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New Fashion Figure Templates

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by: Patrick John Ireland

May 10, 2007
This is a good book for those who can't draw with a good selection of positions and ideas.
The best use of this book is to trace the outline of the models in light pencil or scan into your computer and clear away the unsuitable shading and clothing lines in an art program. Then get creative!
With a little bravery you can change the proportions of the figures to fit your or someone elses body form.
The drawings are not the greatest but the book benefits from its simplicity.
Get it used for a bargain!

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The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head

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by: William Maughan

2004-01
I love this book, its made me much more aware of chiaroscuro and sfumato than ever before even my landscapes and other studies have improved from this book. The portraits are stunning and you could just admire those if nothing else. Get it, you won't regret it!

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Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel

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by: Lucinda Hawksley

October 06, 2008
This is a seriously wonderful book.

Charting the short, tragic life of Lizzie Siddal from youth to death and all the bits in between, this book is an absolute joy to read.

Impeccably researched and wonderfully written, it had me crying buckets at the end, but also taught me things I didn't know about her life and death, her relationships and what must have been an emotionally devastating love affair and marriage with the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

If you are a student of Victoriana, have an interest in the Pre-Raphaelite world, or just enjoy an excellent biography, then this is most definitely the book for you. It's absolutely worth every penny I paid and I will be reading it again - just as soon as ... Read More:

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Anatomy for the Artist

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by: Sarah Simblet

September 28, 2001
A real must for those who really want to understand what it is they are actually drawing. Each part of the body is studied in detail, from head to toe we are taken on a detailed journey through the inner landscapes that inform the outer.
The photography is superb, and the poses themselves are well considered, reflecting the considerations of the old masters in their attempt to show the body as a divine vehicle rather than a mundane cellular mass. After all a good deal of the masters were privy to the hermetic and timeless mystery that consciousness is not a result of cellular growth , but in fact cellular growth is a result of consciousness, which in its purest form is unconditioned light.
The pose of the body reflects the ... Read More:

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Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms

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by: Glenn Fabry

March 25, 2005
Having always been a keen artist, with a good but not great level of skill when it comes to figure drawing, I was looking for a book that would help me improve. I certainly got that. This book has revolutionised the way I draw. When drawing I have a much better understanding of just HOW to go about creating accurate humann forms.

The book touches on many areas to do with basic anatomy, it has tutorials, really great advice, some wonderful examples by various artists, it even has a section with a pose library featuring real models.

That's why I love this book; it packs a lot into a single book. Obviously it's not for fine art students who study anatomy in perfect detail, but that's why it's for "fantasy artists".
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Dynamic Figure Drawing: A New Approach to Drawing the Moving Figure in Deep Space and Foreshortening (Practical Art Books)

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by: Burne Hogarth

November 28, 1996
This is a very useful book to have around and very good for anatomy, in particular his directions in drawing perspective. Few other books cover this and tend to outline muscle and bone in a simple, boring, front - and - side view manner. Hogarth breaks all the rules and stretches and bends the human body to it's limits and I have learnt a few techniques that I still use today (I would probably learn a lot more if I drew more!)

The only downside to the book is probably the exaggeration to the human body. Hands and heads are suggested in very "over the top" dramatic poses while spines are twisted to the limit in some! This is fantastic for those of us drawing fantasy and super heroes but it makes it hard to translate these poses into every ... Read More:

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Women Who Read Are Dangerous

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by: Stefan Bollman

September 01, 2008
This is a very useful book to have around and very good for anatomy, in particular his directions in drawing perspective. Few other books cover this and tend to outline muscle and bone in a simple, boring, front - and - side view manner. Hogarth breaks all the rules and stretches and bends the human body to it's limits and I have learnt a few techniques that I still use today (I would probably learn a lot more if I drew more!)

The only downside to the book is probably the exaggeration to the human body. Hands and heads are suggested in very "over the top" dramatic poses while spines are twisted to the limit in some! This is fantastic for those of us drawing fantasy and super heroes but it makes it hard to translate these poses into every ... Read More:

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Dynamic Anatomy

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by: Burne Hogarth

June 30, 2003
This book had been written from the perspective of an artist. There are no unnecessary detailed anatomical studies that show how individual muscles link to the bones. That would be far too detailed. Instead author, Burne Hogarth, just shows in many illustrations how muscles do appear on the surface from many angles.

As well, by using a human head as a standard relative length, he provides accepted proportions for other parts of the body. For example, human body is 8 1/2 heads tall, 2 to 2 1/3 heads wide over the sholders etc. This approach suits me, but you'll find lots of teaching web sites reference this book.

This book is worth every penny.

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The Natural Way to Paint: Rendering the Figure in Watercolor Simply and Beautifully

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by: Charles Reid

April 01, 2000
This book had been written from the perspective of an artist. There are no unnecessary detailed anatomical studies that show how individual muscles link to the bones. That would be far too detailed. Instead author, Burne Hogarth, just shows in many illustrations how muscles do appear on the surface from many angles.

As well, by using a human head as a standard relative length, he provides accepted proportions for other parts of the body. For example, human body is 8 1/2 heads tall, 2 to 2 1/3 heads wide over the sholders etc. This approach suits me, but you'll find lots of teaching web sites reference this book.

This book is worth every penny.

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People (How to Draw)

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by: Susie Hodge

August 01, 2005
I have taught art for the last 20 years. I teach both 11-18 year olds and adults and bought this book because the most difficult area for beginners is learning to draw the human figure. Few other books manage to help beginners; they usually assume prior knowledge and understanding of the subject, but this book begins with basics, showing and explaining to readers how to look, see, understand shape, negative space, proportion, structure, tone, fabric folds and texture. At any point, readers can stop and either leave their drawings or carry on to extremely detailed finish. The variety of subjects and materials used are also refreshing and with every project, there is an alternative picture for readers to work from and an example of the original drawing in an alternative ... Read More: