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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:25 am
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Have you got any art books you would recommend to people? Books you open up constantly to dig out reference and advice, or in some way helped you advance your art?
I can recommend the two that are sitting on my desk all the time next to my tablet. I don't think these books have seen their shelves in months.
Master Class in Figure Drawing by Robert Beverly Hale. What I like best about this book is that it's short, straightforward, but it's content is pure art gold. It divides up lessons in figure drawing into sections of the body, portraying the sketches of masters of drawing the human figure. The way he breaks down the figure into simple shapes and shows whats going on under the skin as well, makes this book great as a learning tool for beginners, and a good 'back-to-basics' for the more experienced artist. It's essentially the next best thing to going to a nude figure drawing class yourself.
The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams. Whether you're interested in animation or not, I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in portraying characters in motion or even the illusion of motion. While it's great for animators for obvious reasons, I've seen illustration majors and graphic design majors with it on their book shelf. Hell, a painting major went out and bought his own copy after flipping through mine. Why? The content is relevant to more than just animation, particularly the way he discusses art not in the terms of realism but 'believability'. I like the way Williams talks about art to his readers. There's none of the post-modernism drivel, but instead he's straightforward and he goes from simple to complicated. HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who wants to advance their style.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:23 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:42 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:21 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:59 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:28 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:51 am
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:11 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:02 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:05 pm
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Zukkyun Celena the fear of books is the end of knowledge XL lots of time when I some one sees my drawings they might get excited and ask "where I learned how to draw?" But when I say it's from a book they seem disappointed. It might be the same if answered defiantly I don't know. But I Think It's Just Plain Sad heh-heh I'm not aloud to have books of to detailed anatomy When I'm older I'll get um XP I don't fear them I just don't like them much. Who knows, I could run across some better ones someday. sweatdrop But they aren't the easiest things to find in my area for some reason.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:45 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:10 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:00 pm
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