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Anubhav Saini
What is the following bump that I have highlighted?? Is it TFL or sartorious???? I am confused
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Liandro
Hey @Anubhav Saini! Sorry to be catching up late! That’s definitely the TFL - it’s a shorter and more bulging muscle that’s located entirely on the outer side of the leg. Part of what it does is exactly pull the leg forward like this (that’s why it’s contracted in the photo). It sits right in front of the Greater Trocanther, one of the important bony Landmarks of the Human Body on the leg (in the photo, we can hint it as a subtle sphere-like form right below the muscle bulge). In the Anatomy course, Stan actually shows the TFL as part of the butt muscles group. The Sartorius is a much narrower and longer muscle and, although it also originates at the ASIS like the TFL, it actually sways in around the volume of the leg and inserts way down at the inner Tibia. It doesn’t commonly bulge so much on average people, and when we see it on the surface, it’s like a band wrapping over the Quads diagonally across the leg. I’m attaching an image from 3D Model: Quadriceps and Surrounding with a few notes of my own on top for reference. Make sure to check out the e-books from the butt and leg muscles lessons if you want more details on all this. Good studies!
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Anubhav Saini
Thank you very much sirr for you valuable feedback it is really helpful
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Kristian Nee
Hey Anubhav! I believe that's the TFL, but I could be wrong. That being said though, I would probably just try and interpret the entire shape as just part of the quads. The reason I say that is because I don't think you really have to know all of the anatomy specifically in order to draw well. In fact, focusing too much on drawing correct anatomy can hinder you from being truly creative while drawing. If you listen to the comic artist Jim Lee talk about anatomy, he'll say he actually has very limited knowledge of what the actual anatomy is. He understands the shapes, and what looks cool but throws out anything else that might make his storytelling less exciting. It really depends on the art you'd like to do, but if you'd like to be a story teller with your art I don't really believe you need to know every muscle to make that happen. When I was taking classes with @Erik Gist, he would always say that the anatomy is there to complement your art, not to be the point of it. I'm not saying to throw out anatomy completely, but it isn't that important. I've included some of his drawings below too, if you look at the legs you can see how simple they are. They're essentially just cylinders with occasional anatomy thrown over them. Hope this helps
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Anubhav Saini
Thank you very much sirr it very helpful and i want to be a story teller with my art.
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