Anatomy Thread of aLoneCuzzo

#21

Cool will do.

Any tips on scanning cuz a lot of detail gets left out of some of these when I scan them in… thx

#22

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[left]aLoneCuzzo, really like the delicacy of your lines here ~ I think that when you really focus and see the small and large relationships between shapes, you do great work! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak
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#23

You’re so right becca. Thx for the response.

It’s like a part of my brain shuts off sometimes when I’m drawing and then it cuts on sometimes. I just need to keep practicing I think to get more consistent or something like that. What do you think?

K, another secret ambition of mine is to be great using painter or like make nice paintings like a lot of the people i’ve seen here. So rather than sit on the side and gawk at other peoples’ nice works and never do any of my own, I’m gonna start with some simple still life’s so I can understand how to render light with the tool properly. NO MATTER HOW BAD IT LOOKS I’LL POST! Both feet forward like Glenn said.

So… here’s my first… haha! It’s the pen holder for my tablet. *shudders…

#24

This is just a cross-hatching study. I forgot the method they called it, and the reference was from this picture by somebody in raphael’s studio.

But yeah, it’s so much harder than it looked, and seeing how far off I was really makes me appreciate the master’s skill…

oro! well off to maya…

#25

gave painter another try… my first head… 004

#26

Hi…CUZZ…:applause: :thumbsup:

You are for sure making big progress…like all three of your last studies…they have far more
things right with them, than wrong with them. When doing figures, always keep in mind the size relationships between feet and hands…that cross hatching, which is BEAUTIFUL by the way…the foot looks a little small compared to the hand.
The head…almost looks like …silver point technique…:thumbsup:
KEEP GOING, YOUR DOING …GREAT…:slight_smile:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#27

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[left]aLoneCuzzo, I love the sweeping line in the leg of this one, and the really sensitively done hatchmarks. I think if you can translate this even more into your portraits, you will have a lovely series for your Portfolio. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak
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#28

thanks guys!

-Glenn… haha that hand was from another part of the picture… it doesn’t belong to the foot… haha… what’s silver point technique?

-becca thx… i’ll try it but im not sure if i’ve quite got it down yet…

here are some quickies from today:

#29

Wow, you’re just getting better and better! I love your style. The head you made in Painter looks great, btw. Keep working with Painter it just gets more fun. :smiley: And keep posting, I’m loving the progress. :slight_smile:

#30

fooling around in painter again…

#31

Oh well… I’m gonna stop crying and whining about 3d and just start posting my works in it…

K, Here’s a start in maya of a shoulder… its gonna be for a woman…

Just like the beginning; it took me like 389347 days to get over the fear of just starting… haha! I’ll post as it comes along.

#32

Hey, I’ve been doing some reading on anatomy, and almost every source that I’ve read suggests getting my hands on a human skeleton.

What do you guys think about that? Is it worth it?

#33

Er…
I have no idea about that =x

Anyway you might wanna get the overall shape of the body out 1st then start to carve out details like the limbs, might be faster and easier to spot for mistakes =]

#34

Will do thx.

I’m such an impulsive buyer! Groan. I bought a full-size skeleton, haha! I kept reading about how Davinci would give a new apprentice a bone and tell him to learn it, which meant drawing it in ever direction, and then once he did that, he would give him another. This would continue until he would go through the entire skeleton and then muscles etc. would be studied…

Another book I was reading said when drawing the head to try to get your hands on a real human skull, by legitimate means or other… hahaha! He was stressing the importance of drawing the bumps etc. right…

Dunno, the Gray’s anatomy wasn’t cutting it. Oh well.

#35

Wow, I wish I could buy a skeleton! That’s awesome! Definately makes learning anatomy easier. :slight_smile:

Keep going with the 3D - Starting general and working out the details is good advice. :slight_smile:

#36

aLoneCuzzo,

Oh my gosh, you really bought a full sized skeleton? Aren’t they around $3,000? :eek:

Wow, I’m impressed! :slight_smile: I didn’t get here soon enough, but a good resource is Freedom of Teach:

http://www.freedomofteach.com/index.php?site=artist

They sell anatomical models and products. I’m curious to know where you bought your skeleton? :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#37

Haha! Yeah I snagged one.

This is the link to where I bought it on ebay.

It was about 10% of $3,000.00. I know its not as good as a real one, but it’ll be enough to get me on the road. But I saw a real one that was missing the skull and hands going for around $500 or something, can’t remember.

Yeah I checked the freedomofteach site out. My teacher showed their modelling dvd in our class. It was really good, amazing actually. I planned on getting the dvd and that resin model, but every one of those old anatomy books kept saying “get a skeleton”, “draw bones”, it was like I could hear it in my sleep. “CcuUuUuUZzZzOOooo BuuuUUYYY AaAaAAA SkkkeeLLeetTOOooOn”

I thought they went for a few thousand too. But this one looks pretty decent, so I figured I’d start there and then attach the muscles on etc. w/ the resin model and w/ books for reference & learn their names etc.

What do you guys think? thx

#38

Hi…CUZZ…:slight_smile:

If you can find a school where you live, that has an ANATOMICAL DRAWING class…GO FOR IT.
I took a class in anatomy drawing years ago at Otis Parsons Art Institute in L.A…one day a week, for 12 or 16 weeks ,I think…It was well worth it…had a good teacher,…great models, and of
course a skeleton…found out not just the muscles names and placements, but more importantly,…how they funtion, in relation to each other…with the model demonstrating the
actions of the muscles, with each movement the body is capeable of.
I had to drive 70 miles each way,…to get to class, but knew I would have a much better chance of achiveing my goal if I took that class.
Glad to hear you bought a skeleton…will make understanding that much more easier…always helps, when you can touch what you are working with, or from…:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#39

I agree with Spiritdreamer, find yourself an anatomy class. It helps so much to have an instructor who can show you and to whom you can ask questions. If you can build muscles on your skeleton - do it! I’m so jealous… Learn the muscles - their shape, origin, insertion, and fiber direction, and voila! you have their actions. I TA’d for one of the best Kinesiology instructors and she had one really simple, really good rule of thumb for determining muscle actions - muscles get shorter. That’s all they do. That’s all they can do. They bring the origin and insertion closer together. If you know where they attach and their fiber direction you can determine what they do. :slight_smile:

And… touch your skeleton a lot. Move it around. Look at everything closely. It helps so much to have one around. The skeletons in my anatomy classes were my best friend. Oh… and another thing - if you can find a willing participant - draw the muscles on them (with washable markers, of course). Don’t try to learn more than a small group of muscles at a time. Pick, say, the shoulder and learn the muscles there. Make sure you feel familiar with them before you move on. :slight_smile:

#40

Thanks for the words everyone! You’re making me more excited that its coming in the mail!!

I’m in an anatomy class now, but we don’t have a skeleton. Well maybe its moreso a figure drawing class, because we basically just draw from nude models. It’s cool, but I wanted a more rigorous treatment of the body. There’s no skeleton in our class either, I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen one in real life so…

Those were really some great suggestions, I’ll get on them once it comes in the mail, thanks again.