torso

For this week we were asked to do a study on the torso and create 3 views; the front, the side and the back. The torso consists of many different muscle groups that form differently. Every person has these muscles in the body and they can usually be seen when that person has low body fat. To start off I collected different images of people with low body fat to see what muscle  tone would look like.

 

By looking at the different images I noticed that in everyone the muscles were formed differently, an example would be some people had 6 packs, some had 4 packs and some had 8 packs due to genetics and nothing to do with how much you work out. After I looked at them I did a few drawings. After I did a few quick sketches I decided to get a better understanding of them by look at diagrams of the human torso showing off all the muscle groups.

       

By seeing them I noticed that the threads of muscle go off in different directions and that it was really complicated. I notice that a lot of the muscles were put into different groups and some bones like the spine around the back were fully covered and by doing this I created 3 drawings of the torso muscle groups.

 

Learning outcome

By doing this assignment I learned that the muscles in the human body are uniquely formed inn each individual, but with overall commonalities. I also learned that the human body has lot of different muscle groups that are all differently named. By doing this assignment I plan to learn the name of parts of the different muscle and bone groups. 

mark making

In this assignment we were asked to look at “mark making” and different drawing styles of artists in relation to drawing the human figure.

Different artists have many different drawing techniques, an example of this is measuring the head and making marks or start drawing a skeleton and filling in the details to mark a full human.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci, when he paints, would start off by painting an under painting in either grey or brown. By doing this the under painting would also show through the painting later, creating the form. After he would apply colours in thin transparent layers of paint; he would use very dull colours within a narrow tone range. He wouldn’t use intense colours, because he didn’t want to make a big contrast in his painting. In terms of lighting in his painting he would make it soft and gentle, so the facial features weren’t strongly defined or outlined. Leonardo also had a technique of softening colour and edges with thin layer of colours blended in to each other so the drawing didn’t have sharp outline or hard edges.

 

 

Banksy

Bansky is a street artist, who uses the technique of stencils and spray cans. Stencils are thin sheets that contain a shape cut out of them, allowing an accurate outline when creating a picture. Banksy, who creates his stencils, uses spray paint to fill in the picture. A common element of his art work would be using black and white to create a contrast and using colour to make it stand out.

 

 

Alex Ross

Alex Ross is a comic book artist that has worked for “Marvel” and “DC”. In order to get his proportions right, he would draw construction line in the shape of what he was planning to draw, after he completed that element of the drawing he would fill in the body, using shapes.

 

 

 

 

I will now try to do drawing in the same way Alex Ross does.

 

 

 

 

Learning outcome

By doing this assignment I learned that many different artists have different ways of drawing, and that no matter how good you are, you will also need to make some type of marks, in order to get a more accurate drawing. From doing this I now am more encouraged to practice mark making when I draw.      

body types

For 3DDS (3D digital sculpture) we were asked to do a study on the three different body types, which are ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph. Every person is one type, some also being mostly one type and slightly another. Each body type has it’s different advantages or disadvantages and way of functioning.

Ectomorph

Ectomorph is the type of body where the bone structure is long and narrow, making the person very slender and tall. Ectomorphs tend to have difficulty gaining weight in either fat or muscle due to having a fast metabolism, burning up the nutrients needed for growth. Ectomorph tend to have thin faces as well as skinny torso and legs, their torso also tends to be small while their limbs tend to be long. Ectomorphs also are not very muscular unless they regularly weight train and use the correct diet; even so it is still hard for them to gain muscle. Ectomorphs have the potential to become great speed athletes, for example runners.

Mesomorph

Mesomorph is the type of body where the bone structure is broad and strongly built, making the person broad and quite square like. Mesomorphs tend to have no difficulty gaining or losing weight in either muscle or fat as the metabolism is quite fast but not enough the burn up all the calories. Their torsos and legs tend to be well balanced in length, as well as their faces are quite square. Mesomorphs have muscular bodies and if they train they take an athletic appearance, they respond very well to weight training and a good diet in order to gain size and definition. Mesomorphs have the potential to become great endurance athletes, an example of this is would be swimming.

Endomorph

Endomorph is the type of body where the bone structure is big and short making the person quite round and wide. Endomorphs tend to struggle losing weight and gain fat very easily but can gain muscle very easy due to having a slow metabolism, so, most of the nutrients wouldn’t be burned up. Endomorphs tend to have round faces and tend to be quite short, their torso’s are quite big while their legs are quite short. Endomorphs do have not very well toned muscles which are hidden by their body fat even if they train. Endomorphs do very well with weight training and develop muscle bulk very quickly, easily especially with a good diet. Endomorphs have the potential to become great strength athletes, an example would power lifters.

Learning outcome

In this assignment I learned about the different body types and how they work. By doing this I have learned to understand why people are all shapes and sizes and why certain people respond to certain diets or training. If I were to do this again I would try and learn more about drawing because I am not a confident drawer and I feel I need to learn more about shading and proportions.