Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
Torso muscles
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Torso muscles
Overview
“We are going to start working with muscle packages. In the first place, we will see how all those that belong to the torso are drawn and how they work. ”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Torso muscles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero. Learn to draw the skeleton, muscles, and poses to convey the true power of your characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will see the muscle packages of the torso. Basically, the muscles function with contraction. uniting two articulations or two bones the muscles are capable of achieving movements with contraction Using this knowledge we will have possibility to locate the muscles according to the movement that our character has to make. This is going to serve us both for the human being and for the creation and design of characters or whatever you think. Why? the movement that we want that character to do, will determine the muscle mass that he will have to have. You will see that with thi...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
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Character Design, Comic, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ariel Olivetti
A course by Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. His passion for drawing the human figure and creating characters led him to creating cover illustrations for the comic magazine FIERRO in the ‘90s. He is also a co-creator of the comic El Cazador. He has been working in the comic industry for over twenty five years as an artist and illustrator, collaborating on publications for Dark Horse, Valiant, Sideshow, MARVEL, DC Comics, and Upper Deck.
His first artwork for the US market was The Last Avengers story for Marvel Comics, and was followed by Daredevil and X-Men. He has collaborated on a limited edition series for DC called Space Ghost and a host of other titles, including Mystique and Sabretooth (1996), Alpha Flight (1997), and What if? (1997) for Marvel, as well as JLA: Paradise Lost (1998), Haven: The Broken City (2002), Green Lantern (2003), and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight.
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