Anatomy for sculptors

Block-forming the semipronated arm of Michelangelo David. One of our most beloved explanations for creating an arm - with the "chain-method". If you think about it for the purpose of creating an arm, then it's created as a chain. This simple explanation makes it a lot easier to view an arm from a different perspective, and understandable. From our book - Understanding the Human Figure. Available in : https://anatomy4sculptors.com/

The nose is essential. It’s the main passage for the air. But not only are noses essential for breathing but creating them artistically is also a challenge! More infomartion: https://anatomy4sculptors.com/blogs/news/head-and-neck

Last week we posted the front of a female torso and it's block-out. So we found the same pose and did the back of it. Analyzing the forms, their flow and what creates them. www.anatomy4sculptors.com

On first look, mid-cheek looks like one big uniform chunk, but it is instead composed of lid-cheek, nasolabial, and malar segments. To achieve a realistic form, create these segments separately and then blend them together. Be careful cause if you make mid-cheek too uniform, the person will look swollen. If you accentuate each segment too much, on the other hand, the person will look older. https://anatomy4sculptors.com/

When forming the hand, start with the basic shapes and move on to details only afterward. When adding details, it's important not to lose the basic shapes. Pro tip: it's much easier to model fingers from square shapes than cylindrical ones. https://anatomy4sculptors.com/

The three fundamental forms of the palm are the Thenar eminence, Hypothenar eminence and Interdigital area. The first two are plump muscle masses covered with fat pads, and the latter is solely a soft fat pad covering the palm side of the proximal knuckles. https://anatomy4sculptors.com/

Female neck anatomy shapes. Their corresponding muscles - Sternocleidomastoid muscle (S.C.M.) divides the neck into two large triangles - The triangular space in front of (S.C.M.) is called the anterior triangle (A-Triangle) of the neck, and that laterally behind it, the posterior triangle ( P-TRIANGLE ). And more angles...combining these two images allows you to see the female next anatomy and its forms from various angles. In the upcoming book, we use these models and add movement to…

Moving down from the necks. We have a shoulder muscle (deltoid). It occupies almost the whole shoulder and can be divided into 3 parts - the front part (anterior), middle part (lateral), back part (posterior). www.anatomy4sculptors.com

A part of the orbital region section. Studying how the eye looks. As it appears in orbit. Having a look in eyelids shapes. As usual, we add our loved color-coding. And the GRID that allows us to understand forms. You may call it a specific type of topology, but it's made with the main idea of understanding forms. From the upcoming books - "Form of the Head and Neck by Anatomy For Sculptors" you can read more about it, here: https://anatomy4sculptors.com/blogs/news/head-and-neck