Loomis

[ramoutar]

Hello,

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I have the five Loomis books on PDF.

Just do a search on Kazaa for Loomis and hopefully the PDFs will show up.

[cucaracha]

hi,

http://www.fineart.sk
edit: just read you already have them :o
mh maybe this link is also useful :D

but I don't think Loomis are the best books. No real "mechanics" of bones an muscles are told, only bad references.
Just my 2c :)

cu

[geckonia]

What books do you suggest then?

I'm enjoying the Loomis book, but understand it's for beginners. He even says that there are better references for bone and muscle structure, so I'm printing pages from Gray's Anatomy (http://www.bartleby.com/107/indexillus.html) too.

[MadSamoan]

I think alot of people here would beg to differ about cucaracha's opinion about Loomis' books. His books are not the end all be all though, not by a longshot. Look for books by Vanderpoel, Bridgeman, Dr. Paul Richer, Robert Beverly Hale and Eliot Goldfinger. There's also a good book called Visualizing Muscles that uses an interesting ecorche approach.

[krayz]

Atlas of Human Anatomy for te Artist by Stephen Peck
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195030958/

My favourite book on anatomy. Starts with the skeleton, moves onto muscles, and so on. He breaks down all the body parts into very simplistic shapes (wooden blocks) and shows how they work together. Like the knee for example. How it moves exactly. His drawings are so clean and precise, you really can't go wrong with this one. There's some sample pages at the url above but they really don't do the book justice.

Any of the Burn Hogarth books (I'd probably only get them after the one above since the ones I have are quite advanced).

And of course, Bridgman.. ;]

I've read on many posts before, don't bother with Gray's Anatomy. It's not so helpful to artists. I've checked through it briefly and was mostly medical crap.

Hope this helps.

[Chromo48]

Loomis has a lot of priceless information to offer up both about figure drawing and design, but my favorite books for anatomy are the Louise Gordon books. They show female and male and don't use semi-rediculous terms (Bridgeman) nor are they filled with non-descriptive illustrations (Bridgeman). Don't get me wrong I like Bridgeman but his shits primitive.

[Blind]

I've got them too... PM me if you need.

[JoshuaTheJames]

http://saveloomis.org/

[gooch]

So when is KChen going to write a book?!
Followed his thread where he offers tips and great advice on drawings, but i get lost in my printouts ....=)

[tyboogie]

screw the books

draw yourt friends naked--or better yet find a local figure drawing class