And now for something completely different...

If there’s one thing that drawing all these spider-people has taught me in the lat few weeks is that I need to put some renewed focus on anatomy. It’s one thing learning about where body parts go when people are in very interesting postitions. However, one thing I was struggling with is how you can make an arm look like an arm without being able to see elbows, forearms, etc. The trick, as I’ve found out, is making the body parts look anatomically correct. That is the best way to convey human figures I think.

Anatomy has been my Achilles Heel, though. No pun intended...maybe a little intended. >_>

​Years ago I had received this book as a gift. At the time, I was intimidated to even open it up. There was nothing in there I was capable of doing. I tried, but I had not yet mastered for shortening or even shading at that point and I could wrap my head around the shapes of the body. I found the skeletal structures helpful and that is where it began and ended. The book went onto the shelf and stayed there for who knows how many years.

Fast forward to now and something within me told me I was ready to give this book another shot. I opened it up and began reading. It’s more than just a picture book. It takes you one body part at a time and goes through the bone and muscle structure of each body piece. It also goes though the history of art and anatomy in the introduction that is absolutely fascinating. I digress.

This book is amazing, and I highly encourage anyone looking to get into figure drawing to check it out. If you have a strong stomach. The drawings therein can be a little graphic. Well, nothing in there is particularly gory, but you get the idea. Things that are usually on the INSIDE of our bodies being drawn exposed and without artistic embellishment, etc.

Anyway, here is my drawing. I hope you like it and have an awesome day!