Sijun Forums :: View topic - Anatomy practice -- the skull

jfrancis · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:37 am

I took my digital camera to a decent plastic skull and made myself a stack of worksheets. Whenever I get a free moment, I grab a sheet and draw what's on it. I try to slip in at least 10 a day.

See that plastic box in the upper righthand corner? Its a disarticulated skeleton. I plan to visit every major bone in the body. Just as an exercise.

The SKULLS are H E R E if you want to do the same thing yourself...

Matthew · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 7:07 am

perfect idea and it looks really good too, this should be perfect for painting aswell.
Where can skeletons like this be found?

post some bigger pics in the gallery finished. Smile

thanks for sharing this
Matthew

insanelight · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:24 am

Yeah, really a great idea.
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jfrancis · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:20 am

Many of these are now online, with more coming soon. Thanks to EM-ARTS for hosting!

http://www.em-arts.com/skull/skull.htm

please take a moment to visit their site

DJorgensen · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 12:48 pm

Wow thanks! This is great.

Its something I've needed to practice for a long time now.
Maybe this should be added the Suma's link Archive as well.
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jfrancis · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:54 am

Here's an email from my drawing teacher on the matter:

"You sure are being systematic in your approach, in the long run it will pay
off. I had to do the same thing but in the days before computers using
tracing paper. It still is best if you can to draw from the actual skull.
In using the photos the natural tendency is to copy the 2D image you have
in front of you. I suggest also that you draw the skull from imagination as
much as you can. In working from memory we are continually confronted with
what we don't know and are forced to go back and examine the real thing."

scallywag · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:38 pm

Great reference, thanks.

Socar MYLES · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:24 am

Looking good...I need to get me one of those things. I have a rat skelly I use for rodent reference, but nothing for humans.
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jfrancis · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:34 am

If you compare carefully between my drawings and the photos, you can see that odd tendency people have to straighten out and flatten out deeply foreshortened forms. I wonder why that is.

Probably the best way to combat it is to block out the whole form in very simple terms early on, rather than drawing it as you go while you make your way down the form. I know it, but somehow I don't always do it.

jfrancis · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:58 am

Losts more photos as of this morning. Same link.

Matthew · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:16 am

jfrancis, many thanks there these goes down in my ref library. hehe I just noticed the zip file after I had saved them one by one haha hilarious.

regarding the foreshortening, I think one good way is to exaggerate the foreshortening a bit, so an opening on the skull, make it even smaller or more closed than it appears, just a thought.

thanks again for this. Smile

Matthew

burn0ut · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:11 pm

good stuff jfrancis.

can i ask, where did you get this skull from? i only know of boneclones.com but those skulls are friggin EXPENSIVE.

thanks.

jfrancis · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:04 pm

SolarC · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:17 am

jfrancis: thanks for the pics man! I think I'm gonna start doing the same excercise!