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AN INTRODUCTION TO<\/p>\n

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ANATOMY<\/h1>\n

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Anatomy can be the most difficult, but also the most satisfying, skill to learn as an artist. Even if you’re an anatomy expert, starting with simple shapes is the key to inventing complex poses.<\/p>\n

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Safe for Work | Safe for Kids<\/strong>\u00a0 One of my primary goals is to provide artists with learning materials they feel comfortable viewing at work or around their families. At some point you’ll need to level up to a formal study of the nude figure<\/a>.\u00a0 But until then, a huge amount of foundational learning doesn’t require complete nudity. In this section, I’ve set the bar at “anything you would see at the Olympics on TV”. That means a fair amount of skin, skin-tight sportswear, leotards, dancers, gymnasts and athletes making crazy faces. In any case, developing a healthy and respectful appreciation for the human body makes drawing it both a joy and a privilege.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Every parent should decide when clinical or artistic nudity is appropriate for their children. Although I never recommend resources with suggestive nudity, violence, or occult themes, I do expect parents to review all content beforehand.<\/em><\/p>\n

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FIRST, LEARN
PERSPECTIVE BASICS!<\/h2>\n

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Before moving forward, make sure you’ve clearly understood all the concepts in the Perspective<\/a> section. If you can’t accurately tumble a series of cubes in 3D space, you definitely won’t enjoy building anatomical structures. When you learn to tumble primitives, you’ll unlock unlimited creative freedom and have way more fun drawing people. You should be comfortable creating many pages that look like this:<\/p>\n

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AND NOW… MANNEQUINIZATION!<\/h2>\n

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If you hop on YouTube, you may be overwhelmed with how many anatomy tutorials exist<\/strong>. That’s because there is no single official method for drawing people<\/strong>! In fact, seasoned artists will often use various construction methods<\/strong> within one illustration, depending on the angle and pose of each figure. What doesn’t change, though, are the basic rules of perspective. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mannequinization<\/strong> is the process of stripping away all the contoured details of a form until it is made up of primitive shapes<\/strong>. These create “cages<\/strong>” that are easy to rotate, translate and scale until the major pose is decided. Then, any amount of detail can be layered in as needed.<\/p>\n

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Of course, at some point, a reasonable amount of anatomical knowledge is necessary<\/strong> to complete the figure. The human body is an amazing and incredibly complex piece of design work, and learning anatomical structures can be a long and tedious field of study. That’s why you should consider taking things one step at a time<\/strong>. First, learn to create figures using boxes <\/strong>and cylinders<\/strong>. While you’re learning to do that, spend a bit of time each week watching videos that describe skeletal and muscular anatomy. But don’t stress out about remembering the name of every bone<\/strong> and tendon. Take notes when you feel like it. But watch as often and as much as you can from at least three or four different instructors (I’ll be providing some helpful links below and in the next section). You’ll soon reach a point where your technical knowledge of anatomy will converge with your ability to create boxy mannequins, and soon you’ll be inventing any twisty and bendy figure you can dream up<\/strong>. In the meantime, you’ll be surprised at how much story you can tell with simple primitive shapes.<\/p>\n

“But, but, but…what’s the best mannequin to use??”<\/strong><\/h4>\n

That is totally up to you. There are many variations, so learn from different teachers and use the one that makes the most sense to you. The mannequin should be a helpful guide, not another complex thing to memorize.<\/strong> Here’s one that I teach and use. I like it because it just uses cubes, cylinders and is easy to understand. Click on the 3D viewer below to tumble around the animation. You can play, pause and scrub to various parts of the motion. On the bottom left corner you can also set the playback speed for super slow motion action.<\/p>\n

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SIMPLIFIED MANNEQUIN<\/h2>\n

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