How to Draw Lower Back Muscles – Anatomy and Motion

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How to Draw Lower Back Muscles – Anatomy and Motion

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Samuel Sanjaya
My assignment for lower back muscles. I hope I can get some critiques and feedbacks on these. Thank you..
@mathews
2yr
struggling
Liandro
2yr
Hey, @mathews, nice drawings! The struggle is understandable, this is a challenging exercise. But keep going on! Mostly, what I see is that your drawings have a lot more visual information than just Lower Back muscles, and adding this much stuff may be scattering your attention throughout the process. So, since this is a Lower Back muscle assignment, I’d suggest simply overlooking everything else in order to focus more sharply on the lower back. I agree with @axel21's suggestion about following the order “gesture > bones > muscles” for the drawing process. Aiming to track the origins and insertions of each muscle should also really benefit your practice in this type of anatomy study. I’m attaching an attempt of my own on one of the poses you did, hope it can serve as a visual complement to this feedback. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know. And feel free to get in touch whenever you need help. Best of luck in your studies!
@axel21
2yr
Hi mathews. I really like how the lines flow, and the figures feel alive. I think that the only stiffness I see is on the pelvis on the seventh drawing. Proportions seem good too! I think that if you start with the gesture, the arms and legs will feel more natural, like the rest of the body. Also, it doesn't feel like the muscles attach to bones. I would suggest to try to draw the bones after the gesture, and try to map the origins and insertions of the muscles to the bones. Finally, try to have different kinds of lines (not the same curve in repetition). For example, on the third drawing, you drew the upper arm with four identical curves (from nech to elbow). I would suggest to have more straights and angles, so that the forms look more natural and solid. Good luck in your anatomy studies!
Crystal Blue  (she/her)
unfortunately I haven't gotten to this part of the course, so I can't really offer critique. However, I can recommend looking up bodybuilders and tracing the anatomy on them, then drawing in contours to understand the 3-d form. It's really helped me and hopefully it can be helpful for you.
@younchen
2yr
My assignments feedback plz
@abrahan13
2yr
Any feedback is appreciated
@hiflow
3yr
Anyone got any advice on how to hint at shadows digitally? My drawings always end up messy.
Holly Laing
Here are my quick sketches and the shading assignment for the lower back muscles. Any feedback is always appreciated! :)
Laura Estrada
Whoaaaa great job! :D I feel maybe sometimes you draw the erector spinae and the lats a liiiiiiiittle bit too bumpy -- but I'm just nitpicking, so don't take me too seriously! This is really outstanding work, and I think your mastery of the back muscles is really really solid.
Angeline Marsland
Sorry I don't have any constructive criticism but just want to say this is really good! Really inspiring work!
@paper
3yr
Oh wow these are very good.You placed all the structure in the right place and made the gesture very lively even with all the structure. I guess if I had to give a feedback is that the upper left back is a bit too hard edge (Here's a circle if it wasn't describe too well)I also think the shadow on the arm and the upper right muscle is a bit too dark (Here's another picture) But those are very subjective and you made a really solid job.Please keep going to other body parts or your own personal work.I really wanna see what you will do with this skill.
@nothanks
3yr
My attempt at the lessons and assignments.
CC Kuang
3yr
I feel after learning most muscles front and back, I'm more confident in those quick sketches as I know where most stuff attaches. Designing core shadow shape is still very challenging for me. Feedbacks are much appreciated!!
Bradwynn Jones
Hi CC! It helps to think about how soft or hard the form is that the core shadow is sitting on. If the core shadow is over a bony rib area it will be thinner than the core shadow over the soft belly area. The core shadow varies in thickness and value too. Really good studies!
Rob Montgomery
First 3 images were done before watching the examples, 4th image was done referencing the examples. Went a bit heavy on the shading in the first two images, think it confuses some of the anatomy. Last study took a bit longer. Feedback very welcome!
Bradwynn Jones
The anatomy drawing looks good! The last figure looks off with the arms. I think the left forearm shape is off. May be take another look at it. I like the shadow work on the left leg. The right leg's shadow line looks to hard and so doesn't feel like a round form like the other leg does. Great studies as usual!
Ryan Gromek
Olha Nevecheria
Alec Brubaker
Awesome drawings, you're getting some really nice overlapping forms
Maria J Venegas-Spadafora
Maria J Venegas-Spadafora
The bump on the photo's low back, is it the serratus posterior?
Bradwynn Jones
good question. I think it is. Great drawings! I love the line work too
parth kapadia
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