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Chapter 2. Human anatomy and figure drawing

Chapter 2. Human anatomy and figure drawing Before we start, I'd like to point out that knowledge of human anatomy is not a replacement for studying the body from real life or photos. We'll start with the largest bones and muscle masses. I would also like to apologize in advance for using the Latin names of the bones and muscles. (All illustrations in this chapter are referenced from photos that were taken from large distances, x-ray images, and [Gold], [Gray], and [Barc]) 2.1. Figure 2.1. The human body is usually measured in units of heads. Unless you are drawing an adult that is standing up straight, you can't use this diagram directly. Arms are 3½ heads long.When the arms are hanging down, the elbows line up with the bottom of the ribcage, and the fingertips reach halfway the upper leg.The navel is positioned roughly halfway between the nipples and the crotch, and halfway between the bottom of the ribcage and the top of the pelvis.

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How to Color Inked Line Art in Photoshop In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going give you a general overview of how I digitally color an illustration. We’ll go over scanning, cleaning, flatting, coloring, rendering, and texturing techniques. There’s just as many ways to coloring a drawing digitally as there is to painting a picture. This tutorial won’t focus on any specific way to blend or choose colors; we’ll assume you have knowledge of the basics. Preview Click the image below to see it in full size. Step 1: Scanning Your Inks In this tutorial, I’m going to use my own illustration. Make sure you are scanning in black and white. Step 2: Isolating the Line Art Now that we have our image scanned, open it in Adobe Photoshop. Press Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + 2 (for Photoshop CS4 and up) or Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + ~ (for Photoshop CS3 and below). Tip: I encourage you to know and use Photoshop shortcut keys; it saves a lot of time. Then press Delete to remove the selected white areas, leaving us with just the line art on this layer.

1000+ Splatter Photoshop Brushes for Abstract Designs Splatter Photoshop brushes are very useful in creating urban grunge and other artistic effect in your designs. That, maybe is the main reason why the supply for this type of Photoshop brushes is endless. To help you sort out and find the best splatter Photoshop brushes there are in the universe that you can use for free, we decided to list them altogether here, in one big post. To download the set that you want to use, simply click on the text link found below each preview image. 01- Solid Ink Splatter Photoshop Brushes Add grunge to your artwork with this set of 50 artistic ink splatters. 02- Splatter brush set by Sonic Gal007 There are about 70 splatter brushes in total in this set created in Photoshop CS3. 03- Splatter and Strokes Brush Set by Sonic Gal007 Brush set made up of splatters and strokes. 04- Strokes and Splatter brush set A set of 25 high-resolution brushes composed of splatters and paint strokes. 17- Splatters by Hawksmont Cover everything with splatters! Similar Brushes:

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11 Most Efficient Free Fonts to Create Elegant Designs As before we tried to present freebies those are very much useful for designers, such as fonts, patterns, textures, psd design elements, icons etc. Today we present some most efficient free fonts to create elegant designs. Enjoy! Sertig Tertre Mister jun font Acid Balham Related Posts: Enhance Graphics with Easy Depth of Field In this article, I’m going to show you some practical ways of adding depth, or a simulated “Depth of Field” effect to your graphics. These techniques will help you create images that appear to have three dimensions by emulating how your eyes focus in on certain objects while obscuring others. Depth of Field in Photography If you’re a photographer, you may be interested in seeing our article on Depth of Field in Photography. This tutorial is geared towards people who would like to imitate the DOF effect using software like Photoshop Easy Depth of Field What is “Depth of Field”? It’s really easier to see than to explain: In the photo above, you can see how the strawberry, the bottom of the spoon, and part of the edge of the bowl are all in focus, while parts of objects outside of this plane seem quite a bit more blurry. It’s pretty easy to simulate this effect in Photoshop. Example #1 – Depth between Objects Example #2 – Depth of Field on a Plane Trying out Easy Depth of Field

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