Anatomy and Character Sculpture - Exercises: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Digital Sculpting

 

Anatomy and Character Sculpture | Exercise

1/9/2022 (week 1) - 22/9/2022 (week 4)

Nurul Asilah Binti Mohamad Asif | 0353346 | Anatomy and Character Sculpture | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Exercises |

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Lectures

Week 1

In the first week, all of us were briefed by Mr. Kannan on the basics of anatomy and Sculpting. First, he showed us the tasks and assignments we were assigned to do throughout the week. Mr.Kannan showed us specifically how to draw and how to look for references if must.

Week 2

Fig 1.1 Example given by Mr. Kannan (1) (1/9/22)

Fig 1.2 The example drawn by Mr. Kannan (1) (1/9/22)

We were also thought how to use this new software we were introduced to, and that is Zbrush. Zbrush allows us to sculpt any time model, such as a character or any other fantasy character. The shapes used were cubes, cylinders, triangles, and circles for joints. 

Fig 1.3 Demo of Zbrush by Mr. Kannan (1) (2/9/22)

Fig 1.4 Demo of Zbrush by Mr. Kannan (2) (2/9/22)

Week 3

This week Mr. Kannan taught us how to proper anatomy by constructing the idea of a body being made. Such as from the skull down all the way to the bottom. In this case, he starts off with the skeleton and slowly sculpts till a proper body composition. 

Fig 1.5 Demo by Mr. Kannan (3) (8/9/22)

We were also given a book in a format of a PDF to study anatomy and how to construct it properly. I decided to go through some of them in order to understand how to construct anatomy properly. I realized my design drawing is quite poor at a beginner's level. 

Fig 1.6 Book of  Michael Hampton Figure Drawing (1) (PDF) (8/9/22)

Fig 1.7 Book of  Michael Hampton Figure Drawing (1) (PDF) (8/9/22)

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Instruction 

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Exercises 

Visual Research 

Fig 1.8 Reference from Pinterest (Head) (2/9/22)

Fig 1.9 Reference from Pinterest (skeleton) (2/9/22)

Fig 2.0 Reference from Pinterest (body) (2/9/22)

Fig 2.1 Reference from Pinterest (Hand) (2/9/22)

Fig 2.2 Reference from Pinterest (posture) (2/9/22)

Fig 2.3 Reference from Pinterest (Head) (2/9/22)

Practice with shaped and tracing on the human reference

Fig 2.4 Practising on the human figure (1) (8/9/22)

Fig 2.5 Practising on the human figure (2) (8/9/22)

Fig 2.6 Practice (3) (8/9/22) I managed to search for some proper references and decided to give this draw a go, but one thing I have trouble with is that I couldn't focus on each reference and I'm unable to draw the exact look which leads me to have multiple art blocks.

Fig 2.6 Practice (4) (8/9/22) Though it was quite difficult as a beginner, I tried my best to draw for myself to understand anatomy, so that in the future I'm aware of my mistakes in the present.

Fig 2.7 Head Practice (8/9/22)

Fig 2.8 Hand Practise (8/9/22)

Fig 2.9 Head Anatomy Practise (8/9/22)

Fig 3.0 Body Posture Practise (8/9/22)

Skeleton Studies

Fig 3.1 Skeleton Drawing Practise (15/9/22)

Fig 3.2 Skeleton Head Drawing Practise (15/9/22)

We were assigned to practice sculpting a head in Zbrush but Mr. Kannan allows us to use Maya too. Since I am experienced with Maya i thought I could use the opportunity to use Maya and sculpt a head.

Fig 3.3 Head sculpting in Maya (16/9/22)

I also decided to do the whole body in Maya. I was struggling quite a bit since I had to follow a bunch of references on how to do a skeleton body.

Fig 3.4 Skeleton in Maya (16/9/22)

Final 

Fig 1.8 Fundamentals of Anatomy and Digital Sculpting slide (11/11/22)

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