Danilo - Art School Journey

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More sketchbook practice

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And you guessed it, more sketchbook

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New page! Basic exercises + fire nation helmet

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Another sketchbook page: spheres exercise and some portraits

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Been working on some breakdowns again.
Simple steps (based on the Ethan Becker video)
1) Breakdown
2) Redraw
3) Spot errors and adjust
4) Back to step 2
5) Repeat you were able to decrease the errors to an acceptable margin

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Back to anatomy class

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Anatomy - upper arm back view.
Will stop here and do some assignments on tracing the muscles on top of models again. I noticed last time I was too eager to learn everything and the content didn’t fix as much, so will take it slow this around.

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Ok everybody, need some pointers here:

Going back to these exercises, having a hard time placing the upper arms correctly. Maybe is just a matter of keep practicing, but maybe I’m also missing something? Any pointers on how you go about doing these?

Any feedback will be much appreciated. Cheers!

[HANDRO]

I struggle with placing the muscles as well. (definitely have to revisit an exercise like this).

The only thing that looks super off (to me) is the position of the Bicep in the right arm, I think it should take up more volume in the left side of the arm. So I would say shift the triceps back a bit. Hopefully that makes sense.

[dangras-almeida]

Hey, thanks for the feedback!

Will definitely keep that in mind for the next one. For some reason, I thought his arm was twisted in a way that was revealing more of the triceps. I'll try redoing it at some point

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This is haaaaaaaard!!!
But ok, I’ll get there at some point. Maybe choosing a model that is not as muscular actually made things harder than they should be.

Please do leave feedback or insights/tips you have them.

Cheers folks!

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The anatomy grind continues

[HANDRO]

Hey @dangras-almeida I do find it harder to draw skinnier(less muscular) figures, I haven't fully cracked the code yet. It might help you remember that for those figures muscles are rarely visible unless they are being flexed. (Sorry going on a tangent)

Regarding muscle placement, try drawing a cylinder for the shape and splitting it into the different muscles. then you can adjust the sizes of the muscles depending on the mass for each of them. Hope that helps.

[dangras-almeida]

@HANDRO interesting strategy, this one about the cylinder. The next “less muscular” figure I’ll try to use that.

For now, I decided to go for more muscular figures to help me push this understanding of muscle placement.

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Anatomy, upper arm - things are getting easier to identify (but if I’m doing that correctly is an entire different story 😂).

[HANDRO]

looking good keep it up

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🎶 The anatomy grind, everyday grind, the anatomy grind 🎶

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@HANDRO thanks 🙏

[hyoi]

Hey these are looking good but I think you missed the lats on the last one, or at least you didn't differentiate them at all from the obliques. It's also probably still beneficial to give the serratus anterior their own colour even if you know they exist.

edit: i misspelled latissimus

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🎶 Let’s keep the anatomy going, a.n.a.t.o.m.y. Anatomy! 🎶

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@hyoi thank you so much for your feedback. I knew they were there, but I totally forgot to highlight them with different colors. Will make sure to change that for the new ones. Thanks again!