Character Design Anatomy Tips by Arthur Gimaldinov
Concept Artist Arthur Gimaldinov shared some very useful Character Design Anatomy Tips.
Thus, at different positions of the hand (for example, during a punch), the biceps will have a straight elongated shape. This is an interesting nuance that can give your hero a more confident look.
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It’s also worth noting the presence of chewing muscle surface. It is rarely visible, and for women, more often, it’s not visible at all — but the very awareness of its presence and attachment point will help make your brutal characters even more brutal.
The large cartilage of nosewing and the fibrous tissue that forms it are not united, and they have different angle of inclination. Thus, the shape of the nostril is an arc with a distinct bend. Alternatively, this bend can be mitigated by the skin, which at this point is slightly stretched. All of this, of course, varies for each person.
The deltoid muscle has three major sheafs, but I’ve decided to pay attention to only one of them. If you know exactly where the fixation points are, it will be easier to build your character. What also is interesting to know is that how each sheaf ‘inflates’ in reaction to arm movement.
When lifting the arm forward, the front bundle is ‘inflated’, and others do not change their shape. When arms are raised sideways, the lateral sheaf is ‘inflated’, the rest are not. Well, by analogy, there is also a back sheaf, which acts accordingly, but when the arms are raised back.
I would like to clarify another thing about drawing a hand. Many artists believe (I was one of them) that on a back of the hand the bones leading to the knuckles of their fingers are clearly visible. In fact, you see not the bones, but tendons which extend fingers when the hand unbends.
A rhomboid major muscle is attached to the spine and is in fact a mirror image of the infraspinatus. But since it is almost entirely covered by a trapezius muscle, we can see only a small part of it. Actually, just like we see only the half of scapula muscles — they are blocked by a back sheaf of the deltoid muscle.
You should be aware of the presence of this bone and the muscles that are attached to it. All of them are clearly visible in people with sporty physique — for example, when the leg is bent in a squat position or during ‘superhero flights’ with a bent knee. This knowledge makes it a little easier to draw legs.
Pay attention to the length of each tendon and compare it with the fact that tendons do not give an increase in shape, as muscles do. So consider this when drawing.
Remember this area, which is not covered by muscles, but also do not forget to show the volume of muscles that frame this bone along the edges.
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