Reply To: Human anatomy training

[Ken Claassen]

@bsdwerbeagentur I think you’re taking me to the n’th degree here. Yes I’m oversimplifying it but sometimes that’s what you need if you are a beginner to anatomy. After reading your post I actually feel we’re on a similar page but that’s sometimes hard to convey in a forum.

 I’m not saying that learning how individual muscles look and work (form and function) is useless unless you’re talking about the face. You’re better off learning face functionality a different way. Muscles in the rest of the body are significantly more important to learn their form and function. Though the deeper you go the less value there is in learning it, particularly the bones. If you are a beginner you should be learning what gives most value first and as you get better you can drill down further into more detail.

In general it’s good to look at anatomy and the muscle structure and all that but going out of your way to actually sculpt bones seems pointless to me (unless of course you specifically want to sculpt bones). By pointless I don’t mean 100% useless but I mean that its not an efficient way and can be really discouraging which can mean the death of your motivation.

Again it’s just my opinion and everyone is different but I feel many people stumble upon this issue where anatomy is made out to be more complex than it is. There needs to be a clear divide between scientific anatomy and artistic anatomy.