First decent anatomy study (Still WIP)

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 1:59pm

nomad(cloaked):

Hi, looking good! Nice to see you try all sorts of proportions and different ages! Some things that I observed would be that the head is a bit too big for his body! Watching from the side I would say he’s a kid rather than an adult. You could scale it up a bit see how that works. Also the neck I’d say is a bit too wide from the front. Watching from the front, the arm seems to me that is twisted from the elbow: you should rotate the forearm a bit from the elbow, try to align it with the biceps. If you study your arm twist, you would see that it happens from the half of the forearm. Being an old man, I would tone down the muscles a bit and make some sort of gravity effect on the skin and muscles, the way you did on the pecs and in the knee area. On the legs, I’d say there a bit too straight like too cylinder form, from the front; try to accentuate the forms in the thigh area and the lower leg part, and narrow a bit where the foot starts. Hope this is helpful, good luck and keep on going, you’re doing good!

Hey nomad, thanks for replying. I thought the head was ok since I wanted hem to be a short-looking old man, but I’ll adjust it and see how it looks. I’ll rotate the forearm (that’s always being tricky to me). Will add more saggy and wrinkled look to the muscles and keep working on the legs. Thanks for the feedback

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 1:59pm

Daniel-R:

I can see allot of good things going on here, he looks more solid that your previous sculpts, and I like the face, and really like what you have done with the feet.

Looking at his proportions, I would say he is about 5.5ft, this is why the head may look a bit larger than normal, he don’t fit into the 7.5 average.

I can see that your trying to add fat flow to the bicep, this is good, but be careful with the form it produces, as this takes away the fact that what your seeing should be fat, and not muscle where it fans out away from the arm pit, rather than into it. It also looks as if the brachialis medial portion is merged with the Bicep which takes away the visual aspect of the insertion for the bicep to the Radialis. Looks as if both are inserting into the Ulna, so much so that we can not see the medial epicondyle.

Also try and visualise weight in the mind, the pectoralis fat should hang more towards the outside, and down, but it looks like your so close to this, just a quick tweak will sort that.

Try to get that angle between the Vastus Lateralis, and Vastus Medialis. You can do this by making sure the Vastus Lateralis is higher than the Vastus medialis and emphasize this by the fat drop from the upper (Superior) outside to the lower (Inferior) inside Medial border of the knee.

When Zack Petroc has his Master class open again for “Rhythms and gestures”, I highly recommend taking this class, he covers what you need to get these forms flowing which adds weight, and gesture to the figure. Again, if there is one book you must have, get Human Anatomy for Artist by Eliot Gold finger, its a book that your refer to over and over again.

hey danny, thanks for replying. I will scale him up to make him look taller. Yeah, I can see that sculpting fat is harder than just sculpting plain muscle. Will keep working on the fatty look of the arms. I’ll smooth the upper arms to remove the union of the biceps and the brachialis. I’ll work more on the upper legs. Will check out Zack petroc’s course one day. I’ll try to borrow Goldfinger’s book from a friend. Thanks for the feedback

Toxicassclown · July 4, 2019, 1:09am

@totyo, sorry for the inconvenience, will do.
@silvaticus? I liked Arthur’s pose so I used it for this sculpt.

Toxicassclown · July 4, 2019, 11:08am

Update to the old man study; added light modifications to the upper and lower body.

oldman study_back.jpg oldman study_facefront.jpg oldman study_front.jpg oldman study_profile.jpg

Feedback would be appreciated (more updates coming, of course). Thanks in advance!

Phil_China · July 4, 2019, 1:09am

Hello, I think the folds of the knees are too big.

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 1:59pm

Hey, Philuxius, thanks for replying. And what about the proportions? Do you see this “old man” as a little kid? Thanks for the feedback, mate

Toxicassclown · July 4, 2019, 11:10am

it’s a seriously cold day here in NYC with this snow (I hate snow), so decided it was a good day to stay indoors and do a speed sculpt (or at least try). I went for the usual muscular man. It took me a little more than 6 hours (I know, turtle speed for something that can’t be called finished) but it was significantly faster than my previous bodybuilder studies.

Feedback would be appreciated. Happy holydays!

Toxicassclown · July 4, 2019, 11:10am

First go at sculpting cloth…

Yes, I was completely lost, lol. Pointers or links to good tutorials on how to sculpt cloth would be appreciated.

Phil_China · July 4, 2019, 1:11am

Excellent sculpt, but I think the leg is too large
just a test.

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 2:00pm

Hey Philuxius, Thanks for replying. I honestly don’t see anything wrong with the height of the legs, but I’ll look at them again. What about the cloth? could you give me some pointers to sculpt the folds? Thanks for the feedback!

Phil_China · July 4, 2019, 1:11am

Sorry, I’m not a specialist folds,I have lots to learn.
here goes

system · July 4, 2019, 11:10am

Nice Study. But I feel the side silhouette could be better.
And also your arm have a weird dent in beside the elbow.

For the front, I think the waist area might be too thin for the person.
And also the upper body should be more V-cut.

Did a overdraw on your file, hope you don’t mind.

Keep up the work man !

EricShawn · July 4, 2019, 1:11am

It looks fantastic, great anatomy.

Good job!

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 2:00pm

I hear you, man. Thanks for the link, a master like Ben will sure give me the right pointers.

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 2:00pm

Hey DEDE, thanks for replying. You’re right about the brachialis/extensor, I’ll add more clay to that area. I’m not sure about the frontal changes you made. I didn’t want to make him too bulky from the front. I’ll pull the external obliques a bit, though. Thanks for the feedback.

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 2:00pm

Thanks a lot, Eric, I appreciate that

Toxicassclown · July 4, 2019, 11:10am

Second go at sculpting clothing. This time I used the selwy brushes, clay and pinch.

clothing render.jpg clothing render_back.jpg

Tips would be appreciated!

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 1:30am

Old man study #2.

Feedback would be appreciated (still a wip). Thanks in advance!

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nomad_cloaked · July 4, 2019, 1:15am

Hi, I followed your thread again:). Good to see you’re not wasting time. Great start on the clothing. A little advice is that don’t try to imagine them, study pictures, always have pictures opened when doing these. I see you came back to the old man. Waaaaay better, the proportions are there, the arm is not strange anymore, it’s good that you toned down the muscles made him more fatty, that’s the way! The face is also better, more expression. The only thing I would suggest is, by looking from the side view, the back is a little too bulky; it’s a bit pronounced; it needs a smoother transition from the neck down. Even the pose is more dynamic:), and this I like. You’re doing great, improving; looking forward to more stuff from you. Maybe if you continue with your anatomy stuff, try doing a baby or a child, these are tricky:), but you can handle it for sure! Good luck!

Toxicassclown · July 5, 2019, 2:00pm

nomad(cloaked):

Hi, I followed your thread again:). Good to see you’re not wasting time. Great start on the clothing. A little advice is that don’t try to imagine them, study pictures, always have pictures opened when doing these. I see you came back to the old man. Waaaaay better, the proportions are there, the arm is not strange anymore, it’s good that you toned down the muscles made him more fatty, that’s the way! The face is also better, more expression. The only thing I would suggest is, by looking from the side view, the back is a little too bulky; it’s a bit pronounced; it needs a smoother transition from the neck down. Even the pose is more dynamic:), and this I like. You’re doing great, improving; looking forward to more stuff from you. Maybe if you continue with your anatomy stuff, try doing a baby or a child, these are tricky:), but you can handle it for sure! Good luck!

Hey nomad, thanks for replying. I’m not wasting time because I wasted too much already wondering if I had to have talent to draw first instead of just, you know, start drawing and learn. I do look at pictures, but you’re right I don’t study them nearly enough. Looked at more references this time around with the old man; I’ll go back to it and work more on the back and the body in general. Next I’m gonna try sculpt a fat guy, then a kid and see how they turn out. Thanks for the feedback, mate, always appreciated.

PS: This is a different old man study sculpted from the ground up. I guess I have a signature when it comes to sculpting old man and women.