The illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered among artists - including comics superstar Alex Ross - for his mastery of figure drawing and clean, Realist style.
This book emphasizes a simplified understanding of surface anatomy, facilitating the artist's understanding of invention and mechanics of the figure, ultimately creating a skill-set that can be succesfully applied to other media.
While many books focus on just one aspect of figure drawing, this manual unites the skills of observation, expression and understanding in one coherent approach.
Figure Drawing: Keys to Drawing the Human Body
This extensive guide to figure drawing brings together seven books from the successful Art of Drawing series: Drawing Techniques, Heads and Faces, Sketching People, Understanding Human Form and Structure, The Nude, Drawing Hands and Feet ...
Figure Drawing is a step-by-step guide for beginners, aimed at artists who are keen to learn how to create figure drawings in a vast variety of styles.It is a guide to the entire process, including getting to grips with the anatomy of the ...
The classic concepts of figure drawing are a perfect place to start for the aspiring anime artist. This book shows readers how to apply basic figure-drawing principles to the anime style that fans love.