--- Ixbalam <jaguar_at_bestweb.net> wrote:
> "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist", by
> > Stephen Rogers Peck...
> Awesome book...
It does show and answer questions about a few structural
aspects that are not always easy to sus from other sources.
Good if you know what you are looking for; ie, someone
with a bit of drawing experience.
> I'd also recommend Bridgeman's
> Complete Guide to Drawing From Life (ISBN: 1-4027-0284-1
> (SC)), Burne
> Hogarth's Dynamic Figure Drawing (0-8230-1575-0 (HC))
Hmmm, I'll have to get Tokes' list of preferred books. It
is amazing how many he has owned, etc. Almost as amazing
the number of ones he has 'thrown out', despite being
recommended by others. He can justify why a book is or not
good and doesn't lightly toss a reference out - it is
usually because another book shows the same thing better.
> and anything by
> Jack Hamm and Andrew Loomis (saveloomis.org) for more
> cartoony styles.
Tokes gives two thumbs up to these guys. Hamm has done
huge quantites on toon drawing and are great 'answers'
books. Loomis is very good even if you aren't going toon
style for it teaches you a tonne about structures.
Impressionist drawing (painting, what ever) is fine if you
are copying from a reference (RL, photo, what ever), but to
be able to recreate a character in different poses,
repeatably, you need to understand structures.
Scrapper, Black Dragon who has been doing a little drawing
recently, but more practice required!
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Received on Sun Sep 04 2005 - 18:01:17 CDT