Anatomy Thread of HugeHarHar

[Rebeccak]

Originally posted by HugeHarhar: I'm not one really for introductions really. I've been a member at Concept Art for quite awhile. The Anatomy Lessons thread on here is a fairly brilliant idea and I decided I had to be part of it.

I don't want to step on any feet, so If I by chance do anything goofy/wrong, just tell me.
HugeHarhar, no worries. :) It's good to see you in this. I'm not sure why I had to validate your 3rd post - after 2, you should be good to go. Please pm or email me at rebeccak4@gmail.com if your posts continue to be delayed (at this point, they should be showing up right away).

One thing I would say is to slow down a bit in your execution - and create your marks always in the direction of the topology of the form - and sort of finish your thoughts with respect to each stroke. If you really take time to look at a Michelangelo drawing and to analyze it, you will see how every mark that is made is supported and completed by another mark - for more on this, see the ARTICLE - Nudity link in my signature - it's about a drawing principle called Opposing Curves which is seen throughout all figurative art, but most strongly in the work of Michelangelo, who was a profound master of this principle. You see it carried out to the utmost in all of his works, drawing, paintings, and sculptures.

I look forward to following your thread and seeing your progress.

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[HugeHarhar]

rebeccak- I read the article half way through working on my second study. Thanks on the crit as well. I definitly do work to fast at times.

This one is guilty of that as well, though I did spend some more time drawing out the basic shape of the figure in my finished version, instead of jumping straight into the drawing.

Once again, my sketch and then my finished study.
002:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Bacchus
1497
Marble, height: 203 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/KShearerArt/anatomy%20lesson/02sketch.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/KShearerArt/anatomy%20lesson/02finish.jpg

[Rebeccak]

HugeHarhar,

I recommend drawing with ballpoint pen on a newsprint pad or in a sketchbook. A regular black fine point Bic ballpoint pen (you can get a dozen for a few dollars at Staples) is great for getting small details, as well as for drawing free, gestural lines across a page (this works particularly nicely on newsprint). A thicker pen such as you are using doesn't allow for the subtle range of strokes which you can build up with ballpoint.

One Tutorial here on the forum you might want to check out is:

TUTORIAL - General Principles of Anatomical and Figurative Art / Cross Hatching (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=374939)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=374939

(scroll down for the actual tutorial).

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[paolodelarosa]

you're off to a good start... you have a good grasp of lighting and placing shadows, a little more practice on the points that rebecca gave. One tip that helped me a lot before was making the lines of the shadow follow the curve of the body. It helps add volume to the piece.

Hope that helps. Keep up the good work.

[HugeHarhar]

Rebeccak- I had planned on using a ball point eventually. I havn't done to much plain out drawing over the last few monthes. I've mostly painted or worked digitally, so I'm just running through all the different possible mediums I have.

paolodelarosa- Thanks.

I decided just to go for a quick study on the third one, while trying to keep in mind the Opposing Curves idea. I don't think I quite got it down yet, but I'm starting to see where it should/could be applied.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/KShearerArt/anatomy%20lesson/03finish.jpg

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