Clay Muscle Structure

My process of making the muscles was to form a thin layer of muscle the approximate size and shape of the actual muscle. Then to apply the muscle to the figure. Afterwords I would add fiber marks along the muscle if needed. There really was no problem aside from trying to get the clay cleaned off the previous figure since it was jammed in every crack. I have used clay before to create models so working with the clay was no challenge at all, it was a nice break from the normal drawing. The only frustration i found was the image in the book for the rectus abdominis had two different images. One showed the muscle flat on top of the quadratus lumborum while the other showed it cutting through the quadratus lumborum. Other then that it was pretty self explanitory, just took some time.

One thing of advice I have for other people is think thin. I've noticed on some of the models from last semester that people have huge bulking muscles everywhere on the body, with some out of perportion. While there are muscles that are big and bulky, not all muscles alone are huge, sometimes its a combination of a flat muscles layers that build up the apperance of muscles, so in places like the back or chest theres a few layers on top of each other that make up the muscles that can be seen from outside the body.