Anatomy Quick Tips: Hips

Summary by Krater

This anatomy tutorial covers drawing hips and thighs for character design and illustration, breaking down bone structure, muscle placement, shape reductions, and movement like pelvic tilt.

From the video

Answers: How do you draw hips and thighs for character design?

• hip anatomy
• thigh anatomy
• pelvic tilt
• drawing hips
• character design
• muscle placement
• shape reductions

What it concludes

• Hips are the most important cornerstone for making good poses and gestures.
• The most forward angle of the iliac crest can be used as the de facto hip bone for simplicity.
• Using a pentagonal underwear shape and a tilted pot shape can simplify hip drawing from front and side views.
• Pelvic tilt plays a major role in the side and front view of the body and determines how feminine or masculine a pose feels.
• Using airbrushed gradients and rim lighting helps define form and tone in painted hip and thigh illustrations.