Very elaborate! Nice one!

Hi @Mcfat 10, nice tracing! The anatomy looks pretty accurate😎👍 In your profile description it say that you're a beginner artist looking to improve your art. Anatomy studies are a lot of fun, but I don't think it's the thing that will have you improve your art the most. Anatomy is useful for drawing, but really only after you have pretty solid drawing skills. If you're really interested in anatomy, you can of course continue studying it, but if you're wondering where you should go to improve fast, I would say it would be to study drawing fundamentals. I would highly recommend joining the Drawing Basics course. It seems like it's going to be a lot of fun and since it has just started, there is a chance that you can get feedback from Stan himself, if you keep up with the assignments. Another place to start is the Figure Drawing Fundamentals course. It would be interesting to hear what your art goals are? What type of work do you want to create? Concept art? Animation? Illustration? Portraiture? If I know your goals I might be able to guide you better. I've been giving a lot of thought to what my goals are the last few months, and it has really helped me study more efficiently, and use the skills I already have more succesfully. Hope this helps :) Let me know if you have any questions!

general proportion is not good

I don’t have any feedback, I just wanted to say that your drawings are awesome!

Hi @Jon Passig, I really enjoyed learning about the back muscles too! I think the upper back is a really cool area, it's like a landscape. I think your studies are succesful. The 3D-forms read well and the muscle gesture is great; I can really feel them pulling and stretching. I'll try to help you further: THE SKELLY TRACINGS The tracings are good, but have some anatomical inaccuracies: - In your first tracing the tendon in the neck looks a little strange. I think it is because you made it higher on the right side. In the 3D model it's symmetrical. - The tendon of the bottom portion should overlap the corner of the scapula. You got this right in the 2nd one, but in the other tracings it's doesn't seem to overlap -You seem to be originating the trapezius all the way down to the 4rth lumbar vertebrae, when it should be originating at the 12th thoracic vertebra. I personally prefer to indicate the muscle striations aswell. It forces me to analyze the function & attachments more thoroughly, which leads to more accurate anatomy and an increased understanding. FIGURES SHADING I think you're making the lights to dark. You can test this by removing the color from the reference photos. STRAIGHTS AND CURVES It would be nice if you used some more straights for the contour (while still considering gesture of course). It can help you give the figures more solidity. Some of them feel a little "bubbly" and soft. (I attached a paintover ) I hope this was helpful :) Keep up the good work!

Hard to see in photos but looks like you got the C curve for the top medial corner of the scapula down well. I think the W shape of the tail end of the trapezius could be a bit lower down the back. Good work and hope that helps

Hi @Hossam Haridi. I like how gestural the figures are! I have some thoughts that might help: STRUCTURE It would be nice if the figures had more defined structure. When doing anatomy studies I like to start by indicating the bones. The upper back muscles attaches to the spine, lies on top of the ribcage and are moved around by the shoulder girdle. The skeletal forms have a huge impact on how things look and helps a drawing look more solid! SQUASH & STRETCH Muscles changes shape as they are flexed streched thin. Try to get more of that in your drawings. When the scaupulas are retracted, for example, make sure to show how the muscles bulges up between them as they are flexed and compressed. Hope this helps :)

Hey @Maria J great work! Not sure if you were expecting something more specific, but mainly what I'd adjust on that third image is just try to add a stronger sense of roundness and pinching to the obliques. I think I'd also make the flank portion overflow the iliac crest a tiny bit more. Hope this helps.