Anatomy Critiques – The Lower Back Muscles

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Anatomy Critiques – The Lower Back Muscles

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@jasonpl4
4mo
Filippo Galli
Morning, I'll be hopping in on the course from here: I had started following the free part of the anatomy course months ago (before I ever started posting here!), but ended up taking a break and deciding to pause this in order to make room for the gesture course. Gesture will still be the primary but I'll ty to progress a bit here as well, given that gesture without anatomy knowledge can be tricky in the same way that anatomy without gesture was. Either way, there has been a big leap in time between the first 6 and last 2, so here goes nothin':
@jcrossley
5mo
Nice work
Melanie Scearce
This is the way... Learning gesture and anatomy in tandem helps keep your figures accurate and stylish. Great studies!
Peter Tinkler
These are my efforts for the lower back muscles. They can be tricky to identify sometimes, but I try and place them as best I can when that happens. I definitely feel I'm absorbing more and more with these exercises, but of course there's still a long way to go. I'm really enjoying the process of putting it all together, even when I blunder. It's all good stuff.
Alexandra Filip
Hi, here is my attempt at the lower back muscles. At times it seemed frustrating and impossible to do, because I don't know whether to draw all the muscles like in an ecorche or just pick the visible ones. But then again it was a battle between copying the photo and interpreting it. I think interpretation is the hardest thing, together with the choice of what to put in and what to leave out. Feedback much appreciated, thanks :)
Jesper Axelsson
Hi @Alexandra Filip, nice studies! When doing anatomy studies I think I would recommend drawing all the muscles at some point, as if it's an Écorché (though this can be done lightly; and the finishing lines might reflect only how it looks on the surface). The point of anatomy studies, is to study anatomy. But, the more skilled you get, the less of the hidden things you'll have to draw; you'll be considering them mentally. Further down the road, you might also have a different focus in your anatomy studies; when you know the muscles thoroughly, you might focus your studies on how to shade the forms. I'll try to look for things to improve on: - The figures feel a little stiff. It seems like you did an underdrawing with marker, then inked on top. Rather than drawing boxes in the underdrawing, start with an underdrawing that's primarly focused on gesture. You might want to look at @Glenn Vilppu's or @David Colman's work for inspiration. Maybe the demos in this video could help: Roadmap. If you want you can work in 3 layers- a gesture layer, a box layer, a muscle layer. Though it might be a better idea to draw the skeleton rather than boxes. In the gesture layer you will already have considered the major forms, and the skeleton will provide enough structure to add muscles on top. Also, rather than thinking of gesture as a separate step, try to always draw with gesture; look for the gesture not only in the pose but also in the construction, the skeleton and the muscles. - I would encourage you to practice drawing figures from imagination. It's a good way to check how well you know the anatomy and to get to know it better. Draw a pose from imagination, see where you're off, study that, draw another one. The middle drawing shows some uncertainty of how the erector spinae originates. It's a bit high and wide. The bottom left drawing shows some uncertainty of how the latissimus originates at the 7th thoracic vertebrae. Also remember to wrap the lat around the form of the ribcage Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work
James Paris
Here are my attempts for this assignment
Luke Ng
3yr
More lower back studies. Looking for feedback on my structure and proportions
Dakarai Chihwai
these are very pretty!
Jason Winter
My Attempt at the Quicksketch assignments. #proko
Jesper Axelsson
Great job! - I would studie the raised arm, front view, position again. I attached a tracing of where I think the muscles are. Remember to track the muscles to their attachments. Indicating the bones can help aswell - In many of your drawings, the lat feels a little too thin near the armpit, where it should be the thickest I hope this was helpful :) Keep up the good work!
K.O. Light
3yr
Hello, this is my assignment for the lower back muscles. Critiques will be very much appreciated. Thanks! 🙇🏻‍♂️
Jesper Axelsson
Nice!
Melissa Cook
Been having some trouble understanding the lower back muscles, would appreciate any critiques
Bradwynn Jones
your drawings are looking good! The lower back is a odd are due to the layering of muscle there. Like the lat and its fascia covering the serratus and that covering the erectors. It's wild! Then it all depends on the body type and fat level of the person. So much of what we see just depends. Your drawings look good. There are pretty cool rhythm lines for the lower back. Jeff Watts and Brian Knox uses some really cool lines there. Here is a link to Brian's Instagram post of a back... https://www.instagram.com/p/BdVMZkEBnzh/
Audrey Giovanni
Hello, here is my submission for lower back assignment. Any feedbacks are welcome! :D
Anthony Cortes
These are looking great! Looks like you're making the spinalis and erector spinae way to prominent. They'll soften when they get to the mid part of the back and they are smaller then they appear in the lower back, so I would revisit the proportions.
Jesper Axelsson
Hi Audrey, I think you´ve done nice job! I attatched two images with some notes on each drawing. Hope it helps :)
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