[Matthew]

Hello
Some of my newest work, actually made today (the Mecha was made yesterday).
I still have some problems with muscles on characters. Which of these has the best muscles?
Is the foreshortening ok? Something I also have fat
trouble with, foreshortening.

Pictures:





This Mecha can also be seen in the Mecha Thread:



Have a nice day and Merry Christmas
Matthew

[Eric Pommer]

I think the middle on has the best musculature, although I would suggest studying from the real thing. The foreshortening on the top works, but the last one doesn't. The way his fingers bend make it look like his hand is twisted around. I like the mecha the best because of the background, actually.
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[Matthew]

I tried to get a Karate pose on the mecha...hehe...you are right, the hand is bending really crazy.
The crazy thing with muscles is when I make the muscles with pencil they look pretty decent, but when I am filling with ink they suddenly appear to be not so good. Does anyone have a tip about that?

Matthew

[Molako_Plus]

good work mathew keep it up.

dont get discouraged but you dont havta show us every single painting you do.
keep drawing and painting...and show us the best piece from that week of work....or even two weeks, months etc.
i just want to see works with some time between them....that way i think we'll start noticing big changes and improvements.
well see what your doing right..what your doing wrong...what works what doesnt...yaddy yaddy yadda.

dunno how to explain myself really..but i hope you get what im saying.

nonetheless...keep it up!
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[Matthew]

Hello..hehe I can see what you mean I think I wrote the question somewhere if you can get addicted to this forum. Maybe I am?
Anyway, The Christmas is coming up so the big shipment of graphics will have to wait after christmas, I mean for the forum from me

thanks for the compliments Molako_Plus and Merry Christmas
Matthew

[Drawnblud26]

Geez, I'm probably going to get slammed for this, but besides drawing from real life (muscle mags work great!), I would also suggest looking at comics too. Sometimes it is easier to look at drawings of muscles than photos of muscles. My anatomy work isn't perfect, but I have improved greatly over the course of the last two years, because I started using photo references, personal references (posing in a mirror) and looking at comics. It's not cheating if you learn from it and not depend on it. Usually once I learn to draw something, I can always draw it again without the reference.
Anyway, I hope I helped a little. Your drawings are great and show wonderful potential. Work on it and show us what you have in a week or so.
Cheers!
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[Matthew]

Hello
Thank you Drawnblud26, I�m gonna try out these muscle magazines after Christmas.

Merry Christmas
Matthew

[SunnyTheDevil]

Ever better. My main gripe here is the middle one's neck, actually the lack thereof. His head looks awkward, and no neck to be seen past the ears. Also, try to remember that pectorals are a part of the chest, and not all of it. On the compliment side, the forshortening on the first one works very well, and Im in love with the color choices. The background on the mecha is also very groovy.

[Matthew]

Thank you SunnyTheDevil and yeah you are right about the neck, I didn�t even notice that before, I guess I was concentrating to much on the shoes on that character...hehe

Merry Christmas
Matthew

[edible snowman]

they have small penis.

[Matthew]

hehe I guess they are not porn-kings...hehe

Matthew

[Al Ian]

You're getting better!! Line art is good, very clean. Your highlight and shading gives good depth!! Keep it up.
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[Matthew]

Thank you Al Ian and Merry Christmas.

Matthew