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Anatomy?

on: November 08, 2006, 10:20:12 pm
i have never tried doing anything that is in the shape of a human, ever, but recently, due to boring religeous education lessons, ive been doodling alot of them, anyway, i drew one today which i was really impressed with, so i scanned it and pixelated a outline, before i start colouring, i would like some C&C on the anatomy and maybe some examples of how to correct, i need to do the hands properly, but i will do that with colour.

also, feel free to colour my line art :)

p.s is the head the wrong shape?

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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #1 on: November 08, 2006, 11:09:28 pm
The legs and arms both seem very, very short to me. I'd also probably define the shoulders from the upper arms a bit more.

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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #2 on: November 09, 2006, 12:38:54 am
 i did this little piece as a crit for another piece, but it might be helpful for you aswell:

the main problems in your image are:
- the deltoid muscles wrap awkwardly on the arm, this is also because of some bad shaping.
- the pectoral muscles are WAY too big and are too " solid" without him flexing.
- his lats are too thin, and seem to be almost concave.

i cant crit any of the lower body because im horrible at it myself :P

edit: apparently i stand corrected. i couldve sworn that there are 5! ive been living a lie!
edited my little diagram.

clr: most of what i find while image searching " abdominal muscles" or " abdominal diagrams" or " abdominal anatomy" is lots of women in tight workout clothes.

« Last Edit: November 09, 2006, 04:21:17 am by Ryumaru »

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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #3 on: November 09, 2006, 12:53:31 am
whoa, too many abs there, Ryu

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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #4 on: November 09, 2006, 03:56:18 am
this diagram seems to differ, helm:

(good abdominal diagrams are hard as hell to find on google)

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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #5 on: November 09, 2006, 04:01:45 am
actually, that diagram is inacurrate.  simply put.

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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #6 on: November 09, 2006, 04:11:43 am
ryu, how long did you search google. It isnt hard to find accurate anatomical diagrams about anything, you may need to spend time but its not impossible.
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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #7 on: November 09, 2006, 04:32:15 am
Well if I remember correctly, there is no set amount of abs every person can have. I believe it depends on genetics. Certainly, there is no such thing as a person with a set of 20 abs, but a person with 4-5 set of abs or some even reporting 7-8 sets, is actually accurate. Not very likely, but possible. And in my opinion, Ryumaru gave a valuable crit to the original piece posted in the thread.
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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #8 on: November 09, 2006, 04:41:34 am
i have never heard of this before, therefore i naturally doubt it's validity.  I'll look into it

but now that I look over it, I dont see any extra abs in Ryu's first post.  they might be a bit squished vertically maybe, but the bottom row suggests that it leads into the crotch area.  Either way. I agree with BOB that your post was very valid and valuable.
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Re: Anatomy?

Reply #9 on: November 09, 2006, 11:11:42 am
I've never heard of different amounts of abs on different people, and it sounds extremely improbable. I'll look into it myself.

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