skeleton studies

So a while ago I was drawing bits of the current chapter of the comic, and contemplating how a Chio’s skeleton would work. I always find it easier to draw when I have some idea of how a joint works or moves, so it made sense to try and work that out. Since they’re supposed to be a human/animal hybrid thing, I decided to do things the “right” way and do some research. I broke out my anatomy book, my bio textbook, a book of dinosaur skeletons, and basically anything I could find that had pictures of skeletons. It’s better to draw from the real thing, but when this is the best you can get your hands on you just have to manage. I worked from a bunch of sources, and while my final result isn’t perfect, it helped me figure a few things out, and I learned a bit about bones and why they’re shaped the way they are. It was an interesting experiment, anyway.

Reference material included:

An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists, 1957 edition, Fritz Schider. This was one of my dad’s books from when he was in school that I wound up with, and it’s fantastic. Great reference material.

The text from my 200-level bio class, some edition specially printed for my school? It’s packed now so I can’t pull out the info, but basically just a generic university biology book.

This isn’t the exact edition, but I’m pretty sure it’s an earlier version of this book, which is also packed up now so I can’t find it, but I’ve had it for a zillion years since I was a kid. It’s probably fairly outdated now, but there are tons of photos of skeletons and it’s pretty interesting to flip though.