UPPER LEG CONSTRUCTION NOTES CONTRARY TO HOW | URGED PETAIL WHEN DRAWING THE SHIN, I FIND THAT ARTISTS FAR TOO OFTEN OVER COMPLICATE THE THIGH. REMEMBER, THIGHS STORE MORE FAT THAN SHINS, AND ARE THUS LESS LIKELY TO SHOW COMPLEX ANATOMICAL DETAIL. AN ATTEMPT TO RENDER A MUSCULAR UPPER LEG WILL FAIL UNLESS THE ARTIST HAS A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF IT'S CONSTRUCTION. WITH THAT, | FIRST PRESENT THE BASIC SHAPES ANP THEN WE WILL COMPLEXIFY: C3]4m3= Cc ~~ A SIMPLE OVERLAPPING OVAL AND RECTANGLE ARE SOMETIMES ALL YOU —_—" NEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN CARTOONING. IT WORKS FROM ALL ANGLES. et eto ine OFFICALLY THE [Nl HANSTRNG GROUP: BACK OF THGH PULLS SH, FLEXES KNEE, EXTENDS HP. WSU SMETS AT SEEHOW THE Il APPUCTOR GROUP: INNER THGH. SQUEEZES LEGS TOGETHER Tener FEMUR'S (Fh SARTORIOUS: LONGEST MUSCLE IN POPY. HELPS FLEX KNEE, ABDUCT, ANP OUTER CONDYLE CONPYLES ROTATE THE LEG. OF THE FEMUR, CREATE THE EGODISTANT FROM THIGHS “THE PIT OF THE NECK AND BOTTOM SILHOUETTE. (OF THE KNEE. “THIGHS MOVE AT AN INWARD VOLUMES! EVERY BONE ANP ANGLE TOWARD THE KNEE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DETAIL THE MUSCLE TAKES SPACE, AND GRAPUALLY NARROW. THIGH (PLEASE CONSIDER USING CASTS SHADOWS AND -QUAPS NARROW UPWARR CHARACTERS THAT WEAR PANTS) —_ INTERCONNECTS. AND ANGLE ABOVE THE KNEE. MIND MAJOR AND MINOR DRAWING THEM AS THE VASTUS MEDIALIS IS VOLUMES AND HOW THEY INSERT. PLANAR BLOCKS HELPS S07 YOU SEE. ITS THE SAME FROM ALL ANGLES: START WITH THE BASIC SHAPES. CE cana, AND THEN ADD THE DETAILS, BUT REMEMBER TO HOLD BACK WHEN TION PRAWING. THE RIGHT IS SKIN COVERS THE MUSCLE. NOT EVERY FIBER IS SHOWN. A DRAWING OF THE MUSCLES. MALE THIGHS AS STRAIGHTER = WOMEN’S THIGHS ARE MORE BECAUSE OF THINNER HIPS. ANGLED DUE TO THEIR WIDER, BABY MAKING HIPS, MOVING FLESH: THE FEMUR’S BALL WOINT AT THE HIP ALLOWS FOR RADIAL MOVEMENT, ANP THE MUSCLES FOCUS MOSTLY ON KNEE EXTENSION. REGARDLESS, WE ARE SPEAKING OF PEOPLE, NOT MA~ CHINES, SO FAT AND SKIN PLAY A PART TOO.