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joined Jun 17, 2014

I have difficulty following whats going on in drawing book, does anybody else have this problem? ive been trying to draw better that i got "figure drawing for all its worth" by andrew loomis and dynamic anatomy by burne hogarth i got these one or two years ago but i have trouble on how to follow them. Ive been thinking about getting another book like" classic human anatomy" by Valerie L. Winslow to see if there are books that would be easier to understand for me. idk maybe im just retarded. i just get fustrated i keep rereading everything but i'm lost. yeah im drawing alot but i feel like im in a bind.

Nezchan Moderator
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joined Jun 28, 2012

Hogarth can be pretty tough. I'd set his stuff aside for now and go with someone like George Bridgeman, he simplifies things into more practical units a lot more. Another approach that was recommended to me is if you have scans of anatomy book pages, print some of them out and use them like a colouring book, shading in the different muscles with coloured pencils or Col-Erase.

Don't worry too hard about getting into too much detail, like every muscle of the hand or whatever. As an artist, you're mostly interested in how the skeleton moves (range of motion, where things bend, static lengths, etc. - Loomis' mannakin forms is great for this) and visible muscle groups. So unless you're doing a heavily defined character, you only need the general shape of the deltoid rather than the separate heads of it.

If you can find a life drawing group in your area, definitely go so you can see these things in person. It'll help a lot.

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joined Jun 17, 2014

thank you nezchan ur the best

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