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A guide for all skill levels takes artists step-by-step through the process of depicting realistic animals, from drawings of skeletons and how they move at the joint, to comparisons of shapes and proportions and photographs of live animals.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book goes into a great deal of detail, showing how muscles work on animals and join the skeletons. It works well also in conjunction with "Human Anatomy for Artists: Elements of Form" by the same author, as this book goes into immense detail on how the human body looks and how its structure is made up; we are not all that different for most animals. Silhouettes are used a lot in this book to show how similar animals internally are shaped differently. Defiantly a MUST for any 2D and/or 3D artist!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a truly first rate book for serious artists wishing to gain insight into the anatomical structure of animals, but who don't wish to skim through pages of unecessary text.
Goldfinger has complied a massive 256 pages of informative and detailed drawings and photographs that are not only useful but amazing to look at. Text is kept to a minimum, and his written information is fascinating and insightful.
He has aimed the book at both the sculptor and figuritive painter/drawer making it a valuable resource for all artists.
He begins by explaining in easy to understand terms how anatomical structure is compiled; how cartilage works, why muscles sit where they do etc.
Throughout each animal group (of which he covers many) he describes some of the behavioural habits of creatures and how these impact on the animals appearance - the teeth of rodents for example.
You cannot turn a page without finding either a detailed drawing of a skeleton, musculature, silhouttes,black and white photography or even vascular construction. In fact the only minus is the black and white photography which would have added a new dimension had it been in colour.
It cleverly compares similar animals to one another thus highlighting their differences. The four silhouettes of the Lowland Gorilla, Chimp, Orang Utan and Gibbon are incredible.
Animals covered are too numerous to mention here but they include a thorough analysis of the horse, dog, cat (domestic and big), primate and then the dometic and wild hoofed species. He includes rodents, elephants, giraffes, ox, seals, sea lions and a fabulous insight into birds and their wing construction.
I am smitten with this book and would recommend it to everyone seeking a highly detailed insight into these species.
Goldfinger has complied a massive 256 pages of informative and detailed drawings and photographs that are not only useful but amazing to look at. Text is kept to a minimum, and his written information is fascinating and insightful.
He has aimed the book at both the sculptor and figuritive painter/drawer making it a valuable resource for all artists.
He begins by explaining in easy to understand terms how anatomical structure is compiled; how cartilage works, why muscles sit where they do etc.
Throughout each animal group (of which he covers many) he describes some of the behavioural habits of creatures and how these impact on the animals appearance - the teeth of rodents for example.
You cannot turn a page without finding either a detailed drawing of a skeleton, musculature, silhouttes,black and white photography or even vascular construction. In fact the only minus is the black and white photography which would have added a new dimension had it been in colour.
It cleverly compares similar animals to one another thus highlighting their differences. The four silhouettes of the Lowland Gorilla, Chimp, Orang Utan and Gibbon are incredible.
Animals covered are too numerous to mention here but they include a thorough analysis of the horse, dog, cat (domestic and big), primate and then the dometic and wild hoofed species. He includes rodents, elephants, giraffes, ox, seals, sea lions and a fabulous insight into birds and their wing construction.
I am smitten with this book and would recommend it to everyone seeking a highly detailed insight into these species.
Format:Hardcover
I am studying canine massage and found this book to be very valuble. It has diagrams of almost all the individual muscles and describes there placement ect. it is all written in such a way that it is very easy to understand. This book truly deserves its five stars and I am sure that if there were more stars it would get them to. Congratulations to the author
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