ImagineFX Presents - Anatomy Essentials - 13th Edition 2022

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NEW DRAWING WORKSHOPS Learn to sketch human and animal forms
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Welcome to
Art has taken many forms over the years, but
nothing quite compares to holding a pencil in your
hand, and drawing the different aspects of arguably
one of the greatest pieces of art in the world – the
human body. From the muscles that make up our
anatomy, to the very hands that we create art with,
we aim to teach and inspire you with a plethora of
imaginative tutorials. In Anatomy Essentials, you’ll
find plenty of creative projects to help you get to
grips with your artistic capabilities, plus the wealth
of information contained within these pages. Not
to mention the free online resources, including
workshops, brushes and more!

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Contents
C
ONTENTS
Learn to draw human and animal anatomy
Drawing anatomy Muscle anatomy 158 Animal faces
Draw the expressions in animal faces

24 Creating basic forms 92 Shoulder structure
Learn to draw the body’s shapes Decipher and draw the body’s tricky forms Digital art

30 Light and form sketching 98 Drawing and posing the back
166 The art of drawing: The theory
How to render light and shadow How to see the back in simple forms
The basics of sketching explained

36 Get better at figure drawing 102 Draw curvy strong hips
170 The art of drawing: In practice
Turn realistic drawings into fantasy Master the female and male structure
Put your sketching knowledge into action

40 How to draw imagined figures 108 Drawing the wrist in motion
174 Strike a pose
Create figures from your imagination Get under the skin of this trick body part
Learn to draw exaggerated anatomy poses

46 Compose multiple figures
178 Mix digital and traditional art
in a scene
Movement anatomy The pros and cons of different mediums
Tell a story with your figurative drawing

184 Paint a faun using mixed media
50 Draw the torso 116 Drawing gesture and motion
How to mix digital and traditional skills
How to draw the body’s core structure The skill to drawing dynamic figures

186 Convey the feel of natural
56 Drawing the legs 120 Drawing the body in motion
media
Master the limbs that power the body Make your figures move with realism
Get a traditional look in Photoshop
62 Drawing feet
190 The secret to painting skin
How to render solid-looking feet
Animal anatomy Master painting skin tones digitally

66 Drawing the shoulder
and upper arm 128 Basic forms
Master the body’s most complex area See the shapes beneath the skin

72 Drawing the forearms 134 The animal torso
Draw the body’s more sophisticated area Discover how the core of the animal works

78 Drawing the hands 140 The hind legs
A complicated area of the body, made easy Learn how animals move and draw it Get your
82 Drawing the head 146 The forelegs resources
Break the skull down into simple forms Build the pillars of balance in your animals
You can download all
86 Take an anatomy masterclass 152 Necks and heads the workshop images
Focus on the ‘icons’ of basic rendering Master the traits all animals share and video files from
this special issue.
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Get inspired by legendary artists
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trodden steps of the local comics “I attend life-drawing sessions and
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only a part of the story. each new project.”
It’s a common assumption that Donato is still compelled to tell
the better an artist gets, the easier stories. “I gravitate towards work
painting becomes. Donato is one of and methods that enable me to
the best, but his creative process is realise my narratives and concepts,”
still as exacting as it ever was. he says. “Abstraction is at the core of
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references, from textures to models classical approaches to realism and
and photographic images,” says the human figure, from Caravaggio
Donato, “has been at the core of to JW Waterhouse, to understand
how I resolve my images.” what makes great art timeless.”
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doesn’t cheapen your final image. In commercial art, he has one for you:
fact it verges on philosophical when “I’m a classical-abstract-realist
Donato talks about it. “Photographic working within the science fiction
reference is like a window back in and fantasy genre.”
time, to assess and understand www.donatoart.com
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B orn in Louisville, missing, though. “I was looking
Kentucky, Larry through a history book and it showed
Elmore’s style of fantasy a map of Europe and what they called
art has had a global ‘battle axe culture.’” Larry had found
reach and has inspired many his muse in the Celts.
generations of artists with its rich After a tour of duty in the Vietnam
coloured heroes, halflings, dragons War, Larry came back to discover a
and demons. new fantasy-themed game in its
Having got past his initial infancy. Dungeons & Dragons was
fascination with drawing “girls and picking up speed, and Larry felt he
hot rods,” Larry started taking on could bring something new to the
dragons. In fact, using the franchise. “Back then the art really
surrounding hills and forests of his sucked,” he says. But when Larry
native Louisville, Larry envisioned started working for D&D alongside
the reptilian beasts in their natural Clyde Caldwell and Jeff Easley, they
environment. He may have been the all knew they were taking it
first artist to draw dragons still life! somewhere new. “We knew we had
Joining art college in 1966, Larry one of the best jobs in the country.
was expected to explore art from a Everybody wanted to work there. It
contemporary mindset. Larry had was amazing.”
other ideas. Inspired by Frank Now concentrating more on
Frazetta, he was exploring the ‘low’ personal pieces, Larry can still be
art of pulp covers and barbarian spotted in Kentucky depicting the
heroes. There was something still native dragons.
www.larryelmore.com
It sounds
like I want my
cake and to eat
it also. But I’m
going to give
it a shot
Wise words
BE YOUR OWN BOSS
“For 20 years I’ve been
painting stuff that everyone
else wanted. Art designed by
committee. But it’s hit me that
I was burnt out. I want to paint
stuff that I want to paint.”
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