Figure Drawing: Design and Invention

Good book

Michael Hampton has taken all of Andrew Loomis' work and modernized it. This is the best book for anatomy.

Liked.

Invest in this book if you want to learn human anatomy for art. It covers the what's and why's. The gesture and anatomy is covered in great detail.

Book os good

Very good book for learning anatomy at primary stages... It helped me a lot.... it focus hoe different parts of the body connects together and how different forms fit together in the body...

I have mixed feelings. On one hand I received a hardcover item when the product was supposed to be paperback for the same price, the quality of printing is also good enough unlike what some other reviews said, on another hand, compared to the versions online, the book has some differences. It could be because the edition is different, but at first glance there are some things missing or changed or shortened, which I don't necessarily appreciate because some nice illustrations that would've been useful to learn from are not there. I'm wondering if I should ask for a replacement (which doesn't guarantee getting what I want and might make things worse with me ending up with a worse copy), or just supplement what it lacks from the online versions.

This purchase from Amazon India was very disappointing. It looks like local printers are making cheap copies from a PDF found online, and the result is terrible print quality blurry, unreadable in parts, and not at all worth the price. Paying around ₹5000 for such a poor-quality print is simply not worth it. Out of frustration, I had to reorder the same book from Amazon.com (spending about ₹1000 more), and the difference is huge the original is clear, high-quality, and a pleasure to read. It’s sad to see the hard work of such a great mentor and artist being ripped off like this. I doubt the author even gets paid from these low-quality prints. Amazon India and other big online marketplaces in the country really need to check on this issue. I had already raised a request earlier, but it’s disappointing that this continues. A very poor experience overall. I strongly recommend buying only the official edition, even if it costs more.

Great book, fast cargo. Thank you

Besoin pour mon fils de ce livre pour etude en art. Tres bon livre pour acquerir de bonne base. Colis livré rapidement et vendeur repond aux differentes demandes et tres sympa. Je recommande. Tres content, d autant que le prix restait raisonnable par rapport a d autres vendeurs...

Absolutely love this book! So much content and is perfect for both beginner and intermediate artists. Even just from the first 30 pages my anatomy and gesture drawing had reached a whole new level. Better yet my order arrived extremely early! Could not recommend enough

I can't recommend this book enough. IMO it has to be among the top 10 art books in any artists' library. The book is very thorough, accurate, concise, and a pleasure to study from and learn. Michael Hampton is an amazing teacher. He breaks down difficult aspects in figure drawing and human anatomy in an easy way for beginners to understand. Combined with his super clear color-coded diagrams, you know you are getting everything that you need to have a solid understanding of the topic. He uses references to refer to shapes of muscles (such as a goldfish or a dagger), so that students can remember easily how to approach drawing the muscles in perspective. He has enough anatomy information to aide the leaner in understanding the most important aspects that make sense to an artist. This is not a dedicated anatomy book, but it has enough information to get you started and it is such a valuable resource to get started on human anatomy for artists. Michael Hampton does the hard part of simplifying a very complex topic and he really eases it in. The information is blended nicely with how to draw the figure with amazing diagrams that will encourage you to copy and practice. During my figure drawing classes at school, our professor uses this book quite often. It is one book that is always present in class next to the overhead projector, to reach out to and use as a reference. Typically a class will be combining beginner, intermediate, and advanced (special projects) students studying the figure. This book is one of the favorite references for that range of skills. I personally have used this book extensively when I started studying and drawing the human figure and I still refer to it regularly now that I'm not a beginner. The book is filled with useful diagrams, tons of them. The text is just to the point, very focused on getting the ideas across. I have only two issues with this book: first, it doesn't contain an index. Second, it still doesn't have a volume 2! I would love to see an advanced version focusing on challenging and more advanced topics in figure drawing. Having a great teacher of Michael Hampton's caliper naturally leads to such request. If you are serious about learning figure drawing, grab this book!

This was recommended to me by other artists and it is a fantastic book to learn figure drawing. I recommend.