Oppinions on these books about figure, anatomy and perspective drawing?
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You could start with Andrew Loomi's book Figure Drawing for all Its Worth. You can read it for free if you google Loomis pdfs. All his other books are free online too. But my opinion for anatomy books to do is first read Loomis's book, then Michael Hampton, then you could move on to maybe Sarah Simblet's Anatomy for the Artist, Elliot Goldfinger's book Human Anatomy for the Artist or Atlas of Human Anatomy. Simblet's book is less informational than Goldfinger's but has nicer photos and illustrations. Atlas of Human Anatomy is a little more informational than Simblet but its a little dated so the photo refs are of people before they invented stuff like exercising. Goldfinger's is really the most in depth anatomical explanations you could ever need for artistic purposes. Anything beyond that and you're in the medical text territory.

Id recommend looking up anatomy videos on youtube too to cross reference. Theres quite a few channels with 3d models and explanations of muscles and bones. I think Anatomyzone is a good starting point. Also a great book is Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators. Its all about gesture which isnt just useful for animators so the title is misleading. And as for perspective all you'd ever need is one book. How to Draw by Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling. Although it doesnt hurt to read other books but if one book has it all then its just redundant imo. It comes with like 2 hours of video demonstrations too.

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RE: Oppinions on these books about figure, anatomy and perspective drawing? - by Adam Lina - 03-10-2015, 12:12 PM

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