Evening Drawing
(VV052)
Week 6: Surface Anatomy
Helena Lukášová, Hana Pokojná
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Surface Anatomy
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•The physiology of the body that we can see on the surface
•Muscles
•Bones
•Glands (sometimes)
MusclesColours need to complement each other to be harmonious
• The anatomy you can see on the
surface, protruding muscles and muscle groups
• More obvious on people with higher muscle
density, for example, weight lifters
• More obvious on men because of biology
• Image Source: http://archive.zbrushcentral.com/printthread.php?t=84848&pp=40
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Upper Body
• http://www.scrapnframes.com/SITE_EN/SCRAPBOOKING/HTML_PAGES/ColoursHarmonyEn.html
• Image Source: http://www.wikiradiography.net/page/Shoulder /SITE_EN/SCRAPBOOKING/HTML_PAGES/ColoursHarmonyEn.htm
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Abdomen
Image Source:
https://plasticsurgerykey.com/muscular-and-surface-anatomy
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Torso
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Image Source: https://plasticsurgerykey.com/muscular-and-surface-anatomy/
Arms
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Image Source: https://plasticsurgerykey.com/muscular-and-surface-anatomy/
Legs
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Image Source: https://funnyjunk.com/art/75362
Bones
•The anatomy you can see on the surface,
•protruding bones
•More obvious in people with lower fat
•percentage
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Image Source: https://depositphotos.com/60919253/stock-photo-
anatomical-board-anatomical-body-human.html
Whole body
front
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Image Source:
https://schoolbag.info/biology/anatomy/1.html
Whole body
back
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Image Source:
https://schoolbag.info/biology/anatomy/1.html
Face
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Image Source:
https://schoolbag.info/biology/anatomy/1.html
Comparison between bones and surface
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Image Source:
https://schoolbag.info/biology/anatomy/1.html
Example
• An example showing soft
general structures (black),
bones (blue) and soft
tissue muscles (red).
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Image Source:
https://schoolbag.info/biology/anatomy/1.html
Examples from previous years
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