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Summary: A very detailed view of anatomy, from an atrist
Review: A very usefull, and easy to understand book. The indiviual areas of the body, such as arm, hand, torso, head, etc... are givin there own chapter. Each chapter will start with the drawings of the bones and many diferent views of them, excellent and acurate pictures. Under each example picture is a good amount of information about the picture. After the bones have been explained and drawn, from several angles, the muscles are drawn onto the bones, usually one muscle or muscle group at a time, with the same amount of detail as the bones. Then at then end of each chapter there are drawings of the area of the body complete. This shows the reader/artist what, and how the body looks like it looks with the muscles movement, and the bones they are attached to. There are also exmples of the facial areas, and emotions. Again this is a very usefull, detailed, and informative book for the artist, on how the body works, and how to draw acurate anatomy.
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Summary: A very detailed view of anatomy, from an atrist
Review: A very usefull, and easy to understand book. The indiviual areas of the body, such as arm, hand, torso, head, etc... are givin there own chapter. Each chapter will start with the drawings of the bones and many diferent views of them, excellent and acurate pictures. Under each example picture is a good amount of information about the picture. After the bones have been explained and drawn, from several angles, the muscles are drawn onto the bones, usually one muscle or muscle group at a time, with the same amount of detail as the bones. Then at then end of each chapter there are drawings of the area of the body complete. This shows the reader/artist what, and how the body looks like it looks with the muscles movement, and the bones they are attached to. There are also exmples of the facial areas, and emotions. Again this is a very usefull, detailed, and informative book for the artist, on how the body works, and how to draw acurate anatomy.
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Summary: Very Gooood
Review: First of all you can't beat the price of the figure drawing book. All around its shows examples of the figure, bone structure, and even muscle and vein structure. Some of the drawings are not the best but they are simple and easy to draw and get a feel for the figure. One thing I really like about this book is that is has a great deal of drawing of different mouth poses for differnt emotions it also has differnt types of ears and noses which is really good to refer to if you don't have someone standing in fron of you. It has all of you typical figure drawing stuff like the torso, the head, hands and feet and so on. It has great drawings of bones and the skeleton. I would recomend buying a second book with more body poses and use this more for a reference. But for the price its worth it.
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Summary: Not bad as a starting place!
Review: I found that the range of poses and angles for noses, eyes and the mouth were very useful. I also thought that it was a lot less like a medical book than some, which from my point of view was good. The charcoal/chalk images are fine for gaining an idea of where you want to go, but they do lack detail. I think this book is an ideal reference book but should be used in conjunction with others.
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Summary: Not bad as a starting place!
Review: I found that the range of poses and angles for noses, eyes and the mouth were very useful. I also thought that it was a lot less like a medical book than some, which from my point of view was good. The charcoal/chalk images are fine for gaining an idea of where you want to go, but they do lack detail. I think this book is an ideal reference book but should be used in conjunction with others.
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Summary: Wonderful Reference and workboook
Review: If you are interested in drawing the human form this book, in my humble opinion, is not only a wonderful place to start, but also an excellent reference and workbook to practice drawing from. It covers Arm, hand, leg, foot, torso, neck, head, and builds up each part from bone to full surface anatomy from several views and several positions (flexed, relaxed, turned in or out, etc.).
The complete figure is covered in the last chapter.
A bargin at twice the price!
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Summary: Excellent for students!
Review: If you find Bridgeman a little too loose, Peck not fully clear, and others a little too medically oriented ... this might be the anatomy book for you. I have either bought or borrowed EVERY drawing book there is, and for anatomy this is the best thing out there for me. The companion text - "Drawing The Living Figure" - is also indespensable for the different views of exterior appearance built by the interior structure. Though there is always the possibility they're not your cup of tea, for most students these two are perfect and will teach you everything you need to know about artistic anatomy without costing an arm and a leg.
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Summary: Terrible waste of money
Review: This book will not give you any help into the mechanical workings of the human body. The illustrations are weakly done in white chalk giving almost no basis of form. I would now recommend spending the extra money for a medical anatomy book breaking down all the muscles and bones for you. I am still astonished this is a reprint from the 70's, they should have just let it go out of print and never brought there mistake back to life.
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Summary: Terrible waste of money
Review: This book will not give you any help into the mechanical workings of the human body. The illustrations are weakly done in white chalk giving almost no basis of form. I would now recommend spending the extra money for a medical anatomy book breaking down all the muscles and bones for you. I am still astonished this is a reprint from the 70's, they should have just let it go out of print and never brought there mistake back to life.
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