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How to Draw the Male Torso, Chest, Arms- Step by Step

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Uploaded by on Sep 12, 2010

WE NEED A VISUAL ARTS CATEGORY ON YOUTUBE THREAD-http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=2a9806f929074cbd­­&hl=en&fid=2a9806f929074cbd0004b630ad37cc3e

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Today, I am going to give you step by step instruction to help you draw the male upper body. All you will need are drawing tools and some tenacity. Be sure to pause the video at the end of each step and observe each reference image that I give you. After we get through the steps, I will guide you through the shading process. Many people who have never drawn before have had a lot of success with my step by step videos.....and you will too. Lets begin.

Step 1.) Draw the shape that you see. Notice that it is curved at the bottom. Also be sure to notice the W shape at the top. Make sure that you notice that the left part of the W is smaller than the part on the right.

Step 2.) Lengthen the W to form the chest muscles. Also add the shadow lines below each chest muscle.

Step 3.) Step three is a tricky step. Add the line to complete the shape for the arm and shoulders. Take extra time to observe during this step.

Step 4.) Complete the arms. Notice that each upper arm is wider than the lower arm but both parts are rounded in shape.

Steps 5,6,7,8 are all smaller details that I added for shadows. Do not stress out over these steps. Expect your placement to be close rather than perfect. In other words, try to place them as accurately as possible but know that they do not have to be placed perfectly for you to have a successful drawing.

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  • the average man's torso

  • Thanks Merril! Just wanted to ask if you can draw David Ortiz from Boston and Tori Hunter and Jered Weaver from LAA. Any is good. Thanks!

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  • im a 3d modeler so shading comes easy to me, but i have real trouble with shapes, espessialy of objects where the perspective is at an angle

  • your pretty fast at drwing...

  • perfect

  • Ha I'm tired lol bad typing

  • Well I did it. Lol. Took forever buy after 3 hours I stepped away and came back and ot actually looked like something akin to what you were drawing. major.progress for me - thank you so much foe your time and willingness to share your tremendous talent.

  • after i complete the drawing ima addd my face in:D

  • I just got an ArtGasm

  • I can clearly see that you draw after a picture and there's a huge lack of proportions and construction knowledge. You just draw what you see but you're not aware of what you draw.

  • This was so helpful,Thanks for Uploading!

  • ★★★★★ star video =D

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