Semester Overview

So, the semester was a lot of fun. Like most people, drawing out the skeleton wasnt my cup of tea, but I think it really paid off and its something that I will reference often from here on out. The building up of the skeleton was very important to me, as I was a lot more confident drawing out the full sized version after having studied each of the parts thoroughly.

If you look on my semesters final post, I added one of the leg bones I had done pretty early in the semester. Taking that and comparing it to the final skeleton, you can have a pretty good visual of how one was a direct reference of the other, and how the final was built up through studies.

This has all helped me immensely in drawing figures. Areas that are particularly noticeably better are areas of the figure in which the skeleton is more visible, such as the shoulders and the elbow and knee joints. However, it has also helped me grasp the more abstract areas of the figure, where bones are covered in layers of skin and muscle, giving even these areas a sense of structure.

Overall a great experience, and something I will be happy to show off in the future.

Skeleton In Progress and Details

Quick post with a bunch of the in-progress pics on the full skeleton we worked on during the semester, because I missed posting them back then.

Semester Finals

Leg

Vertebra Section

Skull

Model Drawing

Edited slightly because his back was bugging me (notably the Obliques)

Self Portrait

Full Skeleton

side note - the right leg (viewers left) got shrunk horizontally due to the page curving when I took the picture. The full body one show it in the correct proportions.