Here are some pencil sketches, ostensibly meant for "The Anatomy Book Project." The biggest hand is the good one; I'm very marginal at hands, and can only produce worthy results after a great deal of application. I'm curious what you guys think of the style on the big one, which is a somewhat tonal approach crossed with a little linear flourish. I think the best part is the forearm/upper arm region, where I'm indicating the muscles very graphically (maybe I should say "linear-ly", if that's any sort of word). I am attracted to this because I like the shapes of the fingers in this flayed, corpse figure.
I did this study from a photo I took at the now-famous "Body Worlds" exhibit (still at the Science Museum in LA, by the Colisseum?). I'll post the photo reference, too.
I have a much more finished version of an arm up at the notorious EUROCHINO site, which you, dear fellow TAG-iste, are welcome to inspect.
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3 comments:
I'm somewhat distrustful of thin, bony fingers in drawings. Hogarth favored them and although anatomically correct, I have yet to see them in reality.
I assume in this case it's meant to show the inner structure, in which case you can completely ignore my comment... so why did I post? ;)
Great studies. I saw that Body Worlds exhibit. There was a comment book at the end of the exhibit. One wit wrote "Too many Wangs."
So are you heading back to the states? Your other Blog mentions being stressed , packing, getting ready for a flight. Watch out for rioters.
Thanks guys!
In reverse order:
DOK:Yr tip re: improved scanning quality is much appreciated; as to adding regular graphite to the blue pencil, I haven't done enough of this. In fact, these are some of the first blue pencils I've done in a long time--and the first I've scanned. Glad you liked the arm on the EUROCHINO site!
EL: Everything is actually very peaceful here--but then, we aren't marching in the protests! One thought: since we've moved here, Paris has had 25 days of riots, a nasty winter, and now nearly a month of protests and intermittent strikes; in two weeks we are relocating to Burbank. Sad news for the residents of Burbank, I suppose; with our arrival, the odds of an uneventful summer in the Greater Los Angeles Area are about to take a nosedive.
RICK: I like yr thoughts about skinny fingers and they are really relevant. This drawing represents a specific strain of "cadaver thinking" that will show up in the book, but not be the dominant style: I hope to intersperse some fancy cadaver drawings (like this one) to work as both stylistic counterpoint, and thought-provoker. There will be lots of fat finger drawings in the future, esp. as these are the only sort of fingers I got!
TOM C.: Start saving now.
TO ALL: No one commented on the relation between the drawing and the source material. I am trying to make the drawing offer up better, more useful information than the photo. I will assume it succeeds in this way, since no one complained about liking that ghastly photo better....
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