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Anatomy for Artists: Drawing Form & Pose

Name: Anatomy for Artists: Drawing Form & Pose
Brand: 3dtotal shop
SKU: AFA2
Price: 35.00 GBP
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Discover a brand-new approach to drawing the human form with this unique guide by expert Tom Fox (aka tomfoxdraws). Tom’s trademark teaching style uses innovative box mannequins made from simplified shapes, ensuring believable results even when tackling tricky subjects such as perspective, proportion, and three-dimensional form. He covers all the usual features of the body, including the bones, muscles, bony landmarks, and soft tissues that contribute to the human form, all in an accessible style that is easily applied to your own work.

This book comes with a free supplementary tutorial video on Clothing Characters from tomfoxdraws.

This book comes with a free supplementary tutorial video on Clothing Characters from tomfoxdraws.

Discover a brand-new approach to drawing the human form with this unique guide by expert Tom Fox (aka tomfoxdraws). Tom’s accessible trademark teaching style uses innovative box mannequins made from simplified shapes. His less-is-more approach to drawing the body ensures believable results even when tackling traditionally tricky subjects such as perspective, proportion, and three-dimensional form. Checking the silhouette and contour of a pose will become intuitive, while the benefits of simplified linework for creating authenticity are illustrated throughout. Of course, Tom covers all the usual features of the body, including the bones, muscles, bony landmarks, and soft tissues that contribute to the human form. But by truly understanding what an artist needs to know (and why!), everything he teaches is relevant and easily applied to your own work.

Learn how to use:
• box mannequins
• XYZ dimensions
• form and 3D detail
• simplified bones and muscles
• silhouette, contour, and proportion

Product details
Softback 304 pages
Dimensions: 300 mm x 245 mm
Paper quality: Full color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-912843-42-8

SKU: AFA2

Hello, I'm Tom

Key Skills
xyz space & form
silhouette, contour & proportion
level of detail
the box mannequin
the camera & perspective

The Body
lesson 1: the head
lesson 2: upper torso
lesson 3: arms & hands
lesson 4: the core
lesson 5: legs & feet

Over to you
Glossary
Index

Tom Fox is a figure-drawing instructor and storyboard artist based in the United Kingdom who has worked in the animation industry for clients such as Universal Studios, Aardman, Axis Studios, and the BBC.

Perfection

I've searched for a good anatomy book for a while and found a lot of them lack luster. Tom Fox does not disappoint, this book was exactly what I have been looking for. Tom understands what beginner artists will struggle with the most and breaks down all the complex parts of the human body into something digestible and easy to follow along. Nothing is skipped over and time is taken so you fully understand the form and shape. Thank you Tom :)

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Their collections have outstanding quality, not only in reference to content, layout and design but also in the physical quality of the books themselves.

I find their content to be spot on and relevant to art today, as a multi layered medium that ties together hands on craftsmanship with the complexity of high level digital artistry. The books are rich in the “know how” and give a pallet of styles from a collection of professional artists.

I was surprised by the level of detail around their products, many books included a complimentary high quality print of the artist work, and some books were autographed by the artist themselves. What a treat!

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Best how to draw people book I've read

I've been a working artist for over 20 years, read countless books about anatomy, proportions, the whole nine yards. If there's an anatomy book out there I've likely bought and read it, and this was hands down the best how to draw book out there. As artists we're always learning, always improving our skills, and this book taught me plenty. Not only did I learn tons reading through, but it was easy to follow and has tons of pictures that show not only the thought process of whats being taught but also clearly depict whats being taught. In some cases, i'd turn the page, see the pictures and learn lessons before I even began reading. Amazing book, an absolute must-have.