Anatomy of the Human Body
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In this video I will show you the proper way to practice drawing the spine from a model.
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Johnathan
1mo
Some attempts, Feek free to critique
Steve Lenze
1mo
Hey Johnathan,
The first and second drawings look pretty good, but I can see the third one is a stumper.
One of the things I do when that happens is I turn everything into boxes, it makes it easier to figure out what is happening in 3D.
One of the things that I see in the third pose is that the torso is actually tilting away from us. This is hard to draw using the egg shape of the ribcage, but when I convert it to a box, it makes more sense.
I did a quick sketch to show you what I mean, Hope it helps :)
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Karas Rijji
2mo
Here’s my assignments🥹
Steve Lenze
2mo
Hey Karas,
I like the way you do your studies, very thorough.
One thing I am noticing is that you have the tendency to straighten the spine and flatten it out. Also, make sure the spine curves with the ribcage, and comes out of the opening in the top of the ribcage. I did a quick sketch, I hope it helps :)
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Manuel Rioja
5mo
Assigment completed, so many things to do better , I will keep studying !!!!
Myles Goethe
5mo
And these are all three assignments but as I followed along with the demos XD
Myles Goethe
5mo
These are all my first attempts at all three assignments without following along with the demos. I was basically trying different creative methods to best simply and exaggerate certain measurements and break out of old habits to best nail the figure of the spine.
wayne5151
7mo
I really tried my best, but something doesn’t seem quite right. If someone could perhaps give me any pointers on what I need to improve on I would really appreciate it
Dwight
7mo
Hello, I'd say the first thing that jumps out at me is the length of the neck/cervical, as it seems a little long.
The only other thing would be how the head attaches to the spine. It looks like you drew the spine first then the head, as the connection between seems a little inconsistent.
But other than the odd forshortened pose, these look good!
Freya artist
7mo
ok, hi everybody!
I really tried to do them... and think that I did the best. I have done a painstaking job in the structure of every part, I swear... But I'm not sure and I'm not totally happy with the result... I want to share it
Samuel Parker
9mo
Here are my model referenced spines :)
Xan Padilla
9mo
Here are my last attempts of each picture, at the beginning I found myself struggling to do the curve of the spine without having to trace it, by the end I felt a little more confident with the way I did the spine. Also any feedback is greatly appreciated!
himatako
8mo
Looking great!
Mathias Ragnarsson
10mo
Difficult, but helpful. One of the key take-aways from this is that the thoracic spine is very stiff and doesn’t bend a lot. Which on the other hand makes it difficult to figure out when the model twists or bends, since it then looks like it is flexible. Any feedback is welcome.
Peter Tinkler
10mo
This was tricky to saw the least. I did my studies, then watched the videos, taking note of where I went wrong. I seem to be ok with the structure and placement of the cranium and ribcage (generally), but it's the pelvis area that caused me the most uncertainty. I think in a couple of them my ribcage is too far from the pelvis?
nongthimay31797
1yr
I'm done with this lesson, so proud of my self :D
hakunanase
1yr
A good reason to be proud of!
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Nylz
1yr
Assignment complete :D
Gabriele Tambini
1yr
I did a few spines.
The perspective of some ellipses is very off, I'll have to work on that.
Maayan
1yr
This assignment was super challenging at first, but drawing the robo beans on the side and watching the critique video helped me a lot!
Julia
1yr
Beautiful spines 10/10, the bend mamma mia!
Sandra Süsser
1yr
Spine analysis assignment complete :)
David Gutmann
1yr
those look fine to me. You got the shape of the rip cage and pelvis and know how to rotate them in space.
What I noticed is that in Pic 1 top right corner example 3 seems to have a falsely rotated rib cage. If you look at the pose you can see that the model turns slightly to the right wich means the spine should move to the left. Yours howerver is rotated to the right.
You have also stiffened the pose in pic one example one. The rib cage placement seem to be alright but the angle at wich it connects to the pelvis is very close to being vertical in your drawing while the refrence is way more aslant.
angiespice
2yr
Initial guesses and correction referring to examples! critics welcome
David F
2yr
Hi All, would appreciate any feedback for my example 11-19 submissions. Thanks for your time!
Ricky De La Cruz
2yr
That Jazz music is an abomination
Ari
2yr
Assignment for drawing models ^-^
Rob Montgomery
2yr
Very nice assignment, you have great line control and form construction. My notes would be that the ribcage on 16(6) does not look like the correct perspective, I think with the spine bending like that we would see the bottom plane. The head on 14 (4) seems a bit small relative to the body. Also the spine looks like its connecting in the back of the skull rather than going up into the base of the skull.
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