Skeletal Anatomy Books?

[sh1ner]

Hi guys,
Im a beginner artist and Im working on the human figure. At the moment Im looking for a comprehensive guide on the human skeletal system on all the bones + multiple views if possible.


At the moment the best I have found are medical books on osteology (sp?) these books cost approx 50 pounds each and contain alot of medical information that would be pointless for me.

Im currently using google but the good stuff ends up at netterimages or a pay site for the high res images.:wtf:

Any tips/websites alternatives are welcome!:thinking:

[ask maurice]

If you are looking for reference for your drawings the best thing to use is a skeleton model like Mr.Skeleton (http://scientificsonline.com/category.asp?start=0&WT.campaign=58&bhcd2=1245295340&WT.source=google&cshift_ck=1322525378cs34863&sid=google&WT.srch=1&WT.content=34863&c=424668&cm_mmc=google-_-cpc-_-edmu-_-skeletonmodel&WT.term=anatomical%20skeleton&WT.medium=cpc) were you can get a view from every angle or create different poses to draw from.


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[PieterV]

Hmmm, you don't really need an indepth understanding of how all the bones look exactly in order to draw a convincing figure, you just need to grasp the basic shape so you can build upon that. Ofcourse there might be people who are more hardcore with that stuff then I am, mileage might vary.

Since I'm a cheap bastard I'm just going to give you this french Paul Richer PDF. It has decent diagrams of the bones. I got it of an official site (lost the link) and it's no longer in copyright.

http://sendshack.com/download/3hlpkku

[sh1ner]

thnx guys! I do love models, I got 1 male figure model from anatomy tools and I got the female coming in the next week or two. I was waiting for them to do a skeleton version.... but at the moment Im looking to learn as much as I can about the skeleton since I personally love drawing figures/characters and probably will want to specialise in this area.

Holy Sh** at that PDF its exactly what I am looking for! Thnx rubbadub got any more??? :D

Ive gone ahead and bought the medical book since it is very detailed and impressive and has majority of the very small sample images on google search.

Book is called: anatomy and physiology from "science come to life" by jenkins kemnitz tortora.

I visted borders and just looked through all their big medical books in the anatomy section and this one looked to have the most detailed images and is much more visual than the others I saw.

*Anatomy tool figures were purchased like 6 months in advance but they are so worth it. Extremely detailed. But I love books/pdfs too!

[George Abraham]

Dig up your favourite ancestor. It's not grave robbing, think of it as archeology.

Man, if that wasn't illegal. Hehehehe!!!

The best is to have a replica of course, especially of the skull. Diagrams can take you only that far as far as construction and planes goes but eventually the better your in depth understanding of the skull is the better, same with the hands, feet and all the joints, nah, the whole skeleton actually.

The hard part for someone who don't own a replica is to find good ref's. I found a really nice one here under homo sapien: http://www.glendale.edu/skull/index.htm

It shorts a jaw but it has good all round angle shots of the skull and it's intricacies. You need to fully analyse the forms especially how the brow and nose works, cheek bones etc.

I am going to build a clay model from these or two models, one as a accurate replica and the other as a more planal form so maybe I might be able to join in with the portrait month thingy before it's over.

[dashinvaine]

Somene else pipped me to the post regarding digging something up as a cost-cutting option. May as well get some use out of old bones no longer required by their former owners- a sentiment shared by Byron (who had a cup made from a skull) and which was the subject of a witty little poem... http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/3413/

[TheComicFilmBoy]

I got a couple really good anatomy books that I highly recommend for ya

Anatomy and Drawing (http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Drawing-Dover-Books-Instruction/dp/0486432963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247521366&sr=1-1) from Victor Perard
and
The Human Figure (http://www.amazon.com/Human-Figure-John-H-Vanderpoel/dp/0486204324/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247521289&sr=1-1) from John H. Vanderpoel

the price of each book is very cool, and what's more awesome is that the skeleton drawings in each one are very clear. The Victor Perard book may put some people off with how the drawings look, but the actual instruction is very good - especially since there's like practically no crazy text paragraphs throughout the book. there's like a preface and a page on the drawing process, but that's about it 'cause the whole book has nothing but tons of great diagrams.

Vanderpoel's book has alot of text, but if you have the patience you can get awesome stuff from it. the diagrams are very good too and I'd actually recommend having both of these books to supplement one with the other.

also, remember that you dont' have to remember each and every name of every part, just have a good idea on how to construct the parts with basic forms, understand how they move and you'll be all good