Danilo - Art School Journey

dangras-almeida 2021-05-01 09:42:12 UTC #296

Nice! Please go for it and tag me when you post something 😬
Would love to see them in your style.

And thanks for the feedback! Probably won't color it tho. Need to move on to lower body anatomy to get back at practicing other stuff other than hands

dangras-almeida 2021-05-01 09:42:42 UTC #297

Thanks! 💙💙💙 Definitely used references, tho

Julia_J 2021-05-01 10:12:21 UTC #298

Good boy!!

dangras-almeida 2021-05-04 19:32:15 UTC #299

But... but... but... butt 🍑

Finally started the lower body anatomy. It was a bit confusing at first, but now that we are shaping the muscles around the containers, things started to make a bit more sense.

LesleyCarol 2021-05-05 03:00:55 UTC #300

This was fun to look through! I really liked the characters you drew for the nutrition project and the random ATLA fan art! Can't wait to see more progress

dangras-almeida 2021-05-05 20:00:43 UTC #301

Shaping things up slowly. Updates are:

Gluetus medius and maximus: line, colors and fibers
Starting to shape up the anterior compartment of the leg (quadriceps, others).

yourashesinajar 2021-05-05 22:37:19 UTC #302

Absolutely love the portraits you do, and the anatomy studies looks very good.

dangras-almeida 2021-05-07 05:38:34 UTC #303

Thanks so much, really appreciate it 😬💙

dangras-almeida 2021-05-07 19:54:44 UTC #304

Finished the "upper" part of the legs. Damn there's a lot of stuff in there.

Very sloppy lineart and colors, but just wanted to get the general gist of it. Now I'll pause and go back to do some "line tracing" on model photos to get the hang of how these muscles and tendons behave on the actual body, before moving on to the lower part of the leg. (Yeah, it's gonna be a while before I see the end of this anatomy block. But I'm confident it will be worth it).

Here's comes the grind!

mau.wamp 2021-05-08 05:46:34 UTC #305

Heyho Danilo!
You did a great job on the anatomy assignement!
As far as I can tell, most of it is correct and in alignement with what Marc teaches.
Just a quick note from my side: The insertion points of the deltoids and the gluteus maximus seem a little off to me: the delts insert more laterally on the humerus (in your earlier sketch it was actually correct, but it seems as if you move it more to the medial side of the humerus) and I personally would make the gluteus maximus wrap around the leg a little more and move the insertion point to the lateral thigh.
What has helped me the most (apart from having learned all this stuff in university ) is to study real anatomy charts like this one:

With these charts you can identify really well where the muscle actually attaches at the skeleton!
Good luck and keep up the great work, man!

dangras-almeida 2021-05-08 13:31:09 UTC #306

Hey @mau.wamp,

Thanks so much for your feedback. Especially on the gluteus maximus, I believe you are absolutely right. And thanks for the reference image. I know realize how this muscle go all the way to meet with the Tensor Fasciae Latae to the side of the leg. Seems like my front view got that "less bad" than the back view.

Will keep this in mind when moving on to tracing out these muscles on the photo models. Thanks again!

dangras-almeida 2021-05-10 20:43:52 UTC #307

And here we go, all over again:

Upper legs and hands. Just tracing over models to start getting the hang of it. The goal is to stay there until finding it on "less jacked" models is a bit easier.

Any comments or feedback are always much appreciated.

LesleyCarol 2021-05-10 22:03:02 UTC #308

The muscles really look like they have volume! Especially the biceps and triceps

The arm on the right looks nice, but there seems to be something off about the one on the left. Maybe the deltoid isn't wrapping around the back of the arm enough. It's hard to tell, but it would definitely help if you upload the original image too so we can see what you're going for.

dangras-almeida 2021-05-11 18:57:42 UTC #309

Today's exercises:

Thanks @LesleyCarol, I'll look into it 😬👍
Maybe just the limb position from the model was also weird?

Here's the original:

LesleyCarol 2021-05-11 21:55:07 UTC #310

That looks a lot better! And the stick also explains a lot haha. Definitely a weird pose in general. I remember in a figure drawing session my teacher said to draw in any props that directly effect the weight or position of the character. It may give additional practice and help the viewer get the full picture
Your other traces look really solid!

mau.wamp 2021-05-12 15:10:28 UTC #311

Really good anatomy study, man! You did a good job on them. Nothing major to point out there
Keep it up!

dangras-almeida 2021-05-12 18:53:29 UTC #312

One more in for today:

Slowly getting used to this, but will keep on practicing it. Still trying to nail the proper placement for the "tear drop" shape of the quadriceps.

@LesleyCarol : I agree! The weird bat he is holding on influences on the pose, for sure. And thanks 😬👍

Thanks a lot @mau.wamp! Appreciate it 😁👍

mau.wamp 2021-05-13 13:56:59 UTC #313

I think you‘re on a good way to nailing the tear drop! : )
Maybe have another look on her right arm‘s brachioradialis, it kinda makes an unnatural curve for a muscle. I think that the body of the muscle goes a little too far on the dorsal side of the forearm

Hope that helps!

dangras-almeida 2021-05-13 18:59:11 UTC #314

Taking a quick break from studies to go back and help my wife with her children’s book. Drawing the cover:

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@mau.wamp thanks for the feedback! I’ll definitely look into it (especially for the next piece I’m planning to do).

Julia_J 2021-05-16 06:58:40 UTC #315

Looking great! What's the story?