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Anatomy & Life Drawing

Anatomical tables, Loomis heads, hands, feet and life drawing.

Anatomy is the grammar of character animation. These studies cover the proportional canon, skeletal structure and muscles, head construction with the Loomis method, and the hands and feet that carry so much of a performance.

Role
Student — anatomy
Year
2026
Context
Nemo Academy study
Disciplines
Drawing
Tools
Charcoal · Graphite · Sketchbook
Head construction study using the Loomis method
Proportional canon: male figure in front, side and back views on a measuring grid
Figures with blue balance and weight lines
Head looking up, built with Loomis construction lines
Head from below, Loomis construction
Head tilted back, Loomis construction
Crouching figure with muscles drawn in red
Standing figure with muscles drawn in red
Torso and arm muscle study
Hand studies from several angles
Hand gesture studies
Foot seen from above
Foot in three-quarter view
Dancer balancing on one foot, life drawing
Drawing of a classical statue on a pedestal
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