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Published: 2014-03-22 16:10:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 2356; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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A quick sketch to test some poses.. let me know what you think!Laurelinad fighting.. to the death! (naked XD)
I was listening to this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI0FET…
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Backs don't work like that unless you have very extreme hypermobility. And even then, if you did that as a fast movement in the middle of a fight you'd risk extreme damage to your back muscles. At the very least you could well dislocate or sublux a few ribs (where the rib pops briefly out of joint with the spine and pops back in again) which would result in muscle and tendon damage, and I'd be very surprised if you didn't herniate a spinal disk.
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Ahah since I'm an autodidact artist, I don't know perfectly human anathomy, thank you for telling me, though! anyway, maybe it appears a bit distorted and unrealistic because I wanted to give the idea of speed movement
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I actually have hypermobility (in fact I have the hypermobile form of Ehlers-Danlos) so when I saw this I was wincing in sympathy. I could pull this move off, but I'd pay for it afterwards. It's possible to arch the back like this without hurting yourself, but only if you do it slowly and you've already warmed your muscles up (for instance, many of the performers in Cirque du Soleil are hypermobile and perform similar arching movements - but never at speed, always highly controlled and after a thorough warm-up). You shouldn't be able to see his face and both buttocks at the same time.
There are certain aspects of his stance that say "hypermobile" to me beside his back as well such as the way his legs curve through the knee - the knee is actually flexing slightly backwards. My knees do that but whilst doing that his legs are locked, which you would never do in a sword fight - you would keep your knees slightly bent to give you greater flexibility of movement and enable you to drop your centre of gravity as needed.
It looks like he's shifting into a spin but only in his upper half whereas his hips and legs are too static to give a good feel for movement; the nearside leg should be rotated more toward the viewer, leg bent, as his hips follow his torso round.
I'd suggest having a look through Google Images for photos of male dancers pirouhetting to get a clearer idea of how shoulders, torso, hips and legs move during a spin. Another good way to check what you're drawing is anatomically possible is to sketch out the skeleton lightly first before drawing your linework.
I'm an autodidact myself so I had to learn a lot of this the hard way; you can get some excellent books on human anatomy for artists though, and there are lots of photographers who offer free stock photos that you can use for sketching references when working out what will and won't work.
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Thak you for your advice!
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Nothing is more glorious than a battle to the death naked! Pose and action is awesome too x3, interesting music to boot.
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XD but there's always gonna be a naked fight.......the one with Alex in bed. >:3
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and that is a glorious battle indeed
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XD One we intend to watch............probably until out deaths
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yeah, knowing Lally we'd all be on his hit list XD
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I think blood loss is #1 unless we all become blood mages
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wow! the pose is great and his facial expression!! and the angle... awesome it's so dramatic... even more while listening to this great song
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