Rating: 
Summary: good reference
Review: Due to it's size and the fact that real, live humans were photographed (vs. drawings), this is a good reference for both the beginning and advanced artist who may not have access to a live model. Personally, I find that drawing from a real human is the best way to draw, followed by a photograph of a live person, with drawings of people being last on the list.I will echo the other comments of past reviewers: the book is good but needed to have a greater variety of models, a better layout of photographs and an honest-to-goodness nude male model. People come in all shapes and sizes and colors and a greater range of people and poses would have been more helpful. The photographs are laid out at all different angles, meaning you have to move the book all over just to LOOK at which photo you'd like to sketch. Finally, the male is wearing an athletic supporter that interrupts the lines of his body. This is not a terribly big concern, but it's annoying and silly looking nonetheless. If one paid their money to sketch a live male model, you can bet he wouldn't be sporting something as ridiculous looking as a jock strap. Is this some sort of penis fear on behalf of the author?? Certainly there's nothing erotic about these poses and I doubt that anyone looking to be titillated would spend the money for an artists' reference book... There are other references that are better (or at least more varied or not requiring the reader to stand on their heads to read it), but if you're collecting model books, this is worth adding to your collection.
Rating:
Summary: good reference
Review: Due to it's size and the fact that real, live humans were photographed (vs. drawings), this is a good reference for both the beginning and advanced artist who may not have access to a live model. Personally, I find that drawing from a real human is the best way to draw, followed by a photograph of a live person, with drawings of people being last on the list. I will echo the other comments of past reviewers: the book is good but needed to have a greater variety of models, a better layout of photographs and an honest-to-goodness nude male model. People come in all shapes and sizes and colors and a greater range of people and poses would have been more helpful. The photographs are laid out at all different angles, meaning you have to move the book all over just to LOOK at which photo you'd like to sketch. Finally, the male is wearing an athletic supporter that interrupts the lines of his body. This is not a terribly big concern, but it's annoying and silly looking nonetheless. If one paid their money to sketch a live male model, you can bet he wouldn't be sporting something as ridiculous looking as a jock strap. Is this some sort of penis fear on behalf of the author?? Certainly there's nothing erotic about these poses and I doubt that anyone looking to be titillated would spend the money for an artists' reference book... There are other references that are better (or at least more varied or not requiring the reader to stand on their heads to read it), but if you're collecting model books, this is worth adding to your collection.
Rating: 
Summary: DESERVES "O" STAR
Review: I can NOT belive this book. Who in their RIGHT mind would let a child be photographed NUDE? It is the most distastefull thing i have EVER seen. From the man in his jock strap and the nude woman showing it ALL. Can not belive this book is Not banned from the world and that the author is not charged with Child pornography.Nasty,Nasty book this is.
Rating: 
Summary: Not bad but not great.
Review: I own a copy of this book and it is a decent reference for figure drawings. But there are better figure reference books available.
Rating:
Summary: The Human Figure Erik A. Ruby
Review: I would have liked to see more variety in the figure models and poses that were more artistic.
Rating: 
Summary: Better free online.
Review: If you don't mind looking through the trashy online sites you get more poses of various types from different angles without impeding clothing on xxx sites. It just takes a while to find some good nude photo rather than porn sites, but once you find one with good links to others your set. Sorry but Artist friends of mine have this book and its only advantage is it's conviently in front of you and not on screen. I recommend not getting it, get a printer and find some tasteful online nude photo sites. The only other advantage this book has is that anyone seeing it on your coffee table or studio will not find such PC and unaturual poses offensive, but I suspect this would not be a concern for artists that need nude references for their work.
Rating:
Summary: Worthwhile for anyone who draws
Review: This book give several hundred figure photos to work from. All are one-person shots, most are about evenly divided between a male and a female model. The male model isn't fully nude, but the jockstrap doesn't interfere much. There are a few pleasant additions here, some shots of a toddler and of older faces. There are also details of hands and feet - useful, but there is always more to ask for. This has a slightly dated 70s look in the hair styles, but that shouldn't be a problem. On the whole, this adds up to a useful set of visual references.
Rating:
Summary: The Human Figure
Review: This book has some interesting poses and there were an equal number of male and female photos but that's about where the praise ends. This would be a better book for reference had there been a variety of different models. Another problem is the fact that the male model is wearing something that interferes with the lines of his body. This book is also somewhat difficult to use because of the layout. With every turn of the page some of the pictures are upside down and some are rightside up and some are sideways. So you are constantly flipping the book around to view the photos. There are other better reference books available.
Rating:
Summary: The Human Figure
Review: This book has some interesting poses and there were an equal number of male and female photos but that's about where the praise ends. This would be a better book for reference had there been a variety of different models. Another problem is the fact that the male model is wearing something that interferes with the lines of his body. This book is also somewhat difficult to use because of the layout. With every turn of the page some of the pictures are upside down and some are rightside up and some are sideways. So you are constantly flipping the book around to view the photos. There are other better reference books available.
Rating:
Summary: A good reference
Review: This is not a new book and I have had it for many years. While I don't think there is enough variety (in models and positions) to make it a great book I have found it to be a useful reference quite a number of times. I do wish that the lighting had been stronger to give sharper shading in general for muscle definition. It doesn't have the variety or sheer number of options available in the *pose file* series but quite a few pictures are fairly large in this book which is very nice. If you do find a shot that works for you than this is a very nice book to have. I think this would be a good adjunt book if you already own several. I wouldn't make this your only figure book or your first one...unless you happen on it and find a figure in here that you wish to draw. this book isn't an instuction book on how to draw as much as it is a nude figure reference.
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