2D Toolkit: Human Muscular Anatomy

 In this exercise I drew muscle groups in the body form memory, creating both a front and back. Ultimately, these were very rough and not entirely accurate: as this was from memory, gaps in my knowledge were shown and - looking at reference of muscle structure in the human body - I was able to see how to improve this diagram.

From here I went about creating more detailed studies that attempted to show how the muscles weave and interlock throughout the body. In this exercise I found that this interlocking motion occurs much more frequently than I initially assumed; as such, I could identify how individual muscles "flowed" into other muscle groups, creating the wide curves that form the human body. This assisted me greatly in showing where and how the muscles interacted, particularly in poses that saw muscle bodies moved or rotated in a manner that I had not drawn in a studying manner before. By identifying the points in which the muscles connected, I could more easily identify how the physical shape of the muscle was altered through the pulling or pushing of its connective points. 

This exercise was useful as it showed me areas for improvement in my understanding of human anatomy. This showed areas of the study I found difficult, highlighting them for future study and practice. For instance, I found mapping the pectoral muscles onto the torso difficult, and as such I then went on to create more studies of the muscle groups in different positions and perspectives.

Additionally, I used references to draw several human forms. This, though unrelated to the previous exercise relating to muscle groups, nonetheless served to be practice and study for drawing the human form.