Thanks for the welcome! I am amazed that you take so much time to respond to everyone!
Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 2 - The Torso
PremiereBoris
#101
Wiggin
#102
Great work everyone.
So here are my attempts at #s 64 & 87:
(Sorry, this one came out kinda purple.)
PremiereBoris
#103
I can NEVER EVER get the breasts rightā¦ WHY?
Help me, Ms. Kimmel!:banghead:
#64
FateBringer
#104
2 more
2/50
003
3/50
006
have seen alot of great work here already keep it up everyone
Mark
TimonQ
#105
Hereās a couple I just did. Started my own sketchbook but Iāll put some here too!
#79
#33
Nazirull
#106
Great going everybody! 
One thing ive learned this far is to aim for proportion with big brushes first, when we are satisfy with it, then we go down to detailsā¦like post #92ā¦
I found out working on details without getting the basic form right is counter-productive as you end up redoing and redoing the same detail over and over while the main problem is the proportion.
Just my two cents!
Beccaā¦gotcha! I do hope iāll improve moreā¦:). Thanks for the discount on the torso count! :bounce:
vincent1
#107
RebeccaK,
Thank you for your pointers about drawing from a mid tone, encouragement and your hard work putting this thread together.
Nazirul, good to see you here again.
JosefK, thank you for your comment, seeing your drawing reminds me of the last time I did a master study 20 years ago on a wall in my small rented bedroom.
architectus
#109
Alright, I got some time to make some comments, although maybe I am not qualified to do so, I will just give oppenions.
I really want to submit a pencil drawing and some sketches, but no scanner right now. Maybe I could just scan them at kinkos, yeah I might do that.
Rebeccak thanks for the workship I hope I can make a contribution. So far I have only posted one.
Redsand1080 - Nice job with Michaelangelo, he has a unique style of doing humans. Personally I am not sure I will do any of his sketches, because I think they have their problems, and often look funky, I like Leonardos sketches better. You did a good job on making it look like his. The one with Jesus on the cross is good.
Hugeharhar, not sure if it is the scanner or not, but the pencil seems to ruff. You got the form though. Some parts look off, but then again I think michaelangelos sketch looks off.
Ytresu - cool reminds me of the older asian style. The style of drawing, not the subject. I really like your 27
cavematty - with such simple brush strokes you really captured his back muscles nicely, well done.
NR43 - his legs and feet seem very small compared to his upper body.
palodelarosa - cool, I have always liked this line work, although I would have changed the direction of some of the lines. I would have the lines slowly moving direction towards her legs at the bottom of her torso. hey your number 91 is that painter X or traditional?
Frejasphere, you chose a hard one, were the values will make his arm look like it is actually between his legs, and not flat, I think you pretty much pulled that off, good job.
YMS - cool you chose the one that caught my eye most, and it is the first one I ended up doing. Nice job.
jvdz, good job, maybe use a light pencil to bring out highlights, or add darker tones to bring out the contrast more.
dim - nice job in a short time
Cglcecube - your 89 entry, are you going for a metal look, just wondering?
Batte812 - a little ruff but the shapes look good, is this a normal pencil, or art pencil?
Djampa 02, hey that looks like marble, fantastic.
sulamoon - 102, all I see is the chest up, is that right? Good job though, you have nice digital bursh strokes.
Mazzalo - kicked butt on the giant, and you are rocking on the torsos, good job. You use photoshop right, what brushes did you use for hte skin?
Maidith, good job. I think they did boobs funny back then.
vincent- maybe add some shading to her torso, after all it is a torso study. Nice drawing so far. 94, number 95 great job, good colors.
ICY - good job on first sketch, are you using 100% hard brushes, if not give it a try, opacity turned down to about 25% and click the noise option. I think it usually gives a better paint feel.
Rebeccak - 45, nice job. Hey you like that contorted body look that michaelangelo and rubens do huh? Maybe it is just me, but I think at times they make some funky looking people. You did a great job with contrast and pencil movement.
Fate bringer 002 - I would add some darker areas in his body, where the shadows are darkest.
huitzu 97- rock on man, this is very nice. Nice color. The hands are way to small though, they should be large enough to cover his whole face, and he some what looks to be lacking a wrist.
rende that is very good.
MiguelCBT
#110
Hereās my first tryā¦ =)
008:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Christ Carrying the Cross (detail)
1521
Marble
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
025:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Male Nude
1504-06
Black chalk with white highlights, 40,5 x 22,6 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
And my Sketchbook Thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=350402
Darktwin
#111
Here is my first torso (done with wooden graphite pencil), very rusty, but I believe the journey will be fun, everyone is off to a great start. Iām truely motivated by everyones positive energy to learn. I just couldnāt miss out on the fun. Thanks a lot rebecca for putting this together.
001:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
A Man: Study for a figure in Battle of Cascina cartoon
1504-05
Pen and brush, 42 x 28 cm
British Museum, London
GoRocco
#112
Iām new here, but when I saw this thread I had to do something. Iāve been learning Maya and ZBrush lately, and so I did a sculpture based on a Caravaggio painting using Maya to create the base mesh, and ZBrush to do the sculpting.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Nazirull
#113
Hey there Vincent1!
Great to see you here too! Lets post up someā¦
Here is my workflow animation of the mighty neptuneā¦079ā¦cant resistā¦im weakest when i comes to the back areasā¦
I outlined the shapes of the muscles to make sure theyre in a somehow correct form and allā¦im bad with blotching initial form with brushesā¦
Im quite comfortable with the front torsoā¦coz i see it all the timeā¦unfortunately not the backā¦its a painā¦:sad:
saint-max
#114
Hi all
This is the first image I will upload hereā¦
I noticed that the chest is slightly bigger and it took me more time than I thoughtā¦
I would like to hear you comments
006:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Christ Carrying the Cross
1521
Marble, height 205 cm
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
mazalo
#115
Thanks Architectusā¦ I am not using Photoshopā¦I do everything in Painter and use just few brushesā¦pencil for quick sketch, artist oils dry brush, chalk and palete knifeā¦
Frejasphere
#117
Hi all
A lot of torsos going up here Great commenting Architectus!
Mark - good work, esp 006 (your #3) lovely!
Malanjo - First try 
Nice sketches and I like your line-work on the one youāve added all the comments to! keep those torsos coming!
Maritok - Nice drawing!
Gorocco - that torso looks soooo smooth! havenā compared to original, but head seems a bit off, then again the torso is the main thing and it does look lovely!
Heaps more great ones to comment on, big thums up to all, and thanks too Rebecca for comments and enthusiasm all around!
Todayās ones:
Got frustrated working on small paper - I much prefer working at an easel (which is hard to accomplish in front of the computer scream) so printed off a number of the images and did some larger drawings. The thing I like about these workshops (apart from the enthusiasm and seeing everyoneās work) is the freedom of doing a multitude of drawings/paintings/sketchesā¦ that take me in different directions to own and commissioned workā¦ You can never do to much figurative drawing (in my mind), and you never stop learning.
093-Raffaelo Stanzio-Kneeling Nude Woman
Chalk pastel on sketch paper - 51x76cm
090-Raffaelo Stanzio - Study for Adam
Chalk pastels and Charcoal on sketch paper 51x76cm
094-Leonardo da Vinci - Leda
Charcoal on sketch paper 51x76cm
110-Charon Ferrying the Shades
chalk pastels and charcoal on sketch paper 51x76cm
cheers all and take care
a.
coCoKNIght
#118
my second torsoā¦ I think the belly area shoudāve been larger in heightā¦ oh, and I didnāt care to copy the cloth exactly, just wanted to get it there fast.
mazalo: those 2 are great, I wish my paintings had more of that quick strokes look
Nazirull
#119
020ā¦Im trying to familiarise myself with the workflowā¦it teaches you to understand what youre drawing, unlike what i did few post before, just trying to imitate the master copy.
