Sunday 18 March 2012

Week8 - Life Drawing - Non human anatomy

This drawing/sketch of a chimpanzee took around 30mins. It shows some of the musculature of the animal, along with other anatomical characteristics. It is visible, that as being related to humans, the chimpanzee has similar musculature along its arms. The body also is wider at the top part than it is at the bottom part.
The shoulders/neck area, however, is very different from a human one. It is visible that a chimpanzees head and neck are completely in front of its shoulders, unlike humans, where the neck and head go up. In the drawing, the animal's neck is also very undefined, unlike the clear definition of a human neck.
The legs are also very different from human's, allowing the chimpanzee to hold his feet very high while still being(seeming) comfortable. The structure of the feet is also different, they are formed more like additional wrists, allowing the chimpanzee to grab onto things and climb. There isn't such a huge difference in the wrists between chimpanzees and humans.

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