I have been taking online anatomy courses by Stan Prokopenko
(AKA, Proko) for some time now. Here are some of the figure studies that I have
done from his course.
Recently, I feel that my understanding of anatomy is much
stronger than it used to be. I can draw a basic skeleton from memory and a
basic musculature of the upper body (though I am still having trouble
remembering all of the leg muscles and may need further practise in this
field). Drawing more complex poses is starting to become less of an issue,
though I always find it easier to draw from reference.
I also finished reading through “How To Render: The
Fundamentals of Light, Shadow and Reflectivity” and have gained a deeper
understanding of how to do efficient rendering of shadows. As a quick little
activity, I did some colour-picking on skin tone to study the values and the
variations of colour in different areas. What I found was quite interesting
considering that the palest areas of skin are near-white and the darkest areas
in the occlusion shadows are almost black. This wide range of values gives the
figure a great deal of depth.
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