Deep within the torso.((Bring it on!))-Updated 07/09/06

[Mokuu]

This week's torso studies, unfortunatly, the 3 out of XX attempts which seems worth showing. Now that i look at them, I need to add more contrast to define the multiple shapes.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/studies7.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/studies5.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/studies6.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/studies8.jpg

[jfwalls]

Those look alright, but be sure to watch your proportions, and keep drawing:rendered:

[Mokuu]

Those look alright, but be sure to watch your proportions, and keep drawing:rendered:

Its an addiction now, cant stop drawing, even at loading times. Yet proportions havent became my friends yet, i started mesuring down and finding landmarks tough, that'll make things easier.

Alright, been at it while i could this week and he goes:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/torso2.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/torso3.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/torso1.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1527/2162/1600/torso4.jpg

[Fireflights]

I noticed some notes on "breast muscle" and some following drawings which may or may not have confirmed my suspicions...

I hope you don't think female breasts are made of muscle? :P
They're mostly made of fat and mammary glands...the muscle is *behind* that, and it's called a pectoral muscle (I noticed you'd drawn muscle striations on some of your figures' breasts).

And don't go all Rob Liefeld (http://img29.echo.cx/img29/1169/heroesreborn1az.jpg) on us with those pectoral muscles seen in profile, hehe...that man is notorious for over-bulky, anatomically impossible drawings of human beings who would probably be too top-heavy to walk if they actually existed.

In ANY case...you're doing very well, learning muscle structure is very important to being able to draw accurately. Don't get discouraged, you'll get it sooner than you think! :D

[Mokuu]

I noticed some notes on "breast muscle" and some following drawings which may or may not have confirmed my suspicions...

I hope you don't think female breasts are made of muscle? :P
They're mostly made of fat and mammary glands...the muscle is *behind* that, and it's called a pectoral muscle (I noticed you'd drawn muscle striations on some of your figures' breasts).

And don't go all Rob Liefeld (http://img29.echo.cx/img29/1169/heroesreborn1az.jpg) on us with those pectoral muscles seen in profile, hehe...that man is notorious for over-bulky, anatomically impossible drawings of human beings who would probably be too top-heavy to walk if they actually existed.

In ANY case...you're doing very well, learning muscle structure is very important to being able to draw accurately. Don't get discouraged, you'll get it sooner than you think! :D

Hahahahaha damn those anatomy books for not giving me info on the mammary glands. *note to self: get more female reference.* I actually found very weird after going through the whole loomis book without any notes on the female breast but still tried it, it might make a good silent hill monster/muscled breast zombie boss type of thing but yeah, it doesnt fit in real life XD. Do you have any images on whats under the breasts?

[Fireflights]

I have a book on Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogarth that has some good notes on the female breast. You may want to check that out at some point if you have the time.

I was able to find this picture (http://biomedx.com/mammotherm/img23.gif) that pretty much shows that the fat/glands "lay" ontop of the pectoral muscle. Anatomically speaking, if you were to draw a woman's torso but without breasts, the area would look pretty similar to a man's. Both have pectoral muscles that follow the same general shape. I found a small tutorial that may help ya further :)

Yay for boobs! (http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july02/bb_0702.shtml)

[crazyrussian]

Hey dude, get this book it will help you... It helped me.

strength training anatomy
http://images.google.com/images?hl=ru&q=strength%20training%20anatomy&btnG=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA&lr=lang_en&sa=N&tab=wi