must have books !

[Travis_Bourbeau]

Ok other than the 140 gigs of refrance ive collected off the net i als buy good books written by som of the authors of the tuts ive found! I just ordered 5 copies of don seegmillers book 4 will be gifts to friends I find it very important to support anyone puting out good info for aour medium


some great books ive found


sketching and rendering interior spaces by ivo drpic

covers loose marker rendering sketches and has some cool tips

i havent had alot of sucess finding many instruction books on marker rendering and this shed light ot a few tips that really helped




Elliot Goldfingers human anotomy for artist


very good anotomy book 60 bucks but in my opinion very worth it I have several anotomy books but this actauly shows a small caption of a real person posed difrently alongside the diagrams

The art of star wars and the art of lotr and the art of final fantasy are both great book series and offer a look at several difrent styles they also give clues to perspective marker rendering and shading styles alot of unwritten instruction


making faces with kevin aucoin

This is a make up book but has several close up facial shots wiith great detail in eyes etc lips too


well thats a few from me id be intrested in hearing some books you all have found that are inspirational or insrctional


Im hoping that don seegmillers book on digital painting is a good one as ive been waiting a while to pic up a good book on digital painting i also hope a few other great dp artist follow suit as im ready to buy

[ZippZopp]

i found a really nice one, its called

Drawing Realisitc Textures in Pencil - By J.D. Hillberry

it has a lot of fantastic tips for how to render different types of materials. he also talks about which materials he uses, which pencils are best for each type of texture he is tryin to create. he goes into detail on rendering glass, leather, wood, clothing, skin, bricks etc. its really a good book to check out

[jester]

All these books are available from Amazon – but you might find them anywhere else.
I also rated the books:
* is outstanding in one aspect
** is outstanding in more aspects
*** is absolutely fantastic

***Ron Tiner, Figure Drawing Without a Model, ISBN 0-7153-0646-4, David & Charles, 17.00$ (absolutely inspiring and helpful, offers tasks and tips)

** Klaus Janson; The DC Comics Guide to Penciling Comics, ISBN 0-8230-1028-7, Watson Guptill, 19.95$ (valuable on composition, with longer text passages and less images than other books)

** Tom Alvarez, How to Create Action, Fantasy and Adventure Comics, ISBN 0-89134-661-9, North Light Books, 24.99$ (very helpful for absolute beginners because it offers explicit exercises)

** David Chelsea, Perspective for Comic Book Artists, ISBN 0-8230-0567-4, Watson-Guptill, 19.95$ (presented as a comics itself this book helped me to understand special aspects of perpective I never grasped before)

* Stan Lee / John Buscema; How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, ISBN 0-671-53077-1, Simon & Schuster, 15.00$ (tries to cover it all)

* Christopher Hart; Drawing Cutting Edge Comics, ISBN 0-8230-2397-4, Watson Guptill, 19.95$ (well, what is cutting edge is relative, but some good hints on foreshortening and exaggerating)

* Andy Smith, Drawing Dynamic Comics, ISBN 0-8230-0312-4, Watson-Guptill, 19.95$ (good information on composition and angles)

* Christopher Hart, Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy, ISBN 0-8230-2497-0, Watson Guptill, 19.95$ (nothing new but presented in an understandable way)

* Gary Martin; The Art of Comic Book Inking, ISBN 1-56971-258-1, Dark Horse, 14.95$ (quite nice see how different artists interpret the same pencils)

* Frank McLaughlin / Mike Gold; How to Draw those Bodacious Bad Babes of Comics, ISBN 1-58063-068-5, Renaissance Books, 19.95$ (well, specializes on women and female anatomy)
* Joe Kubert; Superheroes, ISBN 0-8230-2561-6, Watson Guptill, 19.95$ (not really for beginners)

I place Hogarth’s books at the end since in my experience they are by no means suitable for beginners. First I was really disappointed by his books and only recently discovered how I can use them – by copying certain poses and thus understand how they work.

Burne Hogarth; Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery, ISBN 0-8230-1587-4, Watson-Guptill, 22.50$

Burne Hogarth; Drawing Dynamic Hands, ISBN 0-8230-1368-5, Watson-Guptill, 16.96$

Burne Hogarth; Dynamic Light and Shade, ISBN 0-8230-1581-5, Watson-Guptill, 16.95$

Burne Hogarth; Dynamic Figure Drawing, ISBN 0-8230-1577-7, Watson-Guptill, 19.95$

Also recommendable are the constantly mentioned books by Loomis and Bridgeman. And check out:

Sarah Simblet, Anatomy for the Artist (Dorling Kindersley), sorry, no ISBN at hand currently. No price either.

Jester

[Blackhawk]

Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Stephen Rogers Peck

George Bridgman's works - I picked up his Complete Guide to Drawing from Life. He has many smaller books that are all comprised into this one. I don't know how they differ though.

Loomis' books. Not only are they excellent, but they are free from fineart.sk

Oil Painting Secrets from a Master by Linda Cateura - Great practical approaches and advice towards oil painting, really informative.

I'm going to be recieving Alla Prima by Richard Schmidt in a few days here, not sure how it is, but I've heard nothing but good things about it so far.

[Dromond]

Originally posted by jester
* Stan Lee / John Buscema; How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, ISBN 0-671-53077-1, Simon & Schuster, 15.00$ (tries to cover it all)


Oh man, I remember watching a videotape of the same title when I was but a wee one. Oh the memories...:)

[Deth Jester]

BlackHawk you are going to love Alla Prima.. It is problably the best art book I have ever read... But its deffinitly not for a begginer.. and you need to review it alot. He goes over so much stuff, that one time jsut isnt enough..

I as well ordered Don Seegmillers book to help contribute to the art community.. I have a feeling it will be pretty enciteful..

I also have preordered Scott Robertsons books from

http://www.designstudiopress.com/index.html

As far as anatomy books.. I have a bunch... they all have there own little querks that make them good and bad... I prolly prefer Bridgemans the best, but it is problaby one of the hardest to understand..

anyhow. just my 2cents

[Travis_Bourbeau]

I want the scott robertson book as well im hoping it comes to barnes and noble here in florida as i no longer use my credit card on the net got burned for 500 once and over 5000 another time got them back but you can understand my hesitiation LOL

Judging from seegmillers work im assuming it will kick ass didnt realize he was on the fourms here until a few days agao !


I really wish publishers would wisse up as well i mean im paying 40 to 60 dollars for alot of books just for a few chapters of the book because info is so hard to find


seems alot of shity cg books with 3d models etc that look like they came straight out of 1988 or something get published while others are turned down ?strange