I found "Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement" by Valerie L. Winslow to be of most help in extending my knowledge of the human body. I am an aspiring sculptor though reading through it is a breath and the knowledge translates over no matter what medium you're using. In fact, I am more than halfway through the book already, given the fact that I purchased it less than 2 weeks ago and I do know a whole lot more about the anatomy now than I ever did before. Not only that, I am also aware of what landmarks bones and muscles make on the surface. It is my first anatomy book though I did stumble upon Sarah Simblet's Anatomy for the Artist at a local library beforehand. Listing through its pages, I haven't found anything of interest in the book being reviewed here (besides beautiful, lean models) that would help me locate the most important landmarks on a model as well as what I should look out for.
Mrs. Winslow's book does have its flaws as nothing is perfect. Its pluses outweigh the minuses by a ton and the information on the anatomy given there is far more important to us artists rather than knowing what each bone looks like from 4-5 views or what exact bumps and texturing they have. For that matter, Human Anatomy for Artists by Andras Szunyoghy comes in to help.
In case I want to see human bodies, 3d.sk is the way to go as it offers every kind of body you can think of - from bodybuilders to midgets, anorexics obese, young and old people.
There is no perfect, average body type we can fit our characters in. It just doesn't exist. Besides, it is the differences people are interested in, not the similarities.
I found "Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement" by Valerie L. Winslow to be of most help in extending my knowledge of the human body. I am an aspiring sculptor though reading through it is a breath and the knowledge translates over no matter what medium you're using. In fact, I am more than halfway through the book already, given the fact that I purchased it less than 2 weeks ago and I do know a whole lot more about the anatomy now than I ever did before. Not only that, I am also aware of what landmarks bones and muscles make on the surface. It is my first anatomy book though I did stumble upon Sarah Simblet's Anatomy for the Artist at a local library beforehand. Listing through its pages, I haven't found anything of interest in the book being reviewed here (besides beautiful, lean models) that would help me locate the most important landmarks on a model as well as what I should look out for.
Mrs. Winslow's book does have its flaws as nothing is perfect. Its pluses outweigh the minuses by a ton and the information on the anatomy given there is far more important to us artists rather than knowing what each bone looks like from 4-5 views or what exact bumps and texturing they have. For that matter, Human Anatomy for Artists by Andras Szunyoghy comes in to help.
In case I want to see human bodies, 3d.sk is the way to go as it offers every kind of body you can think of - from bodybuilders to midgets, anorexics obese, young and old people.
There is no perfect, average body type we can fit our characters in. It just doesn't exist. Besides, it is the differences people are interested in, not the similarities.