myself again by working very small on a 8.5″x11″ sketch book; which made it challenging to draw a lot of small detail and tendons that attach to the bones. The first stage is finding general proportions based on a 8 head figure. I used Riven Phoenix system on proportions, but studied actual anatomy from Rubins figure drawing book. One last note; I will try to remember to adjust the foot proportions before I post the last section.
I’m back with another mini anatomy study featuring the hand on a 8.5″x11″ sketch book. I merged what I learned with Riven Phoenix on drawing the hand proportions; from their I used Rubins book on anatomy for reference to add in the muscle, bone, and tendon details.
The course’s focus is an introduction to observe & invent the human figure; it includes over 200 slides of great art with commentary and comparisons between anatomy plates and finished works. The course showcases the work and teaching of George Bridgman, and his influence on illustrators such as Frank Frazetta.
Also, what makes this anatomy workshop unique is, the way Vandruff teaches you to really observe anatomy by showing the contrast of two completely different approaches to studying anatomy. One approach is the form and simple shapes; second more completed and finely detailed renderings from another artist. Lastly, he shows a way to quickly remember the names of the bones and muscles as well as where they’re located.
Here is the third anatomy installment of the re-visited series. the arm is complex and has so many layers of overlapping muscles. I decided to do a 8.5×11 inch page filled with various angles of the arm, including the muscles. Again, I plan to do larger more detailed studies of the anatomical parts of the body after this series. Take a look at where the bones curve at the halfway mark(if you divide the arm in half).
Anatomy of the torso revisited. This is the second installment to my small 8.5″x11″ sketch sheets. I used the similar approach with Riven Phoenix using a general proportions scale. From there I used actual reference from anatomy and figure drawing books. For reference book list, please see previous post on the skull.
I will also do a larger scale of the torso to get clearer details of the muscles.
Its been a year or so since I worked along with the Riven Phoenix Figure Invention series. I decided to re-visit anatomy and study from several anatomy and figure drawing books. I feel this time around I’m more familiar and experienced with studying and understanding the head. My goal is to be very fluid and consistent with my anatomy studies; and enough understanding and mastery to teach it, and excel in my concept drawings and illustrations.
Moving forward, I decided to do a study of the skull from several views. The muscle drawings were not as detailed as I would have liked to illustrate, considering all the studies were on a small 8.5×11 sketch sheet. I plan to do a large, and clearer detailed studies of the muscles and skulls soon. One last note, I also improved on the form and extruding the skull(especially the side view) as the earlier studies of the skull were a bit to narrow and short for the back half of the skull.
Book Resources:The Human Figure-an Anatomy For Artists by David K Rubins, Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth by Andrew Loomis, Figure Drawing:Design and Invention by Michael Hampton.
I checked out this website from the Artist Zack Petroc. Zack is a gifted individual in the art and entertainment field; working with Disney and Paramount to name a couple. He has some excellent resources on the human anatomy, that he created in Z Brush. He gives an hour lecture on the human skeleton and muscles as well as 3D models of the skeleton and muscles to study inside the Z Brush 3D modeling program.
To find out more about Zack and his Anatomy Tools check out his website link below.
I had a chance to visit the billboard site and document some images of other artist’s works as well as my own contributions. It was a great feeling seeing my images on a digital billboard. Not to many people can say they saw something they created on display of that size, scale, magnitude, and location. By the way the billboard was right off I90 expressway; just a few miles from Ohare Airport.
Check out the images I took from the site. Also, someone else also captured a different angle of my billboard and I truly appreciate that.
For more information about the Art Billboard Projects, please check out the website below.
The art of perspective gives a very generous amount of step by step instructions and examples on drawing and painting in perspective. I’ve read and used many books on perspective but they lacked steps and not enough examples on various subjects in perspective. The art of perspective is clear, keeps your interest, and uses so many useful approaches for landscape, houses, buildings, technical, floors, still life, 3 dimensional assignments, etc. the list goes on. I feel this is the essentials of perspective that’s great for beginners, intermediate, and even somewhat skillful artists; as he also has a great section on painting, as well as running into perspective problems that need to bend the rules.
