Pec, I love pec...I mean drawing them. 1. my first attempt. for inventing muscle. I sketched them in my sketchbook to practice more about the rib cage and the scapula. just to understand the form better. Quite honest, I am not so sure how thick the bottom of the pec should be and where the muscle fibers flow to. 2. I found 2 poses being the most difficult and redrew them after the demo and critique. it seems like the fibers is quite gestural if u know the insertion and origin? I guess? 3. I got confused about the abdominal section of the pec, where does it originate on the surface?

my first try

And the invention one:

Tracing assignment .

This one has a twisted sternal and abdominal portion, correct?

I believe I am misunderstanding the concept of "muscle fibers taking a sharp turn inward". Please help me understand it. Is there a top view available when this occurs?

Should I do this? When a muscle is stretched, it becomes thinner at the ends and thicker in the middle.

Hiyah! Tried doing some other examples after I realized that my volumes were completely off. I'm probably going to watch and rewatch Stan's critique for this one, but I would really appreciate some feedbacks and/ or retakes :) Hope y'all are well ! Hugo

This is my take on the assignment. I feel I need to study the demonstration videos before I move on to the next lesson. Also I want to add that I did some master studies of my favorite artists before doing the assignment and it helped me a lot to visualize the shape of the muscle.

Here's part two of the assignment. I have made some adjustments after watching the demonstration video. I found the 'armpit bundle' to be the biggest challenge, as there is some curvature there even when the medial parts of the muscle group are stretched or contracted.

Here's the first part of my assignment. I decided to start by drawing in the ribcage, clavicles, and humeri (?) to help find the origin and insertion points for the pecs.

Really like the type of the assignment. The second part was really paying off!

the red ones are my first try, the blue ones were done after looking at the examples