Needing advice on this model from anatomy experts.

KyleReeceHall · Aug 2013

Id much appreciate any help i can be given on this model im working on, im practicing anatomy and im making this in order to have something to work from for characters instead of starting from scratch each time.

Any help would be much appreciated thanks.
Kyle.

Fomori · Aug 2013

Looks VERY similar to the model from this book:

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/ZBrush-Digital-Sculpting-Anatomy-ebook/dp/B004H4XLJM/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375797150&sr=1-2&keywords=sculpting+z+brush"]ZBrush Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy eBook: Scott Spencer: Amazon.co.uk: Books[/ame]

Is that what you're basing it on?

KyleReeceHall · Aug 2013

Yeah i have been using tutorials that are on a disc in that book but i sculpted it all myself.

sefice · Aug 2013

Great start. The torso looks good but there are some inaccuracies on the back and legs.

Here's a quick paint over.
Please forgive my handwriting.

Know where your bone landmarks are. Muscles connect to bone or tendon, and knowing where the surface bones are laid out (Iliac spine, ribs, acromion process, clavicle, etc.) will help you better place those muscles.

EDIT:

TRAPS:
If you look at anatomy diagrams on the trapezius and how it's shaped, the red areas are muscle, which are the ones that usually bulge in muscular people. The white areas are tendon and remains flat like a sheet.

KyleReeceHall · Aug 2013

Thank you very much! very detailed advice and was just what i was looking for, its hard to notice the mistakes after looking at it for so long. I appreciate that you took the time to do this for me, thank you very much sefice!

I am aware of the difference between tendons and muscles I just needed someone to point out what i got wrong, thanks again, ill make thees changes and post the results

sefice · Aug 2013

No problem Kyle! There are some things I missed here and there, but this was all what came into mind when I saw it. I need to brush up on my leg anatomy now that I think of it. The legs are usually the areas I tend to neglect.

Good luck and happy sculpting.

KyleReeceHall · Aug 2013

Thankyou, my big problem area for some reason is the for arms, its hard to understand all the muscles and tendons there especially with the twisting of the arm bones.

KyleReeceHall · Aug 2013

Quick update

sefice · Aug 2013

Triceps are better now. The tendon though still looks to concave.

The scapula line is much clearer but you have it backwards. That's what it looks like on a skinny person. The scapula on a fairly muscular physique tends to sink between muscles like this guy:

as opposed to this one here

The knee area looks like it has a lot of tendons going on. The 4 heads of the quads all attach into one tendon that runs down along the knee much like how the triceps are.

It's coming together nicely Kyle, and yeah forearms are quite a pain.

KristaW · Aug 2013

^ Sefice, great stuff there. O.o

KyleReeceHall · Aug 2013

Thank you very much ive saved these images and am using them to continue the model, i appreciate the time you took making these for me

s6 · Aug 2013

Awesome feedback there! Definitely saving for future reference.

Needing advice on this model from anatomy experts.

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