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Almost five hundred years ago, there lived a singular genius, Leonardo da Vinci. Centuries before his time, he painted, sculpted, invented and envisioned better and further than any single artist, sculptor, and inventor or visionary of his time, or for many centuries to come after him.
Aside from paintings, sculptures, inventions and visions of devices that would not be realized for centuries to come, Leonardo left his notebooks wherein he recorded his thoughts and ideas for such things as the principle of the modern day helicopter, submarine, tank, machine gun, and the artistic nature of light, water and visual perspective.
Beyond even that, he recorded his exploration and his understanding of the ultimate “machine”, the construction and “mechanics” of the human body.
During my own artistic career, I too have drawn many anatomical studies of knees, necks, arms, torsos and whatevers. While not organized into notebooks (instead kept in plastic boxes), here is one of my many studies of digitigrade legs (drawn six years ago) as might be found of an anthropomorphic humanoid if it were to be found in an old notebook.
Aside from paintings, sculptures, inventions and visions of devices that would not be realized for centuries to come, Leonardo left his notebooks wherein he recorded his thoughts and ideas for such things as the principle of the modern day helicopter, submarine, tank, machine gun, and the artistic nature of light, water and visual perspective.
Beyond even that, he recorded his exploration and his understanding of the ultimate “machine”, the construction and “mechanics” of the human body.
During my own artistic career, I too have drawn many anatomical studies of knees, necks, arms, torsos and whatevers. While not organized into notebooks (instead kept in plastic boxes), here is one of my many studies of digitigrade legs (drawn six years ago) as might be found of an anthropomorphic humanoid if it were to be found in an old notebook.
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*nods*
There are relatively inexpensive books of ‘Anatomy for Artists’ at book stores, Masterfox. Books that show you not only how the anatomy on the inside shapes how a character looks on the outside, but can also give you an idea how all those muscles work and change shape as they move the body.
Once you get a workman’s idea about general anatomy you will learn more as you continue to draw and observe.
There are relatively inexpensive books of ‘Anatomy for Artists’ at book stores, Masterfox. Books that show you not only how the anatomy on the inside shapes how a character looks on the outside, but can also give you an idea how all those muscles work and change shape as they move the body.
Once you get a workman’s idea about general anatomy you will learn more as you continue to draw and observe.
I am not sure whether Leonardo was being a smarty pants by write differently, or that he knew that the people of his day were mostly illiterate (even a goodly percentage of the lower nobility) were going to be totally flummoxed from picking up anything incriminating and running off to tattle to the local Office of the Inquisition.
For all an illiterate knew, all those “chicken scratchings” around the edges of the drawings in Leonardo’s notebooks might be nothing more then little notes the master wrote to himself in the same way we write little notes to ourselves on yellow sticky papers to pick up a galleon of milk on the way home.
The Inquisition, a serious bunch of people at the very least, took a very dim view of illiterate people wasting their time with such foolishness.
For all an illiterate knew, all those “chicken scratchings” around the edges of the drawings in Leonardo’s notebooks might be nothing more then little notes the master wrote to himself in the same way we write little notes to ourselves on yellow sticky papers to pick up a galleon of milk on the way home.
The Inquisition, a serious bunch of people at the very least, took a very dim view of illiterate people wasting their time with such foolishness.
Despite being a bogeyman today, the Inquisition was probably the closest thing one had to a real court of law with some sense of jurisprudence back then. In some parts of the continent, people actually tried to get a charge of heresy added to their list of accused crimes so that they couldn't be tried by the King or the noble courts.
Nevertheless, Leonardo's script is very fascinating and I'm sure his reasons behind doing so are as well.
Dominus tecum
Nevertheless, Leonardo's script is very fascinating and I'm sure his reasons behind doing so are as well.
Dominus tecum
*nods in agreement* A lot of secular historians have pointed to the horrific tortures and methods of execution employed by the Inquisition, while patently ignoring the recorded fact that the very same tortures and methods were employed as a matter of course by what passed for non-clerical jurisprudence under the Kings and nobility of most European states.
While that period of History had its very dark pages, by modern standards, the Renaissance and people like Leonardo and Michelangelo and Caesare Borgia and the Medici, the Popes were extremely colorful, bright and fascinating figures.
While that period of History had its very dark pages, by modern standards, the Renaissance and people like Leonardo and Michelangelo and Caesare Borgia and the Medici, the Popes were extremely colorful, bright and fascinating figures.
And many types of torture were actually forbidden to the Inquisition, another fact that most don't know and that secular historians don't mention.
And you are absolutely right about the Popes, and other important personages. I just watched "The Agony and The Ecstasy" recently and I must say that my impression of Pope Julius II improved immensely afterward. Amazing and tumultuous times!
Dominus tecum
And you are absolutely right about the Popes, and other important personages. I just watched "The Agony and The Ecstasy" recently and I must say that my impression of Pope Julius II improved immensely afterward. Amazing and tumultuous times!
Dominus tecum
*blush blush blush as he bows to the overly generous lupine*
Just be aware that the anatomy in places of this study is fictional and rightfully subject to biomechanical challenge by folks much better educated in that field than I.
This study was just my way of working through my own doubts of whether a digitigrade leg with the proper musculature could work for supporting or propelling anthropomorphic beings of the type that we see here on FA. If I can come to a point where I say to myself of my anatomical construction, ‘Hey, this would work’ then I can later draw creatures on digitigrade legs with a convincing air of certainty. Convince yourself and then you can convince others.
Just be aware that the anatomy in places of this study is fictional and rightfully subject to biomechanical challenge by folks much better educated in that field than I.
This study was just my way of working through my own doubts of whether a digitigrade leg with the proper musculature could work for supporting or propelling anthropomorphic beings of the type that we see here on FA. If I can come to a point where I say to myself of my anatomical construction, ‘Hey, this would work’ then I can later draw creatures on digitigrade legs with a convincing air of certainty. Convince yourself and then you can convince others.
Oh wow! This is a really good anatomical study in digitgraded leg structure! So very cool! Once I'm able to practice a bit more frequently, I'd be tickled pink if I could practice digitgrade leg structures from this piece. This is birilliant and beautiful. The detail makes me gush over how awesome it is.
*chuckling* Now you are making me blush with your very kind feedback, Pyke. Very much appreciated.
Good artists become better artists by learning from other artists' work.
Feel free to use this drawing as a starting point for your own digitigrade leg studies. Looking forward to seeing them posted here.
Good artists become better artists by learning from other artists' work.
Feel free to use this drawing as a starting point for your own digitigrade leg studies. Looking forward to seeing them posted here.
*laughs* There is only so many hours in a day for us to look at every piece of furry art that floats to the surface. So it is inevitable that we will miss one or two of them every so often.
When I can not come up with an idea to draw, I usually just fall back on doing an anatomical study of s part of the body that I have trouble with: neck, knees, etc. That way I keep my hand “warm” for drawing while tightening my anatomical knowledge. Digitigrade legs will forever be a challenge for me.
When I can not come up with an idea to draw, I usually just fall back on doing an anatomical study of s part of the body that I have trouble with: neck, knees, etc. That way I keep my hand “warm” for drawing while tightening my anatomical knowledge. Digitigrade legs will forever be a challenge for me.
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