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 A must have March 11, 2010
James
If your an artist or just enjoy good art. Then one of Mr. Hogarths books should grace your home. Place it next to your Frazetta and Vallejo books. He is truly one of the best.
Art Anatomy with a Twist February 7, 2010
Candace Vianna
Dynamic Figure Drawing approaches the study of the human form from a unique point of view. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to capture the human form in motion. Whether you are an illustrator or into classical art, this volume will give you a new appreciation of how movement relates to musculature and the dynamic use of perspective to create energy and tension in your art.
Figure Drawing Book January 25, 2010
P. Martinez (USA)
This book is filled with very good illustrations of the human figure. It mostly concentrates on the male figure seen on the cover. The figure that is used throughout the book is very muscular so expect the same figure to appear on every page. This book shows you perfect examples of the foot, hand, head, chest and any other body parts. Worth adding to your art book collection, you will not regret this purchase. I am a fine arts major in college and I use this book to refer to the human figure in action, the drawings show the figure relaxed, flexing and jumping around. The drawings are all black and white and come with a description of what the figure is doing and why certain parts of the body do what they do. Very detailed and great depiction of the male anatomy.
 A note of Caution December 15, 2009
Human_Patch_Office (Seattle)
Rather than add to the dozens of wonderful and true things that have already been said about this book, I would just like to add one bit of caution. Though I believe this is probably the best book you will find on drawing difficult foreshortened positions (as this was/is my biggest challenge and this book has been a tremendous help) the artist in this book somehow misses something very basic in drawing the body.
There is a way the body naturally tilts when more weight is put on one leg than the other. Unless I am deeply mistaken, the artist in this book fails to account for the tilt that occurs between the hips and shoulders in response to this weight shift. IE if all your weight is on your right leg, that side of the hip will almost always be higher and the shoulder is normally lower on that same side as the gap between the bottom of the rib cage and the top of the hip closes. As far as I know -- unless I am completely blind --, not a single picture in this book accounts for this. And when it does it is because the body is in an action that requires it. Not to take ANYTHING from this book or this artist, but this seems so bizzare to me that I feel like I must be mistaken here. Every other art book I have accounts for and mentions this, and if you look at any of the 'old masters' drawings you will notice that this sort of position was used quite often in depicting the standing figure. Infact just google the statue of david and you will see what im talking about. Whatever you think of that, this book is still the best book on the issue.
Great book and great buy December 13, 2009
pablito (Málaga, ESPAÑA)
It is a very good reference book and the illustrations are amazing. I recommend it to any fan of drawing and also to professionals.
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