#drawing muscles

[chordsykat]

New character's really cute and love seeing your muscle girls. I could never figure out how to draw female muscles to my satisfaction 😭 any tips? (Rhea)

You know what helped me? Start by drawing the shape of the character's body and don't hold your brain hostage with thoughts of making the shape 'feminine'.

...and do I basically mean "don't draw boobs?" Yeah, kinda! Boobs love to get in the way when it comes to stuff they hang out in front of... But also, don't hold back because the figure you're rendering is starting to look too masc. Male and female muscle/skeletal structure is surprisingly similar, on an anatomical level. Once you get that, you'll feel those shackles of "girl muscles versus boy muscles" falling away, and you can make some very interesting characters with exciting new body shapes you were afraid to try, before. :) Hope this helps!

#art #drawing tips #anatomy tips #drawing humans #drawing muscles #figure drawing #answered

[xephia]

#studying shapes #anatomy art #daily sketch #daily sketches #learning #drawing muscles #art #drawing

[octopus-ink-pen]

Simple shapes practice today. Some muscles I had in mind in drawing them and ribbons for hair fundamentals.

#daily sketch #art fundamentals #art practice #pencil drawing #art #drawing practice #practice makes perfect #always learning #daily practice #drawing hair #ribbon drawing #drawing muscles #simple volumes #basic shapes

[system-of-a-feather]

can i eat your anatomy skills? yes my style is much more cartoony but you managed to make really good muscles on your characters and i need to learn how to do that.

saldfjlkadf thank you thank you

I honestly just really like drawing muscles and admittedly looking at them and building them look collectively as a system we are muscle heads don't @ me too loudly its 100% part of that whole meme of someone who draws feet TOO well but me @ muscles

Currently I'm kinda in what is probably best summarized as a "study period" of drawing in the sense that I'm mostly focusing on doing things with heavy references and reviewing / polishing how I like to go about doing things and trying some more experimental things rather than explicitly necessarily going in with the intent to draw something in specific.

Usually my art during study periods are either moderate flops or some of my best things I draw until i cycle back to another study period.

(For the record, I don't plan study vs practice periods, they just follow with my mood as I get tired and loose interest of both if Im on one long enough; I don't recommend anyone study if they feel its something they "have" to do)

But like the one - if you mean the Xiao one where dudes fucking shirtless cause I had too much fun with the anatomy - that one I was partially doing specifically to review muscles and to also try to use them in a bit more of a like... odd / dynamic perspective / camera angle

I usually spend a good time looking through pinterest and google and stuff for things I'd like to study, reference, and do an artwork based on during study periods and then I pick one of the like 80+ OCs that I think would work well with the thing I felt like studying

In that case I found this (image below the keep reading, cw shirtless man with male presenting nipples) on pinterest and I REALLY liked the pose and how the chest and waist were connected in a much more fluid manner than the standard poses + the not-standard camera angle and really wanted to play with it

Best thing for learning muscles though is to reference nude / partially nude photos of people, unironically looking at muscle group diagrams and seeing the general shape of muscle groups in the body, and HONESTLY looking at other artists and how they approach drawing muscles and meat on the body

I'm honestly not the best with more cartoony (and even anime since I consider mine like anime-esque semi realism) so I don't think I can give any direct advice on how to do it in a less-realistic manner cause I struggle with the concept of less-realistic styles but if I were to guess it'd be to learn the general muscle areas and their shapes and see how you can incorperate those shapes into your art ^^

Also this is generally a description of how muscles work which can help kinda figure out what might be off with a drawing of muscles - but honestly this is just a kinda more niche formal knowledge thing

-Riku

#alter: riku #story art #art posting #my art #art advice #drawing advice #art #digital art #drawing muscles

[xiomare76]

Aaah my phone camera sucksss (plus it’s night)

Anyway, anatomy of legs 🦵

#anatomy #leg anatomy #thick legs #drawing muscles #sketch #drawing #art #semirealism #sketchbook #stylised art #studying anatomy #it sucks #might have ​spelling mistakes

[tory-yeetedtoshi]

Was practicing drawing muscles

#drawing muscles #sketch #art #doodle #drawing #funny art #pencil shading #men #muscles

[nagararts]

Here's some notes on some of the upper body muscles so you, artist, don't need to look them up

They are not medically accurate, just enough for artists to know the necessary muscles and how they work together

I 100% recommend doing the last exercise I did to be able to actually place the muscles

Here are my notes on the lower body muscles

#lower body muscles notes coming in a month #don't even ask about the forearm there's just too many muscles there #art study #muscles study #upper body muscles #art tutorial #anatomy notes #artists help #nagarart #drawing #digital art #my art #art

[polarsirens]

This is death itself. This is the biggest and baddest thing in all of fairy tale, and you want to set it free.

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #neverafter #neverafter spoilers #ylfa snorgelsson #little red #big bad wolf #from one wolf to another! #heavily referencing moro from mononoke hime in the first page #i think i pulled a muscle in my shoulder #from drawing those god damn chains lol #fanart #my art #okay i'm really done! is it wednesday yet #(technically it's thursdays for me because of timezones but anyway)

[thesadpuffin]

Zelda Reacts Part 3

the vai set! this one was HIGHLY requested!! omg it was so much fun drawing this outfit haha. I kinda made it intentionally ambiguous as to what Zelda is thinking and whether Link is confirming it or not. He's either confused because he's got nothing to reveal, or because whatever it is he assumed Zelda knew all along 😂 you decide!

Part 2: Stealth <<< >>> Part 4: Barbarian

#he be slaying tho #i love drawing his muscles ahaha #frothing to draw the voe armour soon 👀 #the legend of zelda #loz botw #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #botw #loz comic #botw fancomic #botw comic #botwfanart #loz fanart #loz memes #zelink #link fanart #zelda fanart #comics #thesadpuffin #polarbeararts

[noodles-and-tea]

We could really use a wish right now…

#you know what #I miss drawing him #I missed it #it was like insane muscle memory #so familiar so safe #my art #Phoenix wright #ace attorney #pw aa

[zosanbrainrot]

He's just a dude, a birthday dude

#święto niepodległości?? nie to urodziny Zoro #zoro #roronoa zoro #I made this instead of working and the deadline is approaching agahshdjfj #must get my shit together #one piece #i like drawing Zoro all wrinkled and scrungly #*wondering if I'm using the word scrungly correctly bcs when I googled there's scrungly but also skrunkly which seems to be different* #i mean he's like idk a disheveled dirt boy #it just feels right to draw him with wrinkles on his face #once again I'm clueless abt chest and arms muscles but I did use refs so maybe it doesn't look too bad #ok i need to go eat sth #my art

[wasyago]

✨the dragon slayer✨

#felt obligated to draw at least one actual horse after drawing so many skeletons hdgsbsg #surprisingly its a lot harder #muscles man 😩 #secret life spoilers #secret life smp #bdoubleo100 #and small gem and tango but im not tagging them #my art #sketch

[lotus-pear]

skk but dressed as actual mafiosi

#DAY 52626738822 OF NOT BEING ABLE TO RENDER MUSCLES OR ABS I STAY LOSING💔💔 #literally wiping drool from my mouth while i was drawing this thank god im straight after all /hj #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #chuuya nakahara #nakahara chuuya #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #soukoku #skk #lotus draws

[octopus-ink-pen]

It has been a busy two days! So I missed my first day in a while. But after watching some YouTube videos on drawing I was motivated to make some strides. Practice and more practice. And more importantly the right kind of practice. Focused with a clear goal in mind. It’s nice to feel results. Only a few more weeks abroad until I’m back to my drawing tablet.

#basic shapes #daily sketch #pencil drawing #art fundamentals #art practice #drawing practice #art #practice makes perfect #always learning #anatomy drawing #drawing legs #drawing arms #human anatomy #muscles #drawing muscles #wire frame #learning artist #artists on tumblr #goals #focus #repitition

[f88lfool]

My first anatomy tutorial. How I connect arms to the torso. Simplified the muscles for better comprehension

PS. Pectoral is misspelled as “pectorial” in the picture. Don’t make that mistake haha

And I’d love to see the art made from using these as reference, you can message or tag me.. whatever you want

Edit: The extended names of the muscles:

Neck - Sternocleidomastoideus

Traps - Trapezius

Lats - Latissimus Dorsi

#pec-torial #pec tutorial #there i said it #also keep in mind each body (even the leanest ones) have fat on them #a reblog pointed this out and I thought it was a good reminder #none of these bodies have 0-1% bodyfat #art tutorial #anatomy #anatomy tutorial #drawing tutorial #drawing tips #muscles #muscle tutorial #art study #digital art tips #anatomy tips #art ref #art #reference #tutorial #art references #titorial #f88lfool

[myrkkymato]

Why are you so obsessed with me?

#santa barbara is my favourite ellabs “what if” #ellie x abby #ellabs #the last of us #tlou #ellie williams #abby anderson #tlou fanart #santa barbara ellie #santa barbara abby #fan art #myrkkymato art #i should start scanning these more often #maybe this was just an excuse to draw abby's muscles or maybe not.. i guess we'll never know #i feel like i'm going to fall asleep now bye