Body World

I was searching the web, looking for a good site to compare my muscle structures. I ran into this: http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html, this is the website of Gunther von Hagens 'Body Worlds'. It lists his recent shows and has really interesting information of his work. Sadly none of his shows are going to be anywhere near here.

They've Got Legs

During this class period, our group was busy at work. We would compare the muscles, which were generally the same. The difficult part was how many muscles attached to the same points. It tended to be confusing but once figured out came together nicely. A lot had to be ripped off and moved to fit the muscles that had to be underneath another muscle.

Hippy Hippy Shake

Clay Model

Upper Left: Spinalis Cervicis, Spinalis Capitis, Spinalis Thoracis, Longissimus Capitis, Longissimus Cervicis, Longissimus Thoracis, Iliocostalis Cervicis, Thoracis, Lumborum, External Obliques.
Upper Right: Spinalis Capitis, Longissimus Capitis, Longissimus Cervicis, Iliocostalis Cervicis, External Obliques, Rectus Abdominis.
Lower Left: Spinalis Cervicis, Spinalis Capitis, Spanalis Thoracis, Longissimus Capitis, Longissimus Cervicis, Longissimus Thorasis, Iliocostalis Cervicis, Thoracix, Lumborum, Quadratus Lumborum.
Lower Right: Longissimus Capitis, External Obliques, Rectus Abdominis

Learning where the muscles go and actually being able to build them myself, I hope to get an understanding as to where they are on our drawing model. I was very frustrated at first, I would keep building and ripping it off and building and so on. By doing this so many times I was able to fix it and figure it out for the most part by myself. The most frustrating part was the layering of the muscles and how they worked with each other. I will utilize the other resources a lot better, I was really into the figuring out for myself part I blew that part off, which I now realize is not at all that smart. The only thing I can share for this assignment is that, the more times your mess up, the more times you get to learn. The next time I draw, I hope to understand the joints and where the muscles start and stop and how that affects the look of the body.