Anatomy Book Recommendations
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video I go over several books that I recommend when studying anatomy. I get a lot of questions about this topic so I thought I'd compile the ones I regularly use here. Also sorry about the 3d printing noises in the background.
Books featured:
"Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life" by George Bridgman
"Constructive Anatomy" by George Bridgman
"The Human Machine" by George Bridgman
"The Book of a Hundred Hands" by George Bridgman
"Bridgman's Life Drawing" by George Bridgman
"Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists" by Joseph Sheppard
"The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists" by David K Rubins
"Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Rogers Peck
"Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form" by Eliot Goldfinger
"Strength Training Anatomy" by Frederic Delavier
"The Strength Training Anatomy Workout" by Frederic Delavier & Michael Gundill
"Die Gestalt Des Menschen" by Gottfried Bammes
"How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" By Stan Lee & John Buscema
"Vilppu Drawing Manual" by Glenn Vilppu
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I feel with Bridgman you kind of marinate in it. I read it, look at it, draw, copy. Look at the origins and insertions. Reread look at it again. Lather rinse repeat. I think on his worse drunken day he forgot more about how to describe the human form than I ever will. Good recommendations
Great content. I love your videos and tutorials, keep making such stuff. Your work on anatomy is amazing. ❤️❤️❤️
You are perfect,thank you for the video ,it was useful ❤️
Thank You ! Wonderful Information !!
The one about hands by Burne Hogarth is extremely good. I didn't like much his anatomy books, but the one about hands was very interesting.
super handy! thanks kirk!
thanks so much
Dude honestly you have one of the best and most authentic art channels on youtube, which books do you recommend for getting into the philosophy behind drawing?
Thank you. The first book that comes to mind on that topic is "On the Art of Drawing" by Robert Fawcett. He also happens to be one of my favorite illustrators.
Would also add figure drawing for all it’s worth by Andrew Loomis and drawing lessons from the great masters by Robert Beverly Hale
The Hale book really doesn't get recommended enough.
Thanks for the Recommendations Kirk !Thoughts on Burne Hogarth anatomy book ? even though his muscles are looks extreme and his figures looking like they have no bones, but the way he do wrapping lines around the muscles explaining the forms and planes of the muscles really helpful for me :)
Hogarth is a great counterpart to Bridgman, one is all about the curves one all about the blocks and wedges. They complement each other
Thank you!!
Bridgman is outdated for me to do a modern sort of art style, but definitely really really helpful if you’re clueless. Appreciate the other recommendations, thanks for the vid!
I dont think it is. I know this comment is a year old but i would just like to say that any extra knowledge you can get about what you want to do with your life is beneficial to you. People still study the masters, even decades after they die. Modern styles are nothing but the metaphorical children of the old ones. Btw, hows your art one year later?
@@Murimz I did acknowledge that by saying it’s really really helpful if you’re clueless/ to beginners. My life went in quite a different direction or at least for the time being so unfortunately I’ve not had the time or money to pursue art much further even as a hobby, and my current undiagnosed mental state means I don’t enjoy sitting down to do it even as an escape anymore… so… yeah :/
@@Spikey100000 bro, I read some of it when I was "clueless", and I couldn't understand anything.
It's definitely not a beginner's book
Which one is the best out of all for overall anatomy?
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Thank you!
Bridgman is good and I see you have a few of his books. I'd also strongly recommend "Anatomy Lessons From the Great Masters" by Robert Beverly Hale.
Which ones would you say are best for a beginner? I'm struggling with drawing anatomy starting with the human head
Learn how to draw circles in perspective (Perspective Made Easy is a book that explains this. IDK of you can find youtube videos about it.) Drawing circles in perspective is necessary to correctly draw the side plane of the head and the foreshortened Iris on the eye.
Then check Proko's videos on head drawing (+ Micheal Hampton videos on head construction), then read Loomis' book on drawing heads.
Then you can read Michael Hampton Figure Drawing, Design and Invention.
It goes through basic anatomy. Then you can probably read one of these books here and not face too many problems
Michael Hampton’s figure drawing, design and invention is pretty good for anatomy. Thanks for your cornering and bracketing video. It was a revelation. Where did you gain the knowledge on cornering and bracketing from ? I have not seen anyone else cover it and would love to read more about it.
It was actually a concept taught to me at Art Center from my teacher Lorrie Madden. I don't think it's been written in any books. The only other source I can think of to learn more about it would be Glenn Vilppu. I know he mentions it in some of his demos and he studied during the same era and under the same teacher as Lorrie. There is a long history there which I won't get into right now... lol
@@thekirkshop Thanks, funnily enough I stumbled on a Glenn Villpu video yesterday and saw him using this technique. It is so useful and makes for much more subtle forms than contour drawing. It is hard to implement it though and avoid the usual bad habits.
Nice video
This is great! You should check out the morpho, anatmony for artists by Michael lauricella. It's featured in thz’s video. It's pretty new and offers something designed to be copied. But beware the rest of his books are smaller, too small.
A dream come true you recommending anatomy books! When copying Bridgman, how should I select which lines to copy? Or am I supposed to copy line by line?
I would be more selective about the lines. I think it's more important to look for the broader structures he is showing than his specific technique or line quality.
Thank you! If I liked his sketchy line quality, would you still recommend selecting? I’m asking this because I wonder what the value of copying line by line is, if you’d ever advise it?
@@stedilorenzo There are pretty much two ways to go about studying other artists: you can either try to break down their work by studying structure/design while ignoring the the technical aspects of their work. This is where you are trying to get into their head and think about how they might have put an image together. Or you can study just the technical aspects where you are trying to imitate their line quality and not focusing on a structural breakdown. This teaches you more about how to achieve a similar look or how to make certain marks. If you enjoy Bridgman for his line quality, then by all means go ahead and try to imitate it and bring that same energy into your own work. The key is just having an idea of what aspects of the drawing you are trying to study while looking at other artists.
Jeff Watts just came out with a wicked cool book on interpreting Bridgman. Worth looking into maybe
Okay TH-cam, u can do it when u want it.
I am disappointed I can't get my hands on a Vilppu book. That looks nice
I thought my car was having a mechanical issue because of those sounds.
There are many factors in studying human anatomy. One resource I found which successfully combines these is the Sebs Study Crammer (check it out on google) without a doubt the most useful info that I've heard of. look at this great website.
Not a big Loomis fan? :)
I do have all the Loomis books but I tend to reference him more for painting rather than drawing
Loomis is a good reference for proportions. Jack Hamm too