Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Comic Book Artists

362 Pages·2004·72.91 MB·English

by  Christopher Hart

Thanks to:
Alisa Palazzo, Bob Ferro, Candace Raney,
Ellen Greene, and Bob Fillie.
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Ron Adrian: 3.14, 3.17, 7.4–7.10, 7.14, 7.15, 7.30–7.33, 8.2, 8.3
Darryl Banks:0.1, 3.1–3.5, 3.21, 3.22, 4.1, 4.2, 4.11, 5.1–5.4, 5.6–5.11, 5.18–6.15, 7.1–7.3,
7.20–7.21
Will Conrad: 1.11–1.11, 2.14, 2.24, 3.48, 4.6, 4.12–4.25, 5.5, 5.12, 5.14, 8.1, 8.4–8.9
Kerone Grant: 1.3–1.7, 1.9, 1.13–1.29, 2.25–2.40
Christopher Hart: 7.13, 9.1–9.13
Adriano Melo: 3.24–3.29, 4.3, 4.7, 4.26–4.37
Pop Mhan: 0.2, 1.1, 1.2, 1.8, 2.1–2.11, 2.18, 2.19
Nicola Scott: 3.31–3.42, 6.17–6.24, 7.11, 7.17, 7.22, 7.29
Cover color: MADA Design, Inc.
Cover art: Darryl Banks
Interior color: Brimstone
Senior Editor: Candace Raney
Project Editor: Alisa Palazzo
Designer: Bob Fillie, Graphiti Design, Inc.
Production Manager: Ellen Greene
Published in 2004
by WatsonGuptill Publications, an Imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random
House, Inc, New York
www.crownpublishing.com
www.watsonguptill.com
Copyright © 2004 Starfire, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hart, Christopher.
Drawing cutting edge anatomy : the ultimate reference guide for comic book artists /
Christopher Hart.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8230-2398-2 (pbk.)
1. Human beings—Caricatures and cartoons. 2. Figure drawing—Technique 3. Cartooning—
Technique. 4. Cartooning—Vocational guidance. I. Title.
NC1764.8.H84H37 2004
741.5—dc22
2004012864
All rights reserved.
eBook ISBN:978-0-77043486-1
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8230-2398-1
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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
INTRODUCTION
THE FOUNDATION
THE SKELETON
THE MUSCLES
THE MUSCLES IN PROFILE
SIMPLIFYING THE BODY (WHEN ROUGHING OUT A POSE)
AGE CHART
HEIGHT CHART
BODY SHAPES: MEN … AND WOMEN
BODY LANGUAGE
MUSCULAR DETAILS
THE PRIMARY MUSCLES IN ACTION
EXTREME BULK
EXTREME VEINS
DRAWING VEINS THAT POP
PRIME LOCATIONS FOR SUPERVASCULARITY
SURFACE MAPPING
THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT ON THE BODY
THE HEAD AND NECK
THE SKULL
THE MUSCLES OF THE FACE
DRAWING THE EYES
MALE EYES VS. FEMALE EYES
THE TYPICAL MALE HEAD
THE TYPICAL FEMALE HEAD
DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS HEAD TILTS
DRAWING THE EARS
THE MAIN NECK MUSCLE
THE MAIN NECK MUSCLE IN MOTION
THE HEAD, NECK, AND SHOULDER AREA
THE CHEST AND ABS
THE RIB CAGE
BASIC CHEST STRUCTURE
THE MALE TORSO
WASHBOARD ABS
THE MUSCLES ON TOP OF MUSCLES
ARMS DOWN
ARMS UP
THE MALE TORSO IN MOTION
THE FEMALE TORSO
OPPOSING FORCES
THE FEMALE TORSO IN MOTION
THE BACK AND SHOULDERS
UPPER BACK, RELAXED (ARMS DOWN)
UPPER BACK, FLEXED (ARMS UP)
LOWER BACK
SURFACE RENDERING
CONTRACTING THE BACK MUSCLES
COOL COMIC BOOK POSES FOR THE BACK
THE MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS OF THE SHOULDER
THE SHOULDERS IN MOTION
COOL COMIC BOOK POSE FOR THE SHOULDERS
THE ARMS AND HANDS
ARM BONES
GENERAL MUSCLE INFO
THE MUSCLES BETWEEN THE BICEPS AND TRICEPS
THE TRICEPS IN ACTION
THE FOREARM
PUNCHING: THE FOREARM TWIST IN ACTION
COOL COMIC BOOK POSES FOR THE ARMS
THE HANDS
DRAWING EXPRESSIVE HANDS
VARIOUS HAND POSES
THE PELVIS, LEGS, AND FEET
THE PELVIS
THE LEG BONES: AN OVERVIEW
LEG BASICS
SIDE VIEW
THE LEG MUSCLES IN BULK
THE FEMALE LEG
SIDE VIEW OF THE FEMALE LEG
THE TROUBLE SPOT: THE KNEE
BACK VIEW
CALF MUSCLES
FEMALE CALF MUSCLES
DRAWING FEET
THE BONES OF THE FOOT
SHOES AND BOOTS
THE COMPLETE LEG
THE COMPLETE FEMALE LEG
ELEMENTS TO PRACTICE
HOW TO BEGIN
RENDERING THE MUSCLES
WOMEN AND THE SARTORIUS
LATS AND A GOOD BACK VIEW
RIB CAGE POSES
KEEPING IT SIMPLE
THE BIZ
STARTING OUT: THE ASHCAN AND OTHER STRATEGIES
SWITCHING SIDES
THE INTERVIEWS
MIKE MARTS, MARVEL COMICS
CHRIS WARNER, DARK HORSE COMICS
SCOTT ALLIE, DARK HORSE COMICS
INDEX
About the Author