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    The document provides an overview of artistic anatomy and figure drawing. It discusses using the male form, measuring the body in fractions of the head size, important muscle groups like the trapezius and abdominals, and how to grid out a figure drawing based on 7.5 heads height. Key muscle groups of the face, arms, legs, and torso are described in both anterior and posterior views.

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    The document provides an overview of artistic anatomy and figure drawing. It discusses using the male form, measuring the body in fractions of the head size, important muscle groups like the trapezius and abdominals, and how to grid out a figure drawing based on 7.5 heads height. Key muscle groups of the face, arms, legs, and torso are described in both anterior and posterior views.

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    The document provides an overview of artistic anatomy and figure drawing. It discusses using the male form, measuring the body in fractions of the head size, important muscle groups like the trapezius and abdominals, and how to grid out a figure drawing based on 7.5 heads height. Key muscle groups of the face, arms, legs, and torso are described in both anterior and posterior views.

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    Artistic Anatomy & Figure Drawing

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    Jack Lancer
    The document provides an overview of artistic anatomy and figure drawing. It discusses using the male form, measuring the body in fractions of the head size, important muscle groups like the trapezius and abdominals, and how to grid out a figure drawing based on 7.5 heads height. Key muscle groups of the face, arms, legs, and torso are described in both anterior and posterior views.

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    Artistic Anatomy &

    Figure Drawing
    What is Artistic Anatomy?
    !   The ideal human form

    !   Why we use the male form


    instead of the female form

    !   Lesson coverage: basic muscle


    groups, bones, tendons, and
    the relative proportions of all.
    Units of Measuring
    !   Fractions

    !   The head
    !   The length of the head

    !   Why use the head as a unit of


    measurement instead of a unit like
    inches or centimeters?
    How to Use the Head to Scale
    the Body
    !   The “ideal” human figure stands at 7 ½ heads tall.
    !   Ex. This means that if the head of your figure drawing is
    an inch long, that the figure as a whole would be 7 ½
    inches in height.
    !   When first creating
    your figure drawing,
    it will be easier
    to grid out your figure.
    Gridding the Figure
    0

    Lines from the top


    2

    mid-line
    3/4

    2
    Lines from the bottom

    0
    Important Muscle Groups
    !   640 muscles in the human
    body Anterior Posterior

    !   The following are the form


    producing muscles/
    muscle processes:
    Sternocleidomastoid,
    Trapezius, Pectoralis,
    Deltoids, Biceps, Triceps,
    forearm muscles, Serratus,
    Obliques, Abdominals,
    Quadricep grouping,
    Hamstring muscles, Calf
    muscles, Lattissimus,
    Gluteus
    The Ideal Face
    !   The eyes lay ½ way down the
    face.
    !   Five-eyes wide

    !   The base of the nose 1/3 of


    the way up from the chin.

    !   The lips lay ¼ of the way up


    from the chin.

    !   Top of ears – brow line, just


    above the eyes
    !   Lobes of ears – at the baseline
    of the nose
    !   Sternocleidomastoid
    Anterior Muscles of the Torso
    !   Anterior view of Trapezius muscles
    !   Anterior Deltoids
    !   Width of the torso from shoulder to
    shoulder is 1 ¾ heads ( 1 ¼ + ¼ + ¼ )
    !   Shoulders lay mid way between lines 1
    and 2 from the top

    !   Pectoralis muscles
    !   Nipple line lays on line 2 from the top

    !   Serratus muscles
    !   Abdominals
    !   Obliques
    !   Lay just above the hips near the navel
    line on line 3 from the top.
    Posterior Muscles of the Torso
    !   Posterior view of Trapezius

    !   Posterior view of Deltoids

    !   Lattissimus muscles
    !   Full width of the ribcage, 1 ¼
    wide
    Arm Muscles
    !   Upper arms
    !   1 ½ heads long from shoulder
    to forearm
    !   ¼ head wide
    !   Bicep
    !   Tricep

    !   Forearms
    !   1 head long

    !   The arm ends at the fingertips


    on line 3 from the bottom
    Upper Leg Muscles
    !   Hips are 1 ¼ wide and start right below the
    navel line.
    !   The pelvis, or groin area, lies on the ¾ or mid-
    line
    !   Upper legs start at mid line (¾) and end on
    line 2 from the bottom at the knee
    !   Gluteus muscles

    !   Quadricep muscle grouping

    !   Hamstring grouping
    Lower Leg Muscles
    !   Calf muscle grouping

    !   Starts at the knee on line 2


    from the bottom, and ends
    on line 0 (accounting for the
    foot)

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