HOME | DD

odduckoasis — -Anatomy Tutorial-

Published: 2006-01-10 01:23:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 396457; Favourites: 8905; Downloads: 20819
Redirect to original
Description SIDE NOTE: Please note that this tutorial is a few years old and my own art has improved a lot since then. I will eventually update this, or upload a new one completely. In the mean while, I do hope it helps!

*edit* due to dA issues with showing the damn tut, i had to reupload it, no preview image. Sorry for inconvenience with that stupid downloading.
--

The long awaited anatomy tutorial is finished! I hope it helps people, I hope it's satisfactory... It took me forever to do it... oO; This is obviously not for anyone that knows a lot about anatomy already- it's a tutorial to help people that don't know much or need help improving. Please ignore any spelling mistakes... I'm sure they're there even though I did look it over a few times. I do indeed hope this helps people. It's hard to cram something as complex as human anatomy into a little tutorial like this, but at any rate, I still hope some people will find it useful, even if it's not exactly perfect....

Sorry if there's anything I failed to mention- like I said, there is just so much information, it's hard to fit it all in.

Thanks! Enjoy.

Edit: Sorry for the long loading time... >>;;;

EDIT: DISCLAIMER!!! I do not claim to know everything there is to know about anatomy nor do I claim to have a perfect knowledge. I KNOW this tutorial is flawed and is not a perfect shining example of EXACT proportionate anatomy. Please understand this tutorial is not designed to cause you to draw LIKE me- but give you a basic understanding of skeletal structure, muscle structure and how it all fits together. Find your own style and work off more than one source. I do not claim this is the only way you can learn anatomy. You should study from multiple sources, but this can be a good foundation to get you started in an UNDERSTANDING. Again, I do not claim to know all, so do not think that I am. Thank you.


comments and faves appreciated.

all artwork is © Julie Young
Related content
Comments: 606

Hana-Momichi In reply to ??? [2010-05-05 11:06:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow o.o I never thought there are so many things to learn about anatomy...but it helped me a lot!!

Thanks~!! >w<

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to Hana-Momichi [2010-05-05 19:13:29 +0000 UTC]

Amazing how much there is to know, isn't there?

No problem! Thanks. ^.^

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Hana-Momichi In reply to odduckoasis [2010-05-07 02:08:11 +0000 UTC]

Ikr...
Haha, no prob! ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Bran-new-Lovesong In reply to ??? [2010-05-01 20:30:59 +0000 UTC]

cool! i like the TUM idea thanks

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

FallenWormwood In reply to ??? [2010-04-29 22:08:38 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial helped me a whole lot! It's great!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

gingerbreadgir1 In reply to ??? [2010-04-28 18:35:37 +0000 UTC]

wow i learnt alot

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

mcmemie In reply to ??? [2010-04-22 10:02:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you for making such an amazing tutorial, this will help me so much as i'm finding it hard to drawing the human figure when i'm drawing, thanks again

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to mcmemie [2010-04-27 18:50:04 +0000 UTC]

You are quite welcome.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TwilitDreamSpirit In reply to ??? [2010-04-15 04:27:32 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SparxFlame In reply to ??? [2010-04-14 16:04:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow. That's... amazing. So clear! *goes off to try it out*

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

militopy In reply to ??? [2010-04-10 14:10:49 +0000 UTC]

Useful tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

sunnyray13 [2010-04-06 04:02:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I find this extremely helpful, since I struggle with anatomy often!

Don't worry about not being "THE best" because only God can get anatomy perfectly correct.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

tiny-ruffian In reply to ??? [2010-03-31 06:18:06 +0000 UTC]

soo useful!
thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

thoughtless-ness In reply to ??? [2010-03-28 22:33:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow after like a year how studying on drawing and anatomy on bodies finally found a perfect one for me by a so called "unprofessional"

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to thoughtless-ness [2010-03-29 03:12:29 +0000 UTC]

lol. Thanks. xD

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Irakuu In reply to ??? [2010-03-24 03:19:51 +0000 UTC]

omg this tutorial helped me out alot lol
i used to get really discouraged because i knew to proportion everything out, but as i kept doing it, it kept getting worse and this helped out a bunch

thanks so much for this tut

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to Irakuu [2010-03-24 05:24:52 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! Glad I could help, especially since you were getting discouraged.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Dark-Saviour In reply to ??? [2010-03-22 18:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Aweeeeessooommmmeee

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

twbs4444 In reply to ??? [2010-03-15 11:12:30 +0000 UTC]

hey^^* ur tutorial was really useful
i hope you dont mind me usin it [link]

*just tell me if you have any problems with it*

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to twbs4444 [2010-03-15 19:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Of course not! That's what it's for, to teach you so you can use the techniques.

Looks awesome.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

twbs4444 In reply to odduckoasis [2010-03-17 11:52:08 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much^^*

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

cardgamerdebu In reply to ??? [2010-02-27 21:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous tutorial! I've learned a lot; thank you!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ElegantExcalibur In reply to ??? [2010-02-26 23:32:31 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh... I love this tutorial.

I'm drawing the best drawing I've ever done thanks to this tutorial. <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ikidasu In reply to ??? [2010-02-26 10:36:57 +0000 UTC]

A tutorial easy to understand! This will sure to help me draw better now. Thanks for submitting it!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

reddog-f6 In reply to ??? [2010-02-21 17:34:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks for putting this up!!! i have a book for expreshions but i mostly needed help on the body form.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DryBonesReborn In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 17:35:35 +0000 UTC]

For pants, how does the female and male hip/groin area differ? I seem to make men and woman's v shape the same--you know that point where the legs come togeather?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to DryBonesReborn [2010-02-20 18:53:56 +0000 UTC]

Well, in the groin area for men, there's more of a... 'square' shape added in there, and for pants, usually I put them in lose pants, since most men wear looser pants (not like grunge low riders, just, not tight! lol) it's not that defined. But there's that obvious difference to compensate for. I didn't illustrate the penis in this tut as I wasn't really compensating for clothing. xD. But I can totally understand what the issue would be. The lower abs also stick out a little in both men and women and then curve back in heading towards the groin, as you can see in the illustration of side view of the torso.

Not sure if that helped at all... but I tried. xD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

DryBonesReborn In reply to odduckoasis [2010-02-20 19:57:55 +0000 UTC]

No, you don't have to be graphic. I just can't make him have round boobs, if he's a guy. Each part it is needed and true, you don't need to draw the penis. lol

If you make a close up tutorial on how the pant lines go that would help. o0

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

X-Baby-x-Angel-X In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 05:35:25 +0000 UTC]

omg thanks x3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

llamaer [2010-02-16 23:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Why don't you practise more anatomy yourself before writing a tutorial? c:

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to llamaer [2010-02-16 23:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Hi, yes, this is just for basic information, no need to insult me, I know anatomy thanks.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

llamaer In reply to odduckoasis [2010-02-16 23:58:55 +0000 UTC]

Just a suggestion, not an insult.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to llamaer [2010-02-17 08:43:13 +0000 UTC]

That's not a suggestion. A suggestion is suggesting I should go get icecream. Telling me I should 'learn anatomy' when you clearly have not seen any of my actual artwork is an insult. You'll have noticed had you looked beyond this tutorial, that this is 3 years old and it has helped a LOT of people with basic anatomy. So thanks anyways.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kayura-chan In reply to ??? [2010-01-29 15:47:08 +0000 UTC]

thx

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Shokai In reply to ??? [2010-01-18 19:42:40 +0000 UTC]

*gasp* I LOVE this tutorial! It was so helpful and lovely! Thanks!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to Shokai [2010-01-19 08:28:05 +0000 UTC]

Glad to help, even if it's not the best.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Kilu-Chan In reply to ??? [2010-01-09 06:40:22 +0000 UTC]

This was a very helpful tutorial. It's a great reference, especially when drawing muscular characters. Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

UberSleighBellBunny In reply to ??? [2010-01-06 21:27:22 +0000 UTC]

thank you SO much... i was a total anatomy idiot till now, im just starting out on drawing and I already feel good! XD

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

imperfectchaos74 In reply to ??? [2010-01-04 23:13:49 +0000 UTC]

thank you!! this really helped me!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

shark112 In reply to ??? [2009-12-28 02:53:25 +0000 UTC]

Huge help

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Disturbed313 In reply to ??? [2009-12-23 19:33:05 +0000 UTC]

loVe it

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Zeenaz [2009-12-18 20:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

iKHFan In reply to ??? [2009-11-29 23:02:20 +0000 UTC]

this is very usefull thank you

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Sakaryn In reply to ??? [2009-11-24 03:30:54 +0000 UTC]

A great help to my drawing.

Thank you so much for making this tutorial.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

maskedfire In reply to ??? [2009-11-09 06:40:59 +0000 UTC]

Very nice tutorials! Sorry for any fav-and-runs

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

L1ttlew0lf In reply to ??? [2009-11-07 10:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, a great help for understanding

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SWeetSOurANdSIck In reply to ??? [2009-11-04 17:53:15 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial.
It's easy to understand. It doesn't have all this wierd sciency jargon that only a real science nerd could understand. XD
I'm pretty much searching for anything human anatomy related. If I wanna be a good manga drawer, I gotta learn all this, even though I hate it. XD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

odduckoasis In reply to SWeetSOurANdSIck [2009-11-05 02:00:41 +0000 UTC]

I know what you mean. There's no big need to know the anatomy as though you were becoming a medical student, but it's good to have some knowledge so you can at least be competent. xD;;

Glad to help.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

andytantowibelzark In reply to ??? [2009-10-16 14:26:10 +0000 UTC]

GREAT WORK!!! VERY HELPFULLL!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

yourloveisjustalie1 In reply to ??? [2009-10-11 19:56:24 +0000 UTC]

vry helpful.. thank you so much

👍: 0 ⏩: 0


<= Prev | | Next =>