Arm Template 01

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I've got a client who has given me full reign to do a religious themed piece on his right arm. Suddenly thinking large scale has set me back a bit, but the challenge is exciting.

For the project I created these three views of an arm for reference. Overall shapes are from Jenó Barcsay's Anatomy for the Artist. I took his inner muscles drawings and applied different line thicknesses for an external template.

I'm pretty sure most arms I tattoo won't be this defined, but it's helping me nevertheless. The actual outlines of the arms print at about 20% black. This way the shape is clearly visible and doesn't get in the way of sketching over top.

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Download for print (small file size! - less than 80KB):
3 Views, arms large (PDF)
Large side view, 3 Views arms small, area for notes (PDF)

Comments

this is yet another reason why you rule.

always thinking outside of the box.

robschwager   on January 23, 2007 9:41 AM

That is really exciting. I have a feeling that "religious-themed" will be right up your alley too!
Congatulations! I can't wait to see updates. That client is very lucky.

Kai Smart   on January 24, 2007 1:24 AM

the brachioradialis muscle is humungous!! lol i like these i think i will even use them after a bit of tweaking. i think with the full on side view, it is important to see the upside of the wrist as you would if the arm is completely relaxed. the rear view should therefore show the full back of the lower arm...all views you got here are twisted and not naturally relaxed ( waiting for the bus) positions which is only good to work with on the inside twist version.

Markus   on March 15, 2007 5:55 PM
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