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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #420 on: July 07, 2014, 10:10:25 pm
Did some quick poses from posemaniacs:

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #421 on: July 10, 2014, 11:31:08 pm
Also did a couple of posemaniacs sketches. first time trying anatomy anyway, thought I should get better at it. Do you guys have any other resources (other than loomis books) for getting better at anatomy in general? thanks :)

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #422 on: July 11, 2014, 01:03:33 am
The best recourse in the world is finding a local life drawing class. They can be quite cheap if you find the right ones, 5 or 10 dollars for a few hours untutored  :y:.

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #423 on: July 11, 2014, 01:56:32 am
another one



The best recourse in the world is finding a local life drawing class. They can be quite cheap if you find the right ones, 5 or 10 dollars for a few hours untutored  :y:.

I used to take drawing lessons, but didn't find them very helpful, since I could learn about as much by practicing online and getting feedback from others.
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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #424 on: July 11, 2014, 02:58:35 am
Not necessarily lessons, just going in and drawing a real person for a few hours. I do classes at university but there's also a couple of student run sessions where everyone just chips in to pay the model, and is open to the public, I'm sure you could find something similar.

The gap between drawing a real 3d object and something that's already been translated into 2d is immense. Plus if you find the right place everyone there is learning as well so you can still get the feedback in a more immediate way. And you'll also see a variety of different body types and real people posing in a way that is actually natural. Posemanics and photo reference are great but they've got nothing on reality when you're talking really learning the human form.

Your drawings here tell me you don't really need to READ about anatomy, you just need to practice, and in my opinion that's the best way to do it. I found this quite useful when I first started but I never got past the skeleton stage. I think it's quite affordable compared to other resources as well.

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #425 on: November 07, 2014, 02:23:55 pm
Just finishing up my degree, thought it would be fun to look back and see my progress with life drawing. This is two drawings from my first day vs two from the past month. 3 years and 150+ hours of life drawing. Still a long way to go but it's hard to be unhappy with that kind of improvement.



Probably around the same time for all drawings, 20-30 mins. Sorry about the double post but it's been a while.

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #426 on: November 16, 2014, 08:57:15 pm
This is where I'm currently at with face studies. I can do one of these in about 120 seconds. These are all obviously without reference. Trying to teach my brain to construct faces, without idealizing each feature. Once I get this good, I'm going to try to do emotions and after that, likeness over different angles.

Ballpoint marker on course paper

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #427 on: January 27, 2015, 10:24:55 am
Here is mine:

Trying to focus on the face first since the body is way hard to do.



Reference is from Alex Ross's painting (Dude who paints super heroes).

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #428 on: March 01, 2015, 06:30:42 pm
Does anyone know of a book that shows photos of people walking with like a grid background to tell distances properly? IIRC It was pretty old. If not, does anyone know where I could find something of that sort...  :'(. Its for a math paper due tomorrow  :-[.

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Re: Official Anatomy Thread

Reply #429 on: March 01, 2015, 06:50:54 pm
Does anyone know of a book that shows photos of people walking with like a grid background to tell distances properly? IIRC It was pretty old. If not, does anyone know where I could find something of that sort...  :'(. Its for a math paper due tomorrow  :-[.
Would an animated photo help? http://youtu.be/G8Veye-N0A4