anatomy books seem to be a very subjective matter. i, for one, often find photography to be near useless except for illustrating a point that has already been made. i.e. having been taught the insertions, the interplay and functions of a certain muscle group and then being able to see it in a well chosen photo, or illustrate the simultaneous bunching and relaxing through a series of poses, things like that. as a didactic tool themselves, i find photos to (literally!) be too superficial.
also, drawing the gesture often is something that is neglected in anatomy books. thus, i dont think there really is one anatomy book to bind them all, whose lecture will make all and everything about the human body clear to you. mixing them up seems to be the way to go - i, for example, like stephen rogers pecks "atlas of human anatomy for the artist" - as it has not only a systematically structured section on bones and muscles (its isolating body parts, though - which, at one point in the whole matter, is a didactic necessity), more medical illustrations offset with drawings, followed by sections on the effects of age, body fat distribution, sex...
then, there always is andrew loomis' "figure drawing for all its worth", which is less about anatomy, but more about actual figure drawing, and walt stanchfields "drawn to life", focussing on animation gesture drawing (animation is the single most gesture conscious application of drawing - there is a lot to learn from animation masters)
and then, there are photography books. they are useful in a supplementary role, so i usually keep some around as well.
anatomy and its application in figure drawing is a complex manner - i fear there are no shortcuts.
the overlays are actually a quite good idea, but from what i see in your video, seem to be done more as a gimmick. i imagine how useful these could be in tracking how certain bones are hidden in the body in certain poses, and poke through the surface in certain places - and why. making them a tool for constructing landmarks, or showing how the problems of certain drawings where solved, etcetera - that could indeed be useful.
ps.: i like the listing of muscles and their function in pecks atlas so much, its actually the first place i go to when i hurt myself during exercising. ;)
anatomy books seem to be a very subjective matter. i, for one, often find photography to be near useless except for illustrating a point that has already been made. i.e. having been taught the insertions, the interplay and functions of a certain muscle group and then being able to see it in a well chosen photo, or illustrate the simultaneous bunching and relaxing through a series of poses, things like that. as a didactic tool themselves, i find photos to (literally!) be too superficial.
also, drawing the gesture often is something that is neglected in anatomy books. thus, i dont think there really is one anatomy book to bind them all, whose lecture will make all and everything about the human body clear to you. mixing them up seems to be the way to go - i, for example, like stephen rogers pecks "atlas of human anatomy for the artist" - as it has not only a systematically structured section on bones and muscles (its isolating body parts, though - which, at one point in the whole matter, is a didactic necessity), more medical illustrations offset with drawings, followed by sections on the effects of age, body fat distribution, sex...
then, there always is andrew loomis' "figure drawing for all its worth", which is less about anatomy, but more about actual figure drawing, and walt stanchfields "drawn to life", focussing on animation gesture drawing (animation is the single most gesture conscious application of drawing - there is a lot to learn from animation masters)
and then, there are photography books. they are useful in a supplementary role, so i usually keep some around as well.
anatomy and its application in figure drawing is a complex manner - i fear there are no shortcuts.
the overlays are actually a quite good idea, but from what i see in your video, seem to be done more as a gimmick. i imagine how useful these could be in tracking how certain bones are hidden in the body in certain poses, and poke through the surface in certain places - and why. making them a tool for constructing landmarks, or showing how the problems of certain drawings where solved, etcetera - that could indeed be useful.
ps.: i like the listing of muscles and their function in pecks atlas so much, its actually the first place i go to when i hurt myself during exercising. ;)