Hey there guys. In this lesson I'm going to be covering my process on sketching, female torso and hips. I'll be showing you three different examples of the torso, one being from the front view, another from the side view. And then a third example from the back, you also be demonstrating a few different examples of the torso in a side twisting motion, while also breaking down the forms into simple and basic shapes. I'm really excited for this one, and I hope you guys are too. So with that being said, let's get right to it.

Okay, guys, let's get started. This first example is going to be showing the torso from the front view. So first sketch a vertical line. This is going to be the line of action or the spine, followed by a horizontal line up top to show where the shoulders are going to go. Next, sketch an oval for the rib cage and then sketch an upside down triangle to show the lat muscles in the back. All right So next we're going to throw in two circles to represent the shoulders.

Create the midsection and draw a box for the hips. Next, you want to form the abdominal section and the pectoral muscles along with the traps up top and the neck as well as the collarbone. The next steps are to define the rib cage. You also wanted to start to define the oblique muscles on the sides as well as the small muscles beneath the pecs called the serratus anterior, these are not part of the rib cage itself, but they simply rest on the exterior of it. Okay, next what I'm going to do is quickly throw in the upper arms and the upper parts of the legs so you guys can see how they will connect to the torso itself. And then I'm going to start defining the shoulders here which are also known as the deltoids.

Now the shoulders are split into three sections of muscle, but from the front view, you really only see that front section and a Little bit of the middle section. The last thing we're going to do with this example, is measure to make sure everything is proportioned out correctly. So I'm going to quickly throw in the head. And now a fully grown male adults is going to have a torso that's going to be about three headlines tall. So I'm just going to measure out here and sketch a couple of heads next to it to make sure everything lines up properly, and it looks like we're good here. Okay, example number two, we're going to show the torso from the side view.

So step one is start with the spine, but it's not going to be pointing straight up and down. When the torso is standing upright naturally, the spine is going to be curving a little bit. So you want to draw a curved line followed by an oval for the rib cage once again, and then a circle to show where the shoulder is going to go. After we've done this, we're going to sketch the midsection Draw a box for the hips much like we did an example one. Okay, next we're going to sketch the PEC muscle to the abdominal section, traps and the neck as well as defining the lats and the shoulder blade for the back. I'm also going to throw in the head as well so you guys can see how it connects to the torso itself.

Now we're going to start defining the rib cage and the small surface anterior muscles just beneath the pectoral and then we're going to start defining the oblique muscles in the midsection. Okay, the last thing we're going to do with this example, is begin defining the deltoid muscles. As I said before, the deltoid is split into three main sections which you can really get a good view of from the side. And then I'm also going to throw in the upper part of the leg so you guys can see how it connects to the hip. I'll be going into the leg muscles in more detail in another video coming up. Okay, For example number three, we're going to sketch the torso from the back view.

So we're going to repeat the first few steps that we went over in the first two examples. And also be sure to include those two circles for the shoulders, the midsection and the box for the hip area. After I've done that here, I'm going to just quickly throw in the upper arms, upper parts of the leg and the neck and head so that way you guys can see how they all connect to the torso from the back view. Okay, and now we're going to get into some of the main back muscle groups. So first, we're going to sketch the trapezius muscles, the shoulder blades as well as the shoulders. Okay, now that I've gone and done that, I'm gonna start to define the lat muscles a little bit more, as well as the oblique muscles that are on the sides.

Now the last few things that we're going to do here in this example are sketch in the lower back area, the tailbone The bulk of the glute muscles, you can picture the glute muscles as looking like butterfly wings, it's just an easy thing to do to simplify the structures even more. Okay, now that we've sketched the torso from three different points of view, we're going to move into some dynamic angles, specifically focusing on the torso twisting. So we're going to start by drawing a three dimensional rectangle here. And we want to imagine the entire torso like a rectangle, I'm also just going to throw in the center line. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to take that same rectangle, and we're going to imagine it twisting. So you really can get an idea of the dynamics are going to be like when we actually go to sketch the torso itself in a twisting motion.

Alright, so now we're going to sketch the torso twisting. And we're going to basically follow all the steps that we covered in those first three examples except this time, you want to Keep in the back of your mind that three dimensional rectangle twisting. And you also want to remember all the basic shapes and forms that we discussed in the first examples. But now you want to imagine them in more of a three quarter view. Just always go back to that center line of action, and rotate everything. Okay, so I've also gone and thrown in the upper arms, upper leg and the neck and head so that way you guys can see what happens to the shoulders, neck muscles, and pecs when these limbs are in motion.

And in some cases, the torso twisting is a direct result of the arms or legs moving forward or backward, as well as the neck turning to the side. The second twisting example here will show the torso from the back view. Again, we want to break down the entire torso as a simple 3d rectangle, which I'm going to show here real quick and then twist it around that center line of action. With the first twisting sketch we explored previously, we're going to follow all the steps that we covered in examples one through three of the video. If you need to, you can rewind and re watch my steps for those examples if you're still having some trouble constructing some of the muscles. In this example, I'm also going to include the upper arms, legs, and neck and head to further illustrate the motion as I did with the previous twisting example.

Another thing to keep in mind is that when the upper leg is moving back, as shown here, the glute muscle is going to flex similar to the way the bicep muscle bulges out when flexing. fantastic work. Congratulations for completing lesson two of this course, by now you should have a much clearer understanding of drawing the male torso and from a variety of different angles. Before we move forward, though, why don't we do a quick recap on what we covered here. So when you're drawing the torso and hips. You want to always visualize the main forms and muscle groups with simple shapes.

You want to also make sure you have a clearly defined line of action before starting to build the forms, otherwise known as the spine. And you want to also work the practice of drawing the torso and hips from a variety of different angles. Thank you guys so much for watching. I really appreciate it and I hope you learned a thing or two. I will see you on the next video and take care