How to Draw Obliques – Anatomy & Motion

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How to Draw Obliques – Anatomy & Motion

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Assignment

Use the images provided in the downloads to draw the Robo Bean and Anato Bean. Then add the oblique with the correct stretching, pinching, or twisting. Think about the motion and how the motion deforms the shape of the muscle.

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Carlos Pérez
Well these are actually master studies however I’ve been very happy to finally understand how the external obliques attach to the serratus anterior
@aleeex
3mo
oblique recognition practice, i can pinpoint the flank portion, however I am still a bit confused about the thoracic portion, I'll definitely come back to this assignment in some time. any critique is very welcome :)
Kassjan (Kass) Smyczek
I have been drawing a lot but not uploading my assignments. So that‘s what I am doing now. I am in the Us for a couple of months and I don‘t have my scanner here - so I am trying my best to get good photos in natural light.
Benjamin Roseman
Retry of the assignment part 1and some life sketches. Still doesn't seem like this stuff is clicking for me. Any advice
Benjamin Roseman
Here are the skelly drawings. Had a hard time visualizing the muscle. Probably should study the attachment sites more.
Yoyo Yang
1yr
Critiques are welcome~ Thank you!
Rachel Dawn Owens
You captured the obliques really well here!
Dubčido
1yr
Obs, obs.)
Dubčido
1yr
Thank you
Ash
1yr
Very nice!
Waner Hoogleiter
@lazy0
1yr
Could someone give me feedback On these Oblique studies, I don't know if they are correct or not. the pictures are in order.
@nemuiyo
1yr
Alejandro
1yr
Patrick Bosworth
These look nice and solid, great construction, emphasized squash and stretch! Great job!
Vin
2yr
Hello, here are my before and after. I did a lot of mistakes. And I still feel the form and the location of oblique are super hard.
Ezra
2yr
obliques part 1
Manuel Rioja
My assigments for this leson before watch Proko demonstrations.
Karas Rijji
here are my oblique Part 2 & 3 assignments
Karas Rijji
this is my oblique Part 1 assignment
Manuel Rioja
According to the digital model, the origin of the obliques inserts just in the third/half of the lateral plane of the rib cage, approximately towards the middle of the height of the rib cage (at the fifth rib), above the level of the xiphoid process. It seems to me that in some of your drawings your obliques start out too low. But the gesture is very organic!
Steve Lenze
these are nice :)
Samuel Sanjaya
Hi, this is my oblique assignments. I did this first before watching the video, It seems for some reasons i Did not draw the connection to the serrator properly on the later drawing. Any feedbacks or critiques will be greatly appreciated.
Love Byström
My drawing of the model at 2:03. It was just so clear that I needed to capture it. Didn’t pay attention to the gesture at all tho but understood the insertions much better than before so that’s good. Ok back to the video :)
@palyo
2yr
Hi everyone! These are my drawings for this lesson's assignment .Personally i struggled a lot with proportions especially when drawing the abs so maybe i'll practice them until i feel confident while continuing the course. Other than that, i also struggled with insertions but i got them figured out while making the skelly draw-overs. Anyway , i would really appreciate any kind of advice /critique.
Manuel Rioja
I like them! Remember that the fiber bundles of the obliques are 8 in total, and they are inserted in a saw shape from the fifth to the twelfth rib, descending parallel with an inclination of 45 degrees and then widening as they are inserted into the semilunar line of ABS. . Some of the oblique fiber bundles you drew look too straight (they actually curve to the shape of the ribcage), too wide, or the wrong amount.
Peter Tinkler
I did a few extra studies of the obliques over the weekend from some sculptures in my local art gallery in Birmingham (UK). The obliques were not always clear or obvious, but I had a go at putting them in anyway. For the last one on the right (the twisted back angle), have I got the obliques curving too far into the middle of the lower back? Gonna try another one of these for my more detailed, toned torso study.
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