Global Muscle Construction Exercise in April

Okay, this is where it gets a little complicated. I set out at the end of March to sketch fifty gestures using http://www.quickposes.com/. The gestures were completed in a day and scanned on 3/31. Then, I added skeletal landmarks as defined by Michael Hampton in gel pen. I scanned the landmarks on 4/06. Step 3 was to add muscle groups with colored pencils (color key listed below), scanned on 4/18. The last step was to define the form of these muscle groups with a needle nose pen.

Defining the groups led me to a snag. In order to define the muscles, I had to know their exact origin and insertion points along the human skeleton. I don't! I don't know them! Not exactly. Not at the time, anyway. I decided to stop at #18, scanned the first ten figures on 5/15, and scrapped the rest. This is enough to show the idea. Rather than upload each image individually, I decided to put the first ten together and hope the resolution worked. It works well enough.

I don't know which is best: color first, then outline or vice versa. Mistakes with the pencils are easier to cover up, so I'll continue with this strategy. What needs to happen now is a repeat of this exercise from Step 1, but with much greater detail. Over the past month, I have studied bones and muscles. I feel confident about insertions and origins, and have now come back around to proportions (where I began). The form of the pelvis is proving a pain in the ass, but with time even I shall master it. The real challenge now is learning how to hold the pencil as Proko and Vilppu hold it. Perhaps I'll write about that at a later time.

KEY

Step 1: Construct skeleton of the figure with 2H drafting pencil

Step 2:   Mark torso landmarks with gel pens

Red:                 Spine

Black:              Cranial Notch

Red:                 Clavicles

Green:              Sternum

Blue:                Manubrium

Blue:                Scapulae

Red:                 Iliac Crest

Blue:                10th Rib

Black:              Belly Button

Green:              7th Cervical Vertebra

                       

    Mark limb landmarks with gel pens

Orange:           Head of humerus and femur

Blue:                Ends of Ulna

Green:             Ends of Tibia

Step 3: Draw muscles with colored pencils

                       

    7 Torso Muscles

Light Blue:       Sternocleidomastoid

Dark Green:    Trapezius

Red:                 Latissimus

Yellow:            Pectoralis

Dark Blue:       Serratus

Orange:           Oblique

Light Green:     Rectus Abdominus

           

    7 Arm Muscles

Light Green:    Deltoid

Orange:           Bicep

Dark Blue:       Medial Tricep

Light Blue:       Lateral Tricep

Red:                Pronator Teres

Dark Green:    Brachioradialis

Yellow:            Carpi Ulnaris

    8 Leg Muscles

Light Blue:       Gluteus Medius

Dark Green:    Gluteus Maximus

Red:                 Iliotibial Band

Yellow:            Abductor

Dark Blue:       Sartorius

Orange:           Vastus

Light Green:     Hamstrings

Light Blue:       Calves

           

Step 4: Finish contours of construction with needle nose pen

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*Some of the muscles have the wrong color, before I manipulated the original key.