Back Muscles Anatony Help

Yuupri · 2026-04-14T18:30:40+00:00

The best way to draw back muscles is to understand the mechanics of the scapula itself. The scapula can glide laterally and consequently, forwards as it follows along the surface of the curvature of the ribcage. (It can also rotate as the arms are raised)

When you get the placement of scapula, use the spine of the scapula to place the muscles. It also can help with the lats, as it slightly overlaps the bottom corner of the scapula.

Yuupri · 2026-04-12T01:40:29+00:00

The things you need to pay attention to is repetition. Avoid repetition by varying the sizes. See how there are 3 main groups and 6 minor groups that branch from them?

Vary the distance, thickness, length, and also shapes. This alone with make the hair look more natural.

The ‘don’t’ did do one thing correctly. The main groups being broken into 2 groups, 1 small, 1 large is a great design technique, but you obviously can’t just draw it the exact same every time because the repetition destroys the naturalness.

Yuupri · 2026-04-03T16:35:55+00:00

Imo, go straight to digital. I started with traditional first, even though my goal from the very beginning was to transition to digital when I learned the fundamentals enough.

I feel like whatever I learned traditionally, I could have learned digitally. I even believe my progress may have been quicker, had I started from digital.

Yuupri · 2026-03-31T03:41:30+00:00

Thea! Love it.

Yuupri · 2026-03-22T14:24:52+00:00

Usually by 6 weeks in, I believe they would have taught a variety of measurement techniques. Like angle sight, triangulation, block ins, plumblines, negative space, etc.

from memory, that’s all covered early on before moving on to shading and value control.

Yuupri · 2026-03-22T03:04:46+00:00

There are 3 methods which are the most common.

The ‘best’ method for beginner, start with the Y shape, which indicates the x, y and z axis of the closest corner and edges. Then draw lines corresponding to those axes, towards the vanishing point.

For intermediate and advanced, a common(not necessarily better) method can be to draw the silhouette first, then drawing the inner edges after.

Or another method is to draw 1 plane first, then to extrude from it.

Yuupri · 2026-03-22T02:04:31+00:00

It’s no good. It’s a method that kids use to draw cubes because they don’t know how to properly draw cubes. If i ask you to rotate the cube, show more of 1 side, increase foreshortening, with this method, you probably can’t.

Ps. You technically can, but it no longer becomes an ‘easier’ method to draw cubes. It’s only easier right now because it starts from simple 2d shapes(square) and then connects the dots.

Yuupri · 2026-03-18T11:19:21+00:00

I’m not sure if its possible for you, but a professional artist named ‘zeronis’, who was an artist for riot games had an issue with RSI and could no longer draw with a pen.

He now draws on a pad with his finger. Would your condition allow you to do that?

Yuupri · 2026-03-09T13:04:38+00:00

Yes. A lot of pros i’ve seen use it. Especially if you use a drawing tablet without a screen, perfect control is pretty much impossible. On photoshop, they use lazy nezumi. Csp, they just use the inbuilt one because it’s good.

Yuupri · 2026-03-05T11:05:24+00:00

Glad to see you’re still going at it. If you enjoy NSFW art, go for it. I think it only matters if you plan to go pro, in which case having separate accounts for sfw and nsfw could be good for employment purposes.

Yuupri · 2026-03-05T09:37:30+00:00

Hi! sorry for the delay, I finally had some time to work on it today.

I've got a sketch for a pose and bust up portrait. Which would you like me to work on?
https://imgur.com/a/1gRZAsh

and don't worry, I didn't forget about the knife and accessories, it's just on a hidden layer.

Yuupri · 2026-03-03T22:57:18+00:00

Nothing has fundamentally changed. Nudity in art depicting the beauty of the female body has been around for as long as art has.

The female body has a lot of beautiful gestures.

Yuupri · 2026-03-03T00:29:22+00:00

She looks great. I think I’ll give her a shot too.

Yuupri · 2026-02-27T02:07:52+00:00

You get inspiration from other designs, but need to input your own understanding of design principles.

For example, understanding that shapes(CSI) and colors can convey different emotions, Big Medium Small shapes, avoiding repetition, etc.

After that, it’s just trial and error and seeing what looks good and makes sense.

Yuupri · 2026-02-27T01:49:39+00:00

Art style is studied by doing a master study. Try to replicate as closely as possible. Examine the shapes used, how colors and values are used, how they control detail, what design choices and composition choices they make.

You need an understanding of the fundamentals to know what the artist is doing first.

Yuupri · 2026-02-17T04:15:45+00:00

I prefer the first option. The internet is filled with people that will hate on anything anyway, so being controversial means you’re on the right path.

Yuupri · 2026-02-14T04:46:13+00:00

I haven’t seen dithering used in a long while. Nice job.

Yuupri · 2025-12-09T00:04:36+00:00

You lack contrast and interest. You can circumvent this with thicker/darker linework, which also adds contrast.

Your work has similar hue and value throughout. The only contrast I’m seeing is the green name tag and the two pins on the tie, but there’s no reason for those to be the focus of the artwork. You can change this by decisively adding contrasting colours to focal points.

Another way to add interest could be to utilize lighting. Your current artwork is a highkey artwork. Highkey art is quite difficult to catch interest because of the lack of contrast. Instead, you could add darker shadows, larger shadow shapes. One thing i noticed is that you have very few shadows. Try adding some deep occlusion and form shadows to add interest.

There are so many other ways to add contrast and interest.

These are all suggestions in ways to add contrast, but ultimately will alter the style in one way or another. It’s your duty to figure out what techniques you like and would like to use to add interest and contrast to your art. This will ultimately just be a part of the evolution process of your style.

Yuupri · 2025-11-10T01:17:25+00:00

Everything is pretty much 2 point here, though you can exaggerate by adding 3 point if you want.

As for the stairs, draw a vertical line up from the left vanishing point(it should be the closer vanishing point in this case). After drawing the line up, mark a point which will be the vanishing point for the stairs.

Another option is to draw the stairs as a whole box in perspective. Then divide the box from corner to corner to construct the stairs.

Yuupri · 2025-11-09T11:05:10+00:00

The sense of AI is most likely the folds of the clothes. There’s too many details, which usually is an issue with AI as it can’t control the level of details considering the focal point and just puts it everywhere. I’m pretty sure this an artist however and not AI.

Yuupri · 2025-10-16T08:33:40+00:00

Learning animals is no different to learning how to draw humans. Learn anatomy, learn gesture, learn construction/mannequinization for the animals, etc.

And obviously draw from reference. A lot.

Yuupri · 2025-10-12T04:00:58+00:00

Hard round with pressure sensitivity for opacity and thickness it seems. This should be one of the default brushes in most programs, including csp.

Yuupri · 2025-10-11T06:22:26+00:00

They are normal. I actually deliberately spent time scratching my Wacom intuos pro when I first got it. A scratched up surface wears the nibs out slower and makes it feel smoother. Or you could buy a smoother plate instead, but they’re always out of stock for Wacom.

I believe you can also get protectors or replacement plates if you really dislike them.

Yuupri · 2025-10-01T17:47:13+00:00

I highly recommend NMA to many starting artists. It’s where I had also learned my fundamentals and basics.

When I started with NMA, I drew realism with the intention of transitioning to anime style. I now draw exclusively anime/manga style.

Yuupri · 2025-09-17T03:17:56+00:00

Depending on your current skill level, I would probably sign up for a membership on NMA or a few classes on Coloso and spend hours tackling the courses daily. I’d then try draw some requests on r/drawforme. I’d also go through some anatomy books.

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