Which muscles are shown?

The chest, abdominal, oblique and back muscles on the torso, the biceps, triceps, shoulder and forearm on the arm, and the thigh, knee, calf and shin on the leg.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Graphite has soft shading on each form, pen and ink uses hatching that follows the muscle, and clean contour is outlines only with the inner details marked.

Are these photographs?

No. Each chart is a flat drawing of a figure with no skin and no labels.

Can I ask for a different part of the body?

Yes. Type a direction such as hand muscles or flexed pose, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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Muscle drawing reference: torso, arm and leg

Muscle drawing references — a front and back torso with the chest, abdominal, oblique and back muscles drawn as separate shaded forms, a realistic graphite pencil study, firm contour lines with soft tonal shading in the hollows and under the forms

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Reading 1Torso

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Reading 3Leg

Students need to see each muscle in its place, not a diagram of names. These charts show the torso from front and back, the arm flexed and straight from front and side, and the leg from three views, with each muscle shaded as its own form. Each chart comes in graphite, pen and ink, and clean contour. Type another part, such as hand muscles, and the same charts carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

Which muscles are shown?: The chest, abdominal, oblique and back muscles on the torso, the biceps, triceps, shoulder and forearm on the arm, and the thigh, knee, calf and shin on the leg.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Graphite has soft shading on each form, pen and ink uses hatching that follows the muscle, and clean contour is outlines only with the inner details marked.
Are these photographs?: No. Each chart is a flat drawing of a figure with no skin and no labels.
Can I ask for a different part of the body?: Yes. Type a direction such as hand muscles or flexed pose, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.