08-12-2024, 07:53 AM
Anatomy is not as much of an hard rule as perspective since the human body vary depending on age and weight and race etc.
But it a very subtle subject matter.
Loomis will still give you opportunity to keep refreshing that perspective knowledge. I don't think you need to focus exclusively on Loomis you could mix a bit of the other book you are interested by specially if you are going toward the narrative side of thing but in that case Loomis also have book on the topic a lot more ''classic'' because illustration was use alot more back then.
Creative illustration but if you are going for comic i am not sure if that the book you want to look as it not a book i have read more then just jumping over. Also it best to develop a sense of anatomy first instead of a sense of composition i think. Just because of the fact anatomy is one of the most useful subject matter to learn as an artist you can then branch out into whatever interest you the most after you develop a simplified approch to drawing the figure.
Here an idea of the content of the book https://illustrationage.com/wp-content/u...ration.pdf
Here the book you should start with you can probably find better scan then this one it just provide for you to review if that a book that seem interesting to you.
https://archive.org/details/AndrewLoomis...9/mode/2up
You can also look at https://archive.org/details/HowToDrawComicsTheMarvelWay if you want an idea of what i am talking about by a simplified approch to drawing human anatomy.
But it a very subtle subject matter.
Loomis will still give you opportunity to keep refreshing that perspective knowledge. I don't think you need to focus exclusively on Loomis you could mix a bit of the other book you are interested by specially if you are going toward the narrative side of thing but in that case Loomis also have book on the topic a lot more ''classic'' because illustration was use alot more back then.
Creative illustration but if you are going for comic i am not sure if that the book you want to look as it not a book i have read more then just jumping over. Also it best to develop a sense of anatomy first instead of a sense of composition i think. Just because of the fact anatomy is one of the most useful subject matter to learn as an artist you can then branch out into whatever interest you the most after you develop a simplified approch to drawing the figure.
Here an idea of the content of the book https://illustrationage.com/wp-content/u...ration.pdf
Here the book you should start with you can probably find better scan then this one it just provide for you to review if that a book that seem interesting to you.
https://archive.org/details/AndrewLoomis...9/mode/2up
You can also look at https://archive.org/details/HowToDrawComicsTheMarvelWay if you want an idea of what i am talking about by a simplified approch to drawing human anatomy.