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In fig. 1 are a few simple lines suggesting an animal. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This isn't your average, run-of-the-mill "draw a circle, then draw some lines, then draw some more lines and you've drawn a puppy" how-to book. It doesn't talk at length about brush strokes or what kind of pencil to use.
This book is something different. Instead, it *explains* how to draw animals so that you understand what you're doing and why. It gives tips for remembering proportions and anatomy (e.g. "[the distance between the eyes of a domestic cat is] 1 1/2 eye's width"). And it illustrates them with lots of examples Every one of the 120 pages is jam-packed with content: examples, explanations, tips and tricks.
Where it simplifies animals into basic shapes, it isn't to give you a step-by-step instruction to just copy the picture that's in the books. It's so that you understand what you're doing better; you get the bigger picture of what the animal's shape is -- and how it bends and moves and so on -- before adding the details.
It goes through each different part of the animal -- the feet, legs, ears, eyes, noses -- and gives examples from each different animal species in side-by-side comparison. This way, you can a) really see how contrasting different animal species are, b) learn to draw each part one by one in easy-to-digest chunks, and c) learn common themes and similarities between animals (which can greatly help in understanding how to draw them better).
It then spends a few pages for each species -- cats, lions, tigers, other felines, bears, horses and other equines, elephants, wolves, dogs and other canines, monkeys, etc. -- explaining how to draw that species in detail.
Throughout the book, it also includes wild, less common animals. At the end of the book, there are a few pages devoted to "odd and unusual animals", and also miscellaneous small animals. These last few pages are just examples of many different types of animal (not detailed explanations like the rest of the book), but after reading the rest of the book you will already understand the basics of drawing animals, so these references would be useful.
This book is great for beginners and advanced artists alike. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning to draw animals.
This book is something different. Instead, it *explains* how to draw animals so that you understand what you're doing and why. It gives tips for remembering proportions and anatomy (e.g. "[the distance between the eyes of a domestic cat is] 1 1/2 eye's width"). And it illustrates them with lots of examples Every one of the 120 pages is jam-packed with content: examples, explanations, tips and tricks.
Where it simplifies animals into basic shapes, it isn't to give you a step-by-step instruction to just copy the picture that's in the books. It's so that you understand what you're doing better; you get the bigger picture of what the animal's shape is -- and how it bends and moves and so on -- before adding the details.
It goes through each different part of the animal -- the feet, legs, ears, eyes, noses -- and gives examples from each different animal species in side-by-side comparison. This way, you can a) really see how contrasting different animal species are, b) learn to draw each part one by one in easy-to-digest chunks, and c) learn common themes and similarities between animals (which can greatly help in understanding how to draw them better).
It then spends a few pages for each species -- cats, lions, tigers, other felines, bears, horses and other equines, elephants, wolves, dogs and other canines, monkeys, etc. -- explaining how to draw that species in detail.
Throughout the book, it also includes wild, less common animals. At the end of the book, there are a few pages devoted to "odd and unusual animals", and also miscellaneous small animals. These last few pages are just examples of many different types of animal (not detailed explanations like the rest of the book), but after reading the rest of the book you will already understand the basics of drawing animals, so these references would be useful.
This book is great for beginners and advanced artists alike. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning to draw animals.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jack seems to nail his outline very well with appropiate
thick and thin line. Excellent shading and good reference
for how to quickly draw fur. I've only used a couple of
his techinques but they seem to work for me espically the
first page of basic shapes to start drawing with. These
first pages made revisit the way I draw shoulder/arm and
upper thigh/leg. ALSO check out my favorite artist Rien
Poortvliet, a man who knows how to do it right.
thick and thin line. Excellent shading and good reference
for how to quickly draw fur. I've only used a couple of
his techinques but they seem to work for me espically the
first page of basic shapes to start drawing with. These
first pages made revisit the way I draw shoulder/arm and
upper thigh/leg. ALSO check out my favorite artist Rien
Poortvliet, a man who knows how to do it right.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good, solid book for the beginning and intermediate animal/anthropomorphic animal artist. Hamm covers a solid range of mammals, including felines, horses, bears, and canines. The book is all on mammals, and covers some common points of mammal anatomy, as well as specifics. One of the art books I owe the most to.
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The best 'How to draw' book about.
If you want to buy a book that teaches your kids how to copy a cartoon picture of some poorly drawn animal you will find that in most other 'how to draw' books, but if you want to... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Larry Trigger
VERY helpful
This book was fantastic when it came to my art project due to doing it about lions and big cats it was perfect for the job due to having a lot of the big cat structures such as how... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Tashar
You can't live without it
If you draw or sculpture animals this is a very instructive book. The drawings are very good and have a natural expression. Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by Bente Bruun
Great book
Very usefull book-loads of technical info but covers everything from the basics upto trying different stances or even types of animal e.g. horses. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2009 by Mr. Daniel J. Marsden
Hamm is GREAT!
Jack Hamm teaches in his books how to draw with DIFFERENT style not just one cramped "imitate me" style of drawing, writing, and instruction. Read more
Published on 11 July 1999
I learned to draw animals!
This book has excellent coverage of how to draw animals. Before this book, I couldn't draw a thing. Now, I can't stop drawing animals!
Published on 21 Jun 1999
Best way to learn for the price!!!
I purchased this book for only ten dollars to improve my skills at animating animals. Of coarse, animating requires a large amount of drawings and an artist that can pump them out... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 1998
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