How to Do an Anatomy Tracing

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How to Do an Anatomy Tracing

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Assignment

Download the assignment images and do your own Anatomy Tracing.

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Jaime mercado
here's the first tracing
@chinanoahli
Melanie Scearce
Wow, this is beautiful. Great work. The only thing off is the teres minor -- it's going to be sandwiched between the infraspinatus and the teres major, barely visible in this pose.
@chinanoahli
I just returned from the shoulder bones assignment and need help with the anatomy tracing for the second assignment.
Aurora
20d
heel pole
23d
First time trying the course, hope to have a good journey here. Also my bad for the image quality but can anyone critique these please? I like to also add that I trace all of this by active recalling (though I look for the reference names of the muscle I trace), so that's why some muscle seem off.
Leah Zacharias
Did the first one while watching the video, and the other two using references (mostly Netter's anatomy atlas)
@supernatural
Z Pating
3mo
Please Give Actionable Steps that I can Improve Tnx…
Melanie Scearce
Hi! I noticed there were some areas where the muscle fibers were running in the wrong direction so I did a trace-over to help show the correct origin and insertion. Overall, something that may help you is to label the muscles in your drawings -- this will help you to identify each one on the body as you are learning. Learn mnemonic shapes for each muscle (ie: a kite shape for the trapezius, bat wings for the latissimus) to further help you identify. Hope this helps!
@fifiyellow
I did all of the images. I learnt about the muscles of the human body.
@luigitookthel
I only did 4 out of the 5 Images. I have never studied anatomy beforehand, so I took it as an opportunity to learn some of the muscles, and heavily relied on diagrams from books.
Jonatan
3mo
I know this course is so many years old but is there a way to get the brush Stan uses to line up the muscles?
Waner Hoogleiter
This is my second time doing this course. I hope get better this time.
Jacob Hebda
Greetings, everyone! I attempted to share my attempts at anatomy tracing on my own and the corrections based on Proko's videos, but my images were too large, so I only shared the corrected versions. I have been having some trouble with my line work. In particular, I am not entirely sure what brushes and brush pixel sizes are best for digital art. I used mostly the hard pencil (10 pixels) in Krita on a 5000 X 3000 pixel file, along with the wet paint details brush (15 pixels) for the bone/tendon areas, but if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thank you very much!
@ebr0
3mo
did 3 of anatomy tracing. any help?
Melanie Scearce
Nice work @ebr0! Overall, I would encourage you to keep practicing with a goal to get your lines a bit cleaner. It will be easier to see your work less sketchy lines. In your first drawing, the upper part of the back looks awesome. You hit all the landmarks. In the bottom half, you've lost the tapered V shape of the Latissimus at the insertion point. Hope this helps :)
@maximilienle2d
It's rough because i put the corrections on top. let's see if I am any better at this in a month
Haeley Ezernack
I tried! I haven’t done any other anatomy studies and have no idea where else to start, so I just attempted to look at the reference whenever I didn’t know what to do (I tried not to look at it too much, but yeah) I had some issues with the bottom muscles (I have no clue what it’s called)
@jakobg
4mo
Did the first assignment and used tracing paper. I must say, it is somewhat difficult to actually see the photo underneath. Also, drawing on tracing paper can be pretty uncomfortable because it folds easily and I‘d image it could affect my line quality. Is it possible to draw directly on the photo itself or should I continue using tracing paper?
Melanie Scearce
You could try using a marker directly over the photo to see if that helps!
Joseph Osley
I recently began working digitally to facilitate these studies so my line quality is fairly non-existent.
Phil
4mo
woot woot, looking good! line quality on digital art basically comes down to using a glove, playing with the stabilization/motion filtering, and getting your surface at a comfortable angle. customizing your pressure sensitivity curve of your stylus and rotating your canvas also help a lot.
Art Stark
5mo
Anatomy Proko Tracing 1 Homework & Sketch
Rachel Dawn Owens
Looks like you’re getting it! Shoulder anatomy is so tough but it looks like you’re understanding it.
@aeyt
6mo
Black lines are the versions I did before watching the videos, red lines are the corrections I made while watching the examples.
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