いただき FORUMS - Itadaki

Has anyone here used books to help them draw better human anatomy? For that matter, has anyone ever used a drawing guide or how-to book? Did it help? Do share.

I picked up Anatomy for the Artist a while back and it really is a great resource. Plenty of images of nude models plus translucent pages over some of the figures displaying the shape the skeleton is underneath.

I do have a few 'How to' books and they have their use as well, though I only ever bought myself one, which is Action! Cartooning by Ben Caldwell. It just jumped out at me while looking through a bookstore one day. It has great emphasis on dynamic positions and creative anatomy. 'How to' books though only go so far depending on your learning style. I'm much more of a kinetic learner so they tend to not be as useful to me.

Get what you think you'll need, but don't forget there are plenty of tutorials for free on the net. Manga Revolution and Deviant Art both have tutorials in abundance that are VERY helpful for specific trouble areas, MR being organized so that they're easy to find too!

Hope this helps ^_^

It does help, so thank you. I'm still trying to decide which ones to get for now. You showed me more books to choose from, but I think I'm closer to making narrowing it down.

The Anatomy for the Artist that Narffet suggested it great, I bought it for Azsura for Christmas and it was well worth it.

I don't really use books too much myself, but I do like using PoseManiacs, while not exactly for anatomy, it does help with it a little, as well as posing.

I like that Posemaniacs. But on a personal level I REALLY like the 30-second sketch app it has. I've a LOT of bad habits I need to unlearn >.<

My, that 30-sec app thing is incredibly neat... I don't draw by the computer anymore but I would solely to do these exercises.

yes, i have anatomy of the artist. my first anatomy book was dynamic anatomy. posemaniacs is great, the 30 sec drawing is almost a must do daily exercise for every artist.