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Drawing the Human Form Continued - A more detailed look at the male torso

 

The barbarian drawing

 

The Muscular Male torso - This figure is a bit of a barbarian. He has a bigger and more muscular frame than our knight. Take some time and try to draw this figure.

remember: As an artist the normal part of the process is not to draw the lines perfectly the first time. You should draw some initial lines and then notice how the relate to each other. Then erase them and re-draw them.

This process of continually drawing lines is how you are developing as an artist. If a line doesn't look right you can be encouraged! You are starting to see with an artist's eye.

Also: This guy is pretty muscular so it is a bit of a distortion of the normal human shape. Notice how the stomach is narrower than the chest.

Drawing practice: When drawing this figure make sure you follow the steps I outlined in this lesson. Use the rule of eight parts, draw the basic shapes like tubes, cylinders, ovals and circles, fill in the skin, do the shading then finally add the detail.

In our next lesson we are going to take a look at this concept of distortion. It is a great tool for the fantasy artist.

Next lesson for the fantasy artist: The Role of Distortion when creating creatures

 

 

 

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Fantasy Art Lessons

  1. lesson 1 - Holding the pencil and getting a feel for it and warming up with lines
  2. lesson1c how to draw a straight line
  3. lesson 2 - Drawing some simple geometric shapes
  4. lesson 3 - Understanding and using Perspective
  5. lesson 4- foreshortening in perspective
  6. lesson 5- Drawing depth and distance
  7. lesson 6-Using lines of varying thickness
  8. lesson 7- drawing form and shape with a medieval mace
  9. lesson 8- Drawing metal - We draw a medieval helmet
  10. lesson 9- drawing our first human form
  11. lesson 10- Distorting the human form to create fantasy creatures
  12. lesson 11 - doodling and creativity break
  13. lesson 12 - a Morning star mace - drawing textures
  14. lesson 13 - how to draw chainmail
  15. lesson 14 - How to convey action in your fantasy drawings
  16. lesson 15 - How to draw sword shapes
  17. lesson16 -draw an armored knight
  18. lesson 17 - Draw a fantasy dagger using the Five-S method
  19. lesson 18 - Creating space in your drawings - A Dragons Lair
  20. lesson 19 - Practice by drawing dragons
  21. Lesson 20 - Drawing from Memory
  22. Lesson 21 -Draw a Catapult
  23. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images
  24. Lesson 23: A guest artist shows us how to draw a prince warrior with an axe from start to finish

Fantasy Art Lessons from Guest Artists

  1. How to draw a magical genie using Corel and Photoshop
  2. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images
  3. Lesson 23: A guest artist shows us how to draw a prince warrior with an axe from start to finish

 

Art Books & Supplies

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Links to other art and art lesson websites

Stormthecastle.com
Castlefiction.com
The Telescope Nerd
Epic Fantasy.com
The Medieval Armory
THe Fantasy Guide
The Heroic Dreams Blog Knight-Medieval.com willkalif.com
make-video-games.com Young Adult Fantasy Guide

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