At 7/1/24 07:32 PM, angie-twinblade wrote:At 6/30/24 10:24 PM, MetalSlayer69 wrote:Do you have a favourite obscure art term? I just found out about contrapposto - when the figure's hips and shoulders sre turned in different directions.
Luis Escobar refers to the process of drawing cartoon gloves as the "Hamburger and Sausage Method", and that's just tasty.
that reminds me of a few anatomical anecdotes.
When you flex your thumb outward, you can see the two tendons of your thumb form a little indent, which is nicknamed 'the snuff box', snuff being snortable tobacco powder, which people used to pack into there before snorting.
The sacrum is either derivative of or comes from the same root as 'sacred', it was named that because it's the last bone to decompose.
The acetabulum (socket where the hip bone connects to the pelvis) translates literally to 'vinegar cup' because that's what the guy that named it thought it looked like.