Art Books for Christmas?

[Saigokarasu]

Which art books do you recommend the most for the holiday season?

*Figure drawing
*Clothes and Drapery
*Backgrounds and Landscapes
*Anatomy Atlas
*Lighting
*Special Effects
*Textures
*Sci-Fi and Fantasy
*Basically, anything!

[rpace]

*Figure drawing -- a gently used copy of Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis or Faragasso's Mastering Drawing the Human Figure
*Clothes and Drapery -- Faragasso's Mastering Drawing the Human Figure or Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe by Cliff Young
*Backgrounds and Landscapes -- Perspective for Comic Artists by David Chelsea
*Anatomy Atlas -- Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Peck or Die Gestalt des Menschen by Bammes (German language only IIRC)
*Lighting -- there's the Hogarth book. . .
*Special Effects -- ? media effects or something else?
*Textures -- digital or something else?
*Sci-Fi and Fantasy -- John Howe's fantasy Art Workshop
~R

[ruzkard]

Maybe look into getting one from a recent feature film. Examples that come to mind are the artbook for the Dark Knight or the one for Hellboy II. From the look of your list these suggestions may not be right because it seems you are looking for more more educational material rather than inspirational reference, but this is just my two cent post. Good Luck!

[Semphora]

*Sci-Fi and Fantasy --
http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/08/list-of-artbooks-reviewed.html

[Saigokarasu]

*Figure drawing -- a gently used copy of Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis or Faragasso's Mastering Drawing the Human Figure
*Clothes and Drapery -- Faragasso's Mastering Drawing the Human Figure or Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe by Cliff Young
*Backgrounds and Landscapes -- Perspective for Comic Artists by David Chelsea
*Anatomy Atlas -- Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Peck or Die Gestalt des Menschen by Bammes (German language only IIRC)
*Lighting -- there's the Hogarth book. . .
*Special Effects -- ? media effects or something else?
*Textures -- digital or something else?
*Sci-Fi and Fantasy -- John Howe's fantasy Art Workshop
~R

Preferably both, for traditional such as pencils and ink to digital with Painter and Photoshop, Painter being top priority.

[shannanigan]

For drawing the human figure you can't go wrong with anything by Burne Hogarth really... dynamic figure drawing, human head, wrinkles and drapery, lighting, etc, etc. He even has a book focusing on just Hands (*drawing hands... cringe* LOL!)

[Wasker]

He even has a book focusing on just Hands (*drawing hands... cringe* LOL!)

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Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly bang

Oil Painting Techniques and Materials by Harold Speed

The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed by Harold Speed

Frank Frazetta: Rough Work by Frank Frazetta


is what I'm getting this xmas.



other fun books are;

Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting by Richard Schmid

Book of a hundred hands by George Bridgman

Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

J.C. Leyendecker by Laurence S. Cutler, Judy Goffman Cutler

and of course the Massive Black Book;
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=144943

[rpace]

For drawing the human figure you can't go wrong with anything by Burne Hogarth really...

You'll find a number of people here who would disagree with that statement. If you like the person you're giving the gift to, most of Hogarth's books shouldn't be on the list.

~R