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Rob Montgomery
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3yr
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Definitely the hardest assignment so far! Struggled with this quite a lot and realized how many proportional/perspective errors I made on my original hand bone assignments. Tried a few different techniques and levels of finish. Most happy with No 1 & 2 but I did spend a lot longer on them and used my own hands for figuring out details. Least happy with 4, shading is sloppy and there are proportional issues carried over from the bone drawing. Critique most definitely welcome, I'm going to go draw hands from reference for a bit... much less stressful!
Steve Lenze
3yr
Hey Rob,
These are cool, you really rendered them pretty well. I think the biggest thing that jumps out at me is that all the fingers are about the same size, and a little long. Drawing hands from reference is soooo much easier :)
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.
My assignment for the first hand lesson, took a couple failed attempts to get in the right mindset to do this but got there eventually and pleased with the results. First image is before watching the examples, second is studies from the examples. Any CC welcome.
Great job. Maybe, in the second image, the thumb of the first hand is a little bit small. But everything else is great.
Rob Montgomery
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3yr
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Managed to finally finish this assignment, pretty happy with it considering how complex the area is. First image is before watching the examples, second is studies from the examples and the 3rd is testing my knowledge on other reference and from memory. Might have to come back and do a few more from memory before I have it really locked down. Any CC welcome.
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3yr
Wow!
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Heres my attempt at the neck muscles. Always been an area I;ve struggled with, especially the area of the thraot between the Sternomastoids. Did a few extra from reference and from imagination to practice. Any feedback welcome.
That's awesome. I'm a beginner so my word doesn't hold much weight though. Of course, it's diagram-like in it's details. But the people have good directional gesture and it's great looking to me.
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First 3 images were done before watching the examples, 4th image was done referencing the examples. Went a bit heavy on the shading in the first two images, think it confuses some of the anatomy. Last study took a bit longer. Feedback very welcome!
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4yr
The anatomy drawing looks good! The last figure looks off with the arms. I think the left forearm shape is off. May be take another look at it. I like the shadow work on the left leg. The right leg's shadow line looks to hard and so doesn't feel like a round form like the other leg does. Great studies as usual!
Rob Montgomery
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4yr
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My attempt at inventing shoulder muscles. Some from the photo reference some from imagination, tried a few in forshortened poses as this is something I have struggled with before. Any feedback welcome.
These are great! though in the 3rd image you posted with the figure shown from the side, the scapula seems to be sticking out too much. Otherwise these are overall great drawings!
Rob Montgomery
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4yr
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Crtiques welcome, found the orgination of the lower portion of the oblique hard to visualise without drawing the entire ribcage. The last image was done after watching the examples, everytihng else was drawn before.
I would say that you definitely don't need any criticism here, on the contrary, your studies are very useful to allow others to understand the anatomy of these muscles (as well as the structure of the torso).
I hope you don't mind if I save them, they are very effective diagrams! :)
These look great! If you're having difficulty visualizing something try breaking it down into different 3d shapes. Try inventing the shapes yourself then go out and see what other artist do.
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4yr
Beautiful studies Rob! I have found it helpful to find the location of the tenth rib in comparison to the ASIS to help me locate the oblique positions and keeping the torso in proportion. Otherwise I run the risk of stretching the torso and making it too long. Great work!
Rob Montgomery
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4yr
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I found this one quite difficult so I did some extra study on some other references. I think females are much harder as the forms are softer and it's harder to define the anatomy without making it feel too hard and angular. Again I was getting carried away rendering faces but its good practice i suppose! Any critique is welcome.
Hi Rob, you have a really good way of suggesting shadows without compromising the readability of the structure: really simple and effective, you can see that you have a clear idea of what you are doing!
Your studies seem to me to be good and accurate, especially the figure in the lower right of the third sheet, where you have expressed the shapes very well despite the tricky pose.
There are just a few problems with the proportions, here and there, especially in the heads, but since these were the abdominal exercises, I'd say it's definitely not a big issue, you could have simply suggested the shapes and I understand very well that you went further for personal pleasure, which is fine (I would do it too, in a much less harmonious way than you did!).
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4yr
i love your use of the shadow line (core shadow) and variation of it's thickness. Beautiful drawings. Watch out for the head size proportion. Man in first and in last look a bit large in the head. Faces look solid and really good line control too. Awesome!
Rob Montgomery
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4yr
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These are from a while back now, I think I focused a bit too much on shading over the anatomy and gesture. I also got carried away with working on faces and other areas not relevant to the excercise so definitely need to stay on task more. Some of these were done before watching the examples and some after. Any critique would be welcome.
Great Studies
Nice shadow mapping, nice faces, everything looks very clean and communicates well. If I have to nitpick, I would like to see you balance more straights and curves. Some times I feel that you use too many straights and stiffs a little your gesture, But again, great work.
Best regards
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4yr
great job on the first figure's head tilted back. That's super hard to get to look right. Solid! The first figure in the fourth pic looks a bit out of proportion in the length of the legs. It could be due to camera angle though? Great studies man!
