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Bridgman's The Human Machine is the classic seminal work on anatomical figure drawing. Includes over 400 illustrations
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
when i bought this book i have to admit i was abit excited but once open i was truely disappointed by the fact that the drawings were so poorly illustrated as if printed on an old 1960s printer. having said this there are some good points about this book, bridgman breaks it down into simple shapes we all learnt at nursery school. As an artist i have always found it hard to draw the human body but having this book has shown me excellent skills on how to draw human body parts and the human figure. i havent had enough of bridgman i have recently ordered a few more books by him. try them you'll get a tip or two
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't think anyone could ever accuse George Bridgman of over-working his drawings: they do tend to be quite sketchy and are not always immaculately transferred to print (though the paper quality of this book is excellent). The text can also be rather heavy-going, though there's a lot of information there when you get used to his writing style. Where Bridgman's work scores is it's obsessive but accessible detail and thoroughness. I really like the way he shows where muscles are attached to the underlying bones and how they wedge together - it gives you a real understanding of the body as a working mechanism rather than a set of static diagrams. And the sketches, for all their roughness, are brilliantly vigorous and dynamic. If you're interested in figure drawing, do yourself a big favour and buy this book.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
The best figure reference available
23 May 2001
Format:Paperback
I am a commercial artist and an illustrator in training, after coming across a lot of artistic anatomy books over the years I say honestly that this and all the George Bridgman books are the best available. A couple of reasons for this are 1) his clear and totally accurate drawings and 2) he shows us muscle groups that act together rather than just naming every single muscle and leaving it at that. Also, he uses a very visual teaching method, showing the shapes of the muscle masses that are easy to remember. I would suggest that every beginner start with Mr. Bridgman.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Great
9 July 2002
Format:Paperback
After purchasing too many sub-par reference books on anatomy for artists, I highly recommend the Bridgeman books. This one stresses the hinges and joints of the body and how their bending and twisting movements affect the external shape of a figure. Nobody has studied the figure as long or as intensely as George Bridgeman and it shows in the superb illustrations, many apparantly constructed from memory. For economy of line and accurate sence of under-structure, the illustrations can't be beat. Incidently, "Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life" incorperates much of the above book, along with several others, and is a better buy. (It's also a larger format book!)
I also recommend "The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists" by David K. Rubins.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Still one of the best.
7 Jan 2001
Format:Paperback
Even though Bridgman's anatomy books have been around for a while, I haven't seen anything better yet. This and his other books helped me tremendously. Keep in mind that these series are not a step by step instructions, they are schematics that you must study and draw at every possible angle and preferably use it as a reference for real figure drawing classes.
The illustrations are somewhat badly printed and hard to make out at times but it's still very helpful especially for the price of these books.
Four stars because of poor print quality.
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