SANTAA! Lol

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Admit it, this page was less about showing drawing techniques, and more about an excuse to draw a bunch of hunky shirtless guys.

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The "sort of flap bit" is the latissimuss dorsi. It's a big damn muscle that covers a large section of the back.

I think you might be exaggerating the positioning of the calf muscles a bit. Calf muscles move and bulge in different places depending on the position and tension of the leg.

What're the lines down Primal's back supposed to be? They don't conform to any anatomical feature I can recognise ... the upper parts might be shoulderblade edges but the lower parts are curving across/through where the latissimus dorsi should be.

I've seen lines on a back like that. Don't know what they are either. They're only visible in some positions, and I think it depends on muscle tone, too.

As to the calves, well, they've got to have SOME comic-book proportions after all. Your style here is realistic, but still has the look of a cartoon. Some things have got to be exaggerated so they stand out better with fewer lines. And some things (like veins on Terrorsaur's wrist in a previous bishie pic) have to be left out altogether, because they'd look too distinct on paper.

Taking note of some of these, especially that hip bulge there. I've seen it on the real thing but almost never in comics and art, so I've never included it myself. But it really does help them look more like a guy's hips.

Tee-hee. Santa. ^_^

I can never remember the names of things. They are things! They do stuff!

Exaggeration for purposes of ... cartooning, come to think of it. Is why this is all being sold as a 'how I do it: mostly, I'm lazy and I cheat' rather than a 'this is an accurate tutorial that you must follow'.

Phoo, I'm forever goofing up backs. Fix will happen after I run some errands.

It was mostly about, 'dudes come in more types than 'seventeen year old hairless bishie'.'

Not that I need much excuse to draw hunky shirtless guys.

I'm forever goofing up backs, anyway. All this means is I need to do more research, because I totally need more excuses to look up pictures of fit, half-naked dudes on the Internet.

I recognized Primal, Rattrap, Scorponok, Santa, and Rhinox. Who are the other two (mainly the one you're laughing at)?

I don't know the names either, I just look them up when I need to use the names.

Haah.

Obviously you need some shirtless men to pose for you.