Preserved Topic: Speed Painting - Muscles

Summer's coming, time to get in shape! Lemme see some muscles.

1. You have approximately 30 minutes (try to limit differences by 10 mins, give or take) to do a sketch/painting/model, digital or traditional of the supplied topic.
2. Time dedicated to scanning, uploading, saving, etc, is NOT counted towards the time it takes you to do your entry. Just the time you spent creating it.
3. You can submit as many entries as you want.
4. Much like the monthly sig competitions, the previous winner decides the next topic and the next winner of said topic.
5. Speed painting topics will last for approximately a week.
6. Have fun!

FLEX THOSE MUSCLES BITCHES!!!!



[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 04-20-2003).]

Damn I would love to do this stuff! ...sadly no wacom, no scanner....no nothing...only laptop and finger....jeez it sucks to be poor.....

well I got an oldie taken with DC ...might still be cool to add, though...

WHOOHOO there is no way I am giving up cuz of that! OK I just did my first CG painting with photoshop from scratch on white canvas with my DAMN FINGER and I am very pleased with the result!

wow I think it came out pretty good for the first time...expect more later

clicky

how about a direct link? I aint got time for deviant adverts shite.. TIA

With your finger...On a laptop... good work. And good work InSiDeR.

My god...Now that I have my tablet fixed, I've got to get up off my lazy ass and make something.

Hey, insider, do you use a pressure-sensitive tablet, or that's just using a regular mouse ?

[edit] and DAMN, ruski... you did that with your finger ???!!!??? I envy u... u must drive the girls wild.



[This message has been edited by asptamer (edited 04-21-2003).]

ehh, yes I did it just with a finger...added few colors and then smudged it

man I love smudge tool....

well in fact I was best in my human figure class...that might explain, I have some kind of passion for human figure

well yeah in school all of them are begging me to draw their portraits LOL

[edit]and sorry vp I got no other place to host only DA, I know your pain I hate it too, well my homepage is still on constraction[/edit]

[This message has been edited by Ruski (edited 04-21-2003).]

WHOOHOO yet another one just made it this right now...damn my finger hurts!

CLICK HERE

[edit]probably gonna make a couple more later ....only if you guys like em...other wise dont wanna waste time [/edit]

[This message has been edited by Ruski (edited 04-21-2003).]

it's not about whether or not we like them...this is the kind of thing you do for *you*.

If you're only doing it to please strangers on the internet, there's not much point...

well...ok you make sense

I have a Wacom Tablet .

Thank CFB, I'd like to see what you can enter here.

I'm doing something...I can upload it later.

hmm..yet another one of this macho guys...here is a view of the back...I dunno how much more I am gonna make.....its real pain in the ass to do it on touchpad...but hey I am getting somekind of thrill from it

CLICK HERE

Ok, at least they semi relate. And please forgive their overall shittyness.

Old one, I did it in math, and quickly colored it just now in 3 minutes
I was originally gunna do a body-builder, but it turned into this. WARNING SLIGHT NUDITY. I had a referance and everything of an over-steroid pumped woman, but...
I did this when I saw the topic theme. Inspired, maybe. Hopefully that means that my subconsious though it was muscely-realted enough.

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Anyways, either I have really low self-confidence/esteem or these all suck ass. Please forgive me. Ok, fine, so I know that the former is true, but I'm debating about the latter.

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Ruski: Use an image hosting service. DeviantArt takes about a minute to load those over cable. A minute to load any picture over 56 would be fine, but DA is slow beyond belief.

Still, amazing. Actually, is it hard using a touchpad? I've always though it would be kind-of akin to just using a tablet.

umm counterfeibacon, it looks like your image hostimg service needs to be paid for, do you know any free ones?


and yes using touchpad is pain in the ass..its too small but somehow I manage...

btw..why did you draw nude female?...it looks good but,...hmm...ahh nevermind, you did great

I just checked. I have a left-over account from when it was free.

well, but do you know any free ones?

get a job

It's only $5 anyways, and there are a couple of free ones in the FAQ.

quick little sketch for an animation concept.

Thats awesome DG.

Is it a private animation, or for a movie/short?

now that's a tricep

anyone looking for a good online anatomy reference: http://www.fineart.sk/muscle/page_01.htm

quickie -



photo ref used...

{edit for reitsma - http://www.fineart.sk/muscle/MuscleAnatomyPictures065.jpg }

[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 04-24-2003).]

jamie, could you post the photo ref?

i have to say, wow. i think that may be my favourite out of all your drawings. very nice work.

I didn't realize that Synax needed contributions. Here's my coin in the kettle then for the meak




Great work Jamie. Love the study.

Vagabond.



[Edit: Not scanned, done in Painter]

[This message has been edited by synax (edited 04-24-2003).]

Great stuff from everyone - I love that one Synax

We do have a little section for Human Anatomy links at the GN:
http://development.gurusnetwork.com/links/56/

and Gray's Anatomy can be a great help with this kind of thing (not that some of you need it but....)

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I envy you guys, you got scanners

Eye Muscle Thingymajiger


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It was a little over a speed painting, so I had to stop before finishing the second muscle.


Very cool CFB!

[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 04-24-2003).]

I just had a quick tip for InSiDeR:

Your anatomy looks good, as do your proportions, but your figures still retain that, err, boxy look. In other words, they don't look fluid. I think it was DG that said to draw the human body as a bunch of curves. Look at figure referance sites, or the nude referance thread over at Conceptart.org. Real people look very: "fluid."

Just a thought. I've tryed to impliment it in my figures. And they look better since I started doing it.

You mean the chest? Oh that was a waste, I just added that so I could add another arm, I didn't really focus much on the anatomy of the chest.

I was going for a convict look anyway .

Insider: Start reading those anatomy links. Study them hard, and see if you can get your hands on a book or two. Burne Hogarth is a great choice. Gray's Anatomy is always a personal fave. Your sketches look like play-doh people right now. Once you sort out the anatomy, then you can work on lighting. It'll be a first big step.

Enthusiasm is wonderful, but it needs to be metered with progress, not plateaus.

Yea but, I'm saving for something else right now... I can always go to the library and photocopy a book, though.

~ponders~

Just go the link that DL posted. It has free anatomy book. Especially look at Greys, along with figure books. I just started doing that. It's nice to be able to see the workings of why the figures look like they do.

InSiDeR: The online copy of Gray's Anatomy should be what you need to get started (its possibly one of the most important and influential books ever published) start here:
www.bartleby.com/107/index.html#chap5

The site DL posted is interesting in this regard as it can help you get the muscles in the arms looking more realistic - you can browse the thumbnails here:
www.fineart.sk/muscle/page_01.htm

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Hey, just go out and get some Marvel Comics ...
Try Spider Man and I know you'll get all you need ...


GruvWiz

NO, whatever you do never get any comic art, it wont teach you shit! trust me I have been throu this!

books are always good, Hogarth stuff is great...but if someone really wants to learn human figure good...books wont teach you good or fast enough....I suggest you take classes on human figure, drawing nudes in diffrent perspective and possitions helps alot!
thats the best way to learn how to capture the shape fast, second most inportant thing is to learn light and shadow technique like DL uses on his sketches, its very important cause thats the only way you can add volume to your figure ....comics are flat wont teach you shit, never draw comics for learning....always study fine arts, the comics gonna be childs play soon enough for you

another with a photo ref from the above posted source -



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insider - do not underestimate the necessity of reference, especially in regard to anatomy (and not just human anatomy) any type of animal or creature you draw needs to have a plausible anatomy. The arm you posted has what I've been fond of calling 'fish fillet syndrom'. Basically it looks like someone has draped a large fillet on top of the mans arm and hidden the detail of the actual muscle Now, I've seen far worse, and by people who have no excuse to make such errors, so don't take this as an insult.

It's simply an area that needs some real work.

(also don't forget that when you need reference for hands, you have two of them your self )




[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 04-25-2003).]

if you want a free image host, my picture website is www.mybackground.50megs.com just go to 50megs.com and type that in the URL to log in, password is millennia

umm....I dont get it how can I get a free host? I fallow the instruction but it always brings me to the page of credit card...why?



[This message has been edited by Ruski (edited 04-25-2003).]

Ruski - I just went and set one up to test it out with no problems.

You have to make sure that you continue clicking on the "free" package on the pages where you have to choose - it's that simple.

Took about 2 minutes...

Alright, a week has passed. Ruski, head up the next topic.

same one as above, but with an extra 1/2 hour spent on shading -