Welcome to my anatomy thread!
I’ll posting my work here to track my progress as I try to develop my drawing and sculpting skills.
I also hope to get any feedback possible from the community I respect so much.
Expect semi-regular weekly updates containing mostly figure sketches and the occasional sculpture.
Thanks for visiting, and enjoy.
LATEST UPDATE: January 14 2007
A few loose 20-minute sketches:
And three portraits, each about 1 hour:
I did the portraits cause I suck at faces and am trying to force myself to study them.
I think I made some progress, but still lots of problems I’ve got to overcome.
I’m gonna try a few more full body studies next.
Hey Akin,
Cool to see your thread here. So what happened to that sculpting class you were going to tell me about? LOL
Looking forward to seeing your progress here. 
You seem to have a good handle on torso anatomy and your shading is effective. Welcome to the forum!
Thanks for the comments and warm welcome everyone!
Rebecca - I’m taking part in the class right now actually - I’ll be taking some photos and posting a few sculptures here in the coming weeks. If you want info on signing up for the class, just let me know! It’s in old town Alexandria, and happens each Tues, Fri, and Saturday.
A few new sketches today, all fairly quick studies.
Working on speeding up, staying loose, and improving proportions.
Some quick 10 and 20 minute sketches:
And a 30 minute portrait:
Hopefully a new model for next week.
Hi…Akin…
Nice drawings…like the last group one you posted with three figures in it , and the bottom one the most…really nice…
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF YOUR WORK…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Thanks for the kind words SpiritDreamer.
Heres some pretty crappy sketches for now.
I promise better work is on the way. 
Each about 20 minutes:
Check back in a day or two - I’ll be taking pictures of my very first sculpture tomorrow!
Always great to see new sketchbooks starting, Akin. You have some nice work. I look forward to seeing more.
Cris
:bounce: oooh a promising name of this thread - 3d! Cant’ wait to see it!
great studies so far - keep’em coming :)
Thank you all again for the wonderful comments + support.
Heres my first attempt at clay sculpture… done for a figure sculpture class I recently signed up for.
I come from a 3D modeling background, and I feel like everything I’ve learned from the CG skillset over the years transfers over to the traditional medium (and vice-versa) incredibly well.
I had a hard time convincing my instructor and classmates that I never dealt with clay before.
It was created over the period of three 3-hour sessions with a live model, and a few more hours afterwards on my own cleaning up and working on various detailing. For the curious, he is about 1 foot tall.
I’ll post some making of pics I took as I was making him if you all want.
Looking forward to any comments!
OMFG
Is there anything you do not excel at?
I wonder what your 3àth sculpture will look like if your 1st looks as wonderful as this…
even the photography is done professionally well!
edit: hm, somehow my post is above your last submission
Hi…Akin…
Great to see this sculpture…how big is it…just curious…is it non drying material, if not,are you going to fire it…does it have an inner wire frame, or is it solid…just curious again…
Came out great I think…If I were to suggest anything, it would be to consentrate on the
collar bones, and the pit of the neck…a little more bone structure showing through here and there…wrist, ankles, elbows, shoulderblades ect., will always add to it’s beauty and strength.
REALLY looking forward to seeing more of your work…GREAT JOB ON THAT SCULPTURE…:applause:
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Thanks for the support NR43, SpiritDreamer, and Su!
The sculpture is about 1 foot tall. Only the arms and fingers are supported with armature wire - the rest of the body, legs, and head are pure clay. Here are a few pics I took while making the arms that show the armature wire - nothing too fancy, just something to support the clay and make sure it doesn’t sag or break later on. (Excuse the crappy image quality)
Making of Right Arm:
Making of Left Arm:
Again, thanks for the comments and support, more to come soon.
Akin,
Good to see your photos of your sculpt. If you’re up for it, I can do a paintover or two to show some suggestions for areas that might be improved - won’t do one without your say so, though.
By all means - I’ve got a tough skin, so rip it to shreds.
I’m up for any crits that’ll help the next sculpt.
Quick and dirty paintover for the front view - bear in mind, these are just suggestions:
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[img]http://anatomy.cgnetworks.com/Anatomy%20Thread%20of%20Dividebyzero/Akin-02.jpg[/img]
[left]Since I’m not using reference, the main thing I tried to do in the paintover was idealize the existing model a bit - try to take from the model but to extrapolate a bit more idealized form. Try to emphasize the subtleties of planes first - carve out the major planes, then refine them to really manipulate how light catches the egdes of form and is reflected. It might help to take images of other sculptures along with you when you sculpt - maybe a book of sculpture, or just some printed images. Hope this helps.
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