Danilo - Art School Journey

[yourashesinajar]

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

[dangras-almeida]

Thanks so much, really appreciate it 😬💙

[dangras-almeida]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Today's exercises:

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

Here's the original:

[LesleyCarol]

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]

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

[dangras-almeida]

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.

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

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

[mau.wamp]

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]

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]

Looking great! What's the story?

[dangras-almeida]

So, as you all know... I like to suffer. So I choose to refresh the anatomy knowledge to a full body trace again:

I mean, not A LOT of suffering involved here, since there are no hardcore foreshortening or the like, but the torso turn is definitely a new challenge for me.

For that, all feedback (specially on the traps and latissimus) will be MUCH appreciated 😬

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@Julia_J is a Nutrition focused book about a boy that doesn't like to eat, but gets to know the wonders of healthy food and the good it does for him.

Cover is still WIP but here's a sneak peek:

Title reads "The boy who said he didn't like anything" (It sounds a LOT better in Portuguese).

[Julia_J]

Aww, like the illustration and the message!

[profets]

Just scrolled through the entire journey, awesome work. Seeing all the students progression from beginning to end is so friggen encouraging!!

Cant wait for mine now, haha. Solid stuff Danilo

[dangras-almeida]

And the grind continues!

Not great progress today (drawing with the TV on is NOT a thing). But better than nothing. Please oh please, gimme feedback. Serratus anterior SUCK so bad (it was hard to find out from the img). And I ended up using the same color for the Pectoralis Major and the obliques (sorry!). I'll use another color for the next post.

[dangras-almeida]

Thanks so much! The goal is to finish the book this year. One page at a time 😬👍

[dangras-almeida]

Thanks so much and SOOOO sorry you went through all of it 🤣
It was (and still is) quite the journey. Nothing like one day at a time, and if you stick to it you'll see the results coming in.