Brutally Judge My Anatomy Sculpt! - Feedback mega welcome!
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Hey all! I just did this anatomy sculpt as a sort of assessment of my understanding of anatomy. I would really appreciate some feedback. Feel free to be brutal I just want to improve my skills so any brutally honest comments are super duper welcome. I know it is kinda rough and simple, but I wanted to have a sculpt that was a little more clean with less random lines and anatomical mistakes that might mask a lot of the underlying mistakes I probably would make. I didn't spend much time on the head as I am more focused on learning the body right now. I would really appreciate any feedback! 
Am I even close to solid anatomy?!?!?!
Thanks!
Am I even close to solid anatomy?!?!?!
Thanks!
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Deltoid and Biceps are quite off. The Deltoid insertion on the humerus is ok, but it's origin on clavicula should be wider so the Deltoid is covering up the armpit (which here is just some undefined space between Biceps, Deltoid and Pecs.
The Belly button and the huge lower Abs mass need to go higher. The end of the third head is slightly above the bellybutton and cuts through the lower double of the 4 abs, no the higher. Also your abs are way too wide leaving barely any space for the external oblique. The thoracic Arch goes from the end of the sternum down, the sternum end where the pecs end. The top 2 abs muscles are partly covering the arch but not to a degree as yours do. The pectoralis is not as huge and overlapping. Behind it, under the arm, should still be an area covered by the external oblique and the Serratus anterior (the 4-5 little fingers come from under the lats and interconnect with the external oblique).
The iliac crest and the superior anterior iliac spine are higher up.
The legs...is it still WIP? becuse the satorius is not to be seen as is the tensor fasciae latae or the quads.
The back is basically missing everything important. No Spine of the scapula, no medial border, no visible 7th cervic vertabrae, no spinus erectus, the trapezeus is missing any kind of indication where it's connecting to the head or where is even located (also this arrow tip shape that goes up the spine really shouldn't be there.
The tricpes is missing its diamond shaped flat area to which the three heads grap onto.
Again for the legs: You have to see how the "ass" is shaped by the Glutisimus maximus and midius around the greater Trochanter (which is hole on the butt cheek). They sag down forming the lowe part of the butt with fat (that most have).
Done 2 paintovers... really quick and dirty and probably didn't catch all issues.
@Maxilator Thanks for the words of wisdom! I guess I get a little tunnel vision when working
Hopefully I will have a new sculpt by the end of the weekend, Cheers!
Since a lot of the issues have to do with size, maybe it makes sense to kind of measure out the body a bit. Take ZBrush, a model with decent anatomy (Zbrush ships with some of those), set your Transpose tool to 1 head (measure the head top to bottom and change transpose units under preferences to 1) and measure whats on the head positions front and back (yes front is 1. head, 2. down to the nipple line, 3. above the belly bottom, 5. the "junk", but back?).
Here is another fantastic paintover for the back:
Color Coding:
Dark Blue: Achromium process, spine of the scapula and medial border
Orange: Trapezeus (The dot is the 7th vertabrae)
Grey: Infraspinatus and Teres Minor (both have no real surface and just stay flat between the spine / Trapezeus and the sometimes gigantic Teres Major
Green: Teres Major
Violet: Deltoid
Light Blue: Latissimus Dorsi
Red: Spinal Erector muscle
Yellow: Tendon Sheet that covers the back
Pink: External Oblique
Black: The Posterior Anterior iliac Spine and the resulting Sacrum triangle, Iliac Crest,
That's all the terms you need for the back. You should maybe look at the single muscles and their Origin and where they grab onto, because that can change their features (often the shape of the fibers). But for example the pectoralis has 3 heads that grab onto the humerus and run under the Deltoid. This has to be conveyed in 3D somehow.
Please let us know if there are other regions you have problems with.
Also go onto google, look for pictures of models, bodybuilders, sportsman and such and throw them into Photoshop. Try to paint over the muscles, the more you do that the more you can see relations between muscles and important points (Front would be Scapula, Achromium process, Anterior superior iliac spine, iliac crest, thoracic arch, Manubrium, Sternum, and back: spine of the scapula, 7th vertabrae, spine, iliac crest, sacrum triangle, Greater Trochanter) and it will be easier to find a system of putting muscles in.
Any feedback is super appreciated! Also if anyone has any anatomy book suggestions I am all ears! Something that is pretty in depth would probably help.
Thanks for taking the time!
Quick edit: Forgot the nipples, cost of late night sculpting I suppose...
Good work!