Tonight’s sketches are … what’s the word … WONKY! I hate it when something is just off and you wear holes in the paper to try to fix it but it just isn’t working. Ah, well. As Ed would say, there’s always bacon.
Wonky guys.
One with a messed up pectoralis/deltoid/bicep
one with a misplaced eyeball,
kid with a tumor on his face, etc.
7/10/07
Muscles and Bones, Front View
7/9/07
In an effort to learn bones and muscles, I drew this anatomical front view by combining info from Loomis’ “Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth,” and Peck’s “Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist.” Mostly Loomis’ book.
It’s been a long time since I sat down and drew this stuff. I normally just stare at it for a second, get bored and move on. Drawing from these anatomy books has helped my made-up figures look a little more solid and believable, I think. I imagine one can spend a lifetime trying to get this stuff right. Next up: side and rear views! If my sanity holds.
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Iron Fist Hiii-YAA!
The new series, “The Immortal Iron Fist,” has been pretty excellent for the first six issues. I never was a fan of the 70s comic, nor the Heroes For Hire series where he teamed up with Power-Man, aka Luke Cage. David Aja makes this once cheesy hero look pretty slick. The story is great too, infusing Kung-Fu mythology with modern day action scenes and witty dialog. Iron Fist uses his powers to do all kinds of new things. And he still punches and kicks bad guys.
An Iron Fist movie is in production for a 2008 release, with Ray Park donning the green and yellow tights. It’s going to be directed by the director of “Are We Done Yet?”
Really, Marvel?
True confession: I never learned the names of the muscles! Truthfully, I barely remember where most of them go. Time to fix that! Here are a few books I’ve been using lately.
Page from Figure Drawing for
All It’s Worth
by Andrew Loomis
Both Loomis’ book and Hogarth’s book instruct on how to draw the figure from imagination, without a model or photos. I’m working on this in the sketchbook now. Nothing too exciting here in these sketches of Green Lantern. The back view is based on a pose in the Loomis book.
Just drawing some Green Lanterns
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