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Summary: This book stinks
Review: The quality of the drawings is awful, anatomy weak and aesthetic is indifferent
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Summary: Bad drawing
Review: The trouble in finding a good "tips" book on anatomy is that they are so inexpertly drawn, and Christopher Hart's book falls in that category. It has a few tips, but the drawings are linear with no volume or texture. The worst is that the origins of the muscles are never right because the artwork isn't substantial enough. I agree with the first reviewer. I,too, was robbed of my money. The man can't draw!To have a first rate anatomy book, I recommend Loise Gordon's 'How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approach' which delivers everything that Hart promized but failed to do. Gordon's drawings are simply the best in the field. Get the other two books by her, and your'e set to study anatomy seriously. In addition I find the book 'Artistic Anatomy,' by Dr. Paul Richer, a good reference manual.
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Summary: no more gross anatomy
Review: This anatomy book is a great reference for understanding complicated anatomical forms so any artist can draw surface anatomy.
This book takes the guess work out of the question what are all those details on the figure in clear, easy to understand studies.
It is a must for figure artists everywhere.
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Summary: A good basic reference and starting point
Review: This book is a very good exposition of human anatomy for the artist. It includes sections on skeletal structure, musculature, flexation, and how various poses are affect the illustrating of a human figure. This is not a book on how to draw a likeness of someone in particular but a good study on the human body and a foundation of it's structure and illustration. If you are looking to draw a likeness then it is still valuable as a basic understanding of anatomy but there are better choices. The book is a good buy for those who are interested in learning underlying anatomy in order to create accurate and detailed illustrations. It is a good buy and I'm sure will be a regular reference for me.
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Summary: Not the only book you'll need, but one you should get.
Review: This book is an excellent compilation of advice, techniques, and tips combined in a useful format that, simply shows how to draw the human body. Don't expect any repetitious "boxes and balls" lessons here. This is a book with detailed deconstructions of the nose, examples of eyebrows, advice on visualizing perspective, muscle groups, and more. This isn't a complete book, in my mind - you'll need some artistic skill and experience to get use out of it. However if you have that, or if you're studying a beginning-drawing book, this is an invaluable purchase.
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Summary: Great technique - lots of fun
Review: This book is very helpful and educational. It may seem a bit advanced for some individuals, but can be enjoyed by almost anyone who enjoyes drawing the human body.
The children learned about Leonardo da Vinci in school and wanted to experiment with the human body. After looking a several books we decided on this one - it was a great choice. My wife who's been taking drawing classes is using the book a lot, getting great tips and techniques. The children too have been having a lot of fun with it. Great buy.
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Summary: For non-discerning children
Review: This guy is a one-note player! Oversimplified with too much of the artist's own personal style injected into it. It's a starter book, for goodness' sake, so there must be a bit more impartiality to the drawings to get the basics down! In addition, there are certain rules to drawing humans that are missed in this book. This guy is cutting artistic corners all over the place, drawing symbolically and not literally. It's on the level of bad 1990's cartoons. Come on! I was robbed (well, for a couple nights until I returned it).
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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: This is a great book to help a striving artist learn basic anatomy. Although I find it necessary to also have Burne Hogarth's "Dynamic Anatomy", this book makes a nice companion for a simpler approach. It's more of a book about "don't bother about ALL the bones and muscles, I'll just teach you about the ones you see when looking at a person and drawing them." I found it very helpful, but wouldn't use it alone as my only anatomy book.
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Summary: A good supplmental book for anatomy.
Review: This is definitely a good little book on anatomy for artists; I learned some new things from it, and I've been picking up anatomy tips a few years now. It's easy to follow and helps makes things less confusing. It also has some great concepts in here that a lot of beginners might not know about. However, though it's easy to follow, I don't think anyone should depend heavily upon it, or even start off with this book. The drawings are still very simplified (think Disney animation style, but with a bit more detail added), and some illustrations don't even look right to me (like the bottom illustration on p 103). But I think this would be a great supplement to Jack Hamm's book "Drawing the Head and Figure" and Ron Tiner's book "Figure Drawing without a Model." This book also would have been improved by the addition of different body types, as well (as in Ron Tiner's book). But all in all, a recommended book -- just don't depend on it, kay?
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