Anonymous
7/1/2025, 2:45:20 PM No.7628625
What's the easiest way to draw the fucking bones on the rib cage, I'm fucking struggling.
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Anonymous
7/1/2025, 3:01:58 PM No.7628638
>>7628625 (OP)
Just draw an oval for the upper torso. If you're talking about drawing the actual bones, sorry bud, you're just going to have to struggle through it.
In my anatomy studies, I'm not too fussed about getting it 100% right, so long as I come away with better understanding of it in terms of how it will effect the figure when drawn.
Just draw an oval for the upper torso. If you're talking about drawing the actual bones, sorry bud, you're just going to have to struggle through it.
In my anatomy studies, I'm not too fussed about getting it 100% right, so long as I come away with better understanding of it in terms of how it will effect the figure when drawn.
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Anonymous
7/1/2025, 3:18:24 PM No.7628651
>>7628625 (OP)
draw bigger :]
draw bigger :]
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 3:43:24 PM No.7628667
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 5:10:34 PM No.7628717
>>7628625 (OP)
Start with the overall form, which is somewhat like an egg but flattened front-to-back and with the narrow end less pointed. Seen from the side, this flattened egg is tipped back slightly.
Cut a slice off the top of this egg to represent the the opening at the top of the rib cage where the first ribs sit at the base of the neck. This slice should angle upwards from front to back, as do the actual ribs. Put another way, the base of the neck is lower in front than in the back. Seen from the front, it appears as an ellipse, about half the width of the egg.
See how, in the OP pic, an implied line is formed where the cartilaginous part of each rib attaches to the bony part? This line runs down the length of the ribcage on either side of the sternum. It marks the separation of the front plane from the side plane of the rib cage, and is where the ribs begin turning upward in direction as they go around towards the spinal column in back. Draw these two lines on your egg, diverging slightly as they descend; the space between them is the front plane of your rib cage, and the space on each side belongs to the side plane. Notice the side plane faces forward somewhat, which is why you can see it from the front. If you look at the ribcage from above, you'll see it is wider in back than in front, somewhat like a trapezoid, so the sides face forward. Interestingly, the opposite is true of the pelvis (wider in front than in back).
Finally, mark a point a little more than half-way down the center of the egg. This marks the bottom of the sternum and, in front, is on a level with the 5th rib. From here, draw the thoracic arch as a pair of lines descending to meet the previously drawn lines (the ones separating the front and side planes) at the bottom of the egg. Where these lines meet at the bottom marks the tip of the 10th rib.
(cont'd)
Start with the overall form, which is somewhat like an egg but flattened front-to-back and with the narrow end less pointed. Seen from the side, this flattened egg is tipped back slightly.
Cut a slice off the top of this egg to represent the the opening at the top of the rib cage where the first ribs sit at the base of the neck. This slice should angle upwards from front to back, as do the actual ribs. Put another way, the base of the neck is lower in front than in the back. Seen from the front, it appears as an ellipse, about half the width of the egg.
See how, in the OP pic, an implied line is formed where the cartilaginous part of each rib attaches to the bony part? This line runs down the length of the ribcage on either side of the sternum. It marks the separation of the front plane from the side plane of the rib cage, and is where the ribs begin turning upward in direction as they go around towards the spinal column in back. Draw these two lines on your egg, diverging slightly as they descend; the space between them is the front plane of your rib cage, and the space on each side belongs to the side plane. Notice the side plane faces forward somewhat, which is why you can see it from the front. If you look at the ribcage from above, you'll see it is wider in back than in front, somewhat like a trapezoid, so the sides face forward. Interestingly, the opposite is true of the pelvis (wider in front than in back).
Finally, mark a point a little more than half-way down the center of the egg. This marks the bottom of the sternum and, in front, is on a level with the 5th rib. From here, draw the thoracic arch as a pair of lines descending to meet the previously drawn lines (the ones separating the front and side planes) at the bottom of the egg. Where these lines meet at the bottom marks the tip of the 10th rib.
(cont'd)
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Anonymous
7/1/2025, 5:11:38 PM No.7628718
>>7628717
(cont'd)
You have almost enough already for most purposes. If you've marked the points and planes correctly, it will be easier to add the finer details such as individual ribs. Draw the sternum in front of the egg, from the margin of the top slice down to the thoracic arch. Notice how the cargilaginous portion of the first rib angles slightly upward, while in each subsequent cartilage the angle turns further downward. There is a similar "splaying" in the direction of the ribs as seen from the side. Lastly, note that the attachment of any given rib is lower in front than in back.
(cont'd)
You have almost enough already for most purposes. If you've marked the points and planes correctly, it will be easier to add the finer details such as individual ribs. Draw the sternum in front of the egg, from the margin of the top slice down to the thoracic arch. Notice how the cargilaginous portion of the first rib angles slightly upward, while in each subsequent cartilage the angle turns further downward. There is a similar "splaying" in the direction of the ribs as seen from the side. Lastly, note that the attachment of any given rib is lower in front than in back.
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 5:52:12 PM No.7628765
>>7628625 (OP)
Just pretend there's 4 ribs like I do
Just pretend there's 4 ribs like I do
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 6:20:42 PM No.7628787
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Anonymous
7/1/2025, 7:44:23 PM No.7628846
michael mentler + robert hale
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 7:46:52 PM No.7628851
>>7628637
fpbp
fpbp
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:38:17 PM No.7630869
go to med school i guess
student
7/3/2025, 8:06:07 PM No.7630984
Close your eyes and draw it blind. Draw it using the right side of your brain. Draw it with your left hand. Put the sheet of paper upside down and draw it in reverse.
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:22:36 PM No.7631003
>>7628625 (OP)
https://e-hentai.org/s/fc2973b53c/3015112-154
Here you go. Download the whole book while you're at it
https://e-hentai.org/s/fc2973b53c/3015112-154
Here you go. Download the whole book while you're at it
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:36:27 PM No.7631029
>>7628625 (OP)
Draw a good hundred ribcages, if that doesn't make you better at drawing ribcages I don't know what will
Draw a good hundred ribcages, if that doesn't make you better at drawing ribcages I don't know what will
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:09:22 PM No.7632214
>>7628625 (OP)
go to a decent college and get a degree in the arts and anatomy, do not wind up dropping out whatsoever.
go to a decent college and get a degree in the arts and anatomy, do not wind up dropping out whatsoever.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:17:33 PM No.7632229
>>7628625 (OP)
My eyes can't track the lines properly when I try. It's like an optical illusion. And sometimes get confused, am I drawing a rib or the gap between a rib!? I forget!
My eyes can't track the lines properly when I try. It's like an optical illusion. And sometimes get confused, am I drawing a rib or the gap between a rib!? I forget!