I have this book and for those that really want to learn "how" to draw figure (beginner level) , I dont think its the right one. This book is more of "why" than "how" if im making any sense. Although there are some step by step on how to draw anatomy, it mainly focuses on why the skeleton, muscle etc are the way they are. To fully understand and also able to draw anatomy well, you need to be able to know all the relationship between the skeleton and muscle and this book goes in depth about it. Once you understand, you can apply it and draw from mixing both from imagination and reference. So in conclusion, if you are beginner looking to focus mainly on drawing figures, I wont recommend it. But if you are already have some ideas about anatomy and ready to take it much more depth and understanding then this is really good.
@SketchedbySte3 жыл бұрын
Great summary, I agree in a lot of ways, I think even a beginner could learn a ton of information from this, but it would probably be a little overwhelming and unnecessary. But if you did manage to 'master' this book, my goodness you would be insane! XD Do you have any basic anatomy book recommendations for people reading the comments? I do have a few Bridgeman / Loomis books I have been tempted to preview on camera, but I am a huge fan of Prokos courses! Thanks for watching
@비에스-p1m3 жыл бұрын
@@SketchedbySte I recommend Anatomy for Sculptors Understanding The Human Body by Uldis Zarins and Sandis Kondrats. Obviously go less in depth than StoneHouse but I think its much more suitable for those that dont want to be overwhelmed by too much informations.
@chisathot7508 ай бұрын
@@비에스-p1m i would say its the exact opposite of your recommendations
@p5rsona2 жыл бұрын
By far the best anatomy book I ever read. The drawings are super detailed which allows you to learn by copying them.
@SketchedbySte2 жыл бұрын
I must admit I have yet to work through this one, but I do like it, definitely covers a lot of content. There seems to be a big split between people who either love it and find it invaluable, and people who think it's just way over the top. Very interest! - Thanks for watching!
@Giancarlo_DellErnia2 жыл бұрын
Hi! In my opinion, a good alternative to this excellent textbook is the video course "Coloso - Human Body Drawing Based on Anatomy by Seok Jeong Hyeon," where in 29 videos the same topics are covered but in a more user-friendly form.
@SketchedbySte2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the suggestion, it's not a course I have heard of before, I will look into it now!
@Giancarlo_DellErnia2 жыл бұрын
@@SketchedbySte Obviously, for reasons of time, much of the information in the book is not covered and the valuable contribution of the illustrations is missed. Anatomy is undoubtedly one of the most difficult topics to cover. I have noticed that some textbooks come across as far too technical while others prefer to provide less information and rely more on pictures. I personally believe that anatomy is a subject that requires the presence of a good teacher, ready to explain those details that are difficult to understand with the help of text and pictures alone. One must then consider the reason for wanting to learn anatomy. There are those who are solely interested in the study of forms and those who, on the other hand, want to fully understand the workings of the human body in order to better represent it. In conclusion, it is not easy to find a book that meets our needs, that is, to understand just enough to improve our drawing without forcing us to get a medical degree! :-)
@7thSpringofthe7thSun27 күн бұрын
I have this book. i highly recommend pairing it with Tom Fox's book, Tom Fox book will teach you to draw people. This book give you in depth detail why human body is made that way and then additional anatomy information that you can use to build on top of what you learn from Tom Fox. Then you can use new Kim Dong Ho's book on character design/anatomy to stylize what you learn. Great book 10/10
@SketchedbySte23 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for sharing, some really great advice here. I will link my videos below to the videos you mentioned in case it helps anyone: Tomfox Draws book video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4CTk32Pa95-oqs Kim Dong Ho character design - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TUlpaaqqZmndU
@williammclean659410 ай бұрын
I've been like scouring through the web for reviews on like what a good first anatomy book is. I have the Michael Hampton one which is a great book but it is more of a figure drawing book like how to simplify it. Drawing the figure from like cubes and cylinders. Then it touches on anatomy but it's not the main focus. So I actually want a book that focuses on anatomy with like super detailed drawings and I think this book will be good. I like how it shows the step by step on how to construct the skull and stuff like that. And I like that it's modern most of like all the anatomy books everyone recommends are from like the 1940s and they're black and white. And rokiekim review that you have up. It looks okay but it's a bit but more mannequinized and stylized. I also want a book that has anatomical diagrams detailed pictures of muscles and stuff. so I'll probably get this one. I'm also doing a colosso course and the instructor recommends this book. And I know you got a comment on it, but the author of the book also has the same class on colosso which you could probably use this book and take the class at the same time.
@AzureSymbiote Жыл бұрын
Looks excellent. A shame it isn't in the popular book shops online.
@SketchedbySte Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! It is a good one, but it's a lot of work too! You're right though I can't imagine many typical book shops stocking this one unfortunately :(
@7thSpringofthe7thSun27 күн бұрын
Superani is where i got mine if you still need it
@jampack68143 жыл бұрын
How does this compare to Hampton's book? I noticed that Stonehouse provides step-by-step while Hampton just shows sketches.
@SketchedbySte3 жыл бұрын
I actually don't have the Michael Hampton book to compare it at the moment but I will add it to my list. Is it an anatomy book or more of a figure drawing book?
@jampack68143 жыл бұрын
@@SketchedbySte It teaches both figure drawing in the beginning of the book and then the anatomy parts for the rest. There is also a bonus chapter on drapery at the end. I'm still at the first few pages of the book.
@Hafiz_71786 ай бұрын
@@jampack6814 is hampton book really good?
@Anderson492 ай бұрын
@@Hafiz_7178 yes
@Julia-qo1mw2 жыл бұрын
Wondering if this author/artist has books on animal studies as well!
@SketchedbySte2 жыл бұрын
That would be really cool! I'm not familiar with much of his work outside of this book, but I am sure he has an Instagram page, so I might have to go look through it and check XD
@whitelionsilentpride34882 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your efforts, you are a big help
@SketchedbySte2 жыл бұрын
Happy to help, thanks for watching!
@uncletea56322 жыл бұрын
Question: would you say this book has actually helped you improve ? I notice this review was from a year ago ..Surely you’ve had time to really test its usefulness
@SketchedbySte2 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for watching / commenting. That's a good question, to be completely honest I still have no studied it as much as I would like, I have hundreds of art books and very little time to actually draw and study ( as it's not my full time career yet unfortunately ) so my answer wouldn't be very reliable. I have used it for reference a few times though to fill in gaps of knowledge when drawing, it works well for that, but it's quite large and other anatomy books could do the same. If someone was to study this properly from front to back I have no doubt they would be a master! But I also think there is more information than most artists will ever need and it's quite expensive too!
@williammclean659410 ай бұрын
Why do you have hundreds of art books if you don't have time to study them? Maybe you should just like buy one book at a time and don't buy anything else until you actually finished it. I've noticed that artists do that they buy books. They don't even read them. And I don't think books are that good for artists to learn from because books don't really explain things very well compared to art courses because they're really text heavy and if you read the text sometimes you don't even understand it properly. Like Andrew loomis's books when I first bought them I had no idea what he was talking about as a beginner@@SketchedbySte
@SketchedbySte10 ай бұрын
@@williammclean6594 Because I enjoy looking at the books even if I don't get as much time to read through as much as I would like, and also I plan to look through them much more in the future. Unfortunately I simply don't get a lot of free time to do things I enjoy at the moment, but I wouldn't want that to stop me buying things I enjoy, as well as that I like to support artists ( as do a lot of other artists that buy these books, even when they are unable to read them as often as they like, as you mentioned ). I don't think myself or anyone else buys them with the intention of not reading them, but work / life gets in the way for a lot of us. I still very much plan to look through them. But yeah I do agree I learn better from video courses too if we are talking specifically about 'how to draw' books. That being said I also want to learn from something that isn't a screen, as it causes me a lot of headaches and eye strain ( I am sat at a PC all day every day for work ), having a physical book is a way around that for me. Plus I just enjoy collecting art books. Hope that helps! :)
@williammclean659410 ай бұрын
@@SketchedbySte yeah I guess that makes sense. If you have a desk job you can just read books when you have down time. But I've noticed a lot of people who are trying to get into the industry for art. They don't really prioritize studying very much if they have time or not. Like you have to draw and practice in order to be able to get good enough and some people they only draw like once a week or something. Which is fine if you're doing it as a hobby. But if you want to make it up a career, you really got to try to push yourself to improve and actually draw every day. I forget the video but I saw this guy on KZbin who said he's been trying to become a professional artist for10 years and all his friends are working in like the gaming industry right now and he's not. But he also said he struggles with being able to focus on drawing. If that's the case for someone, then an art career probably isn't for them if they have a hard time staying focused on drawing for a long periods of time.
@SketchedbySte10 ай бұрын
@@williammclean6594 Oh yeah, I couldn't agree more, I hear it a lot, and I think I am the same, I see it in myself as a huge flaw. I often tell myself if I want to make a career in the future I have to work at it every day, late at night no matter how tired I am or my eyes being sore etc, but then it get's to it I am so exhausted ( maybe that is an excuse though! ) that I don't get in as much time as I intend, or maybe I will procrascinate etc. So yeah I 100 % agree, no one to blame but myself!
@MrStasyan20132 жыл бұрын
"It is a very expensive book" Yeah, right...
@SketchedbySte2 жыл бұрын
I have no seen the current prices, is it still a lot of money this one?
@J-G-3 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool, that may be the most in depth anatomy art book I’ve ever seen. I may be on the too much end of the spectrum though. Would like to flip through it though :P
@SketchedbySte3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's definitely got a lot packed into it, I can't imagine a book physically being able to get much more in! I will let you know how it is in 10 years when I finished reading it ;)
@Mi_Ni_sketch Жыл бұрын
Is there anywhere in the UK u can buy this
@SketchedbySte Жыл бұрын
Currently, I think the only place to really get them to the UK is Liberdistri. At least for the english version, I know you can buy the Korean version on UK amazon, which seems odd lol
@IrlLove Жыл бұрын
The book is nice but has weird racist annotations in it
@SketchedbySte Жыл бұрын
it does?
@IrlLove Жыл бұрын
@@SketchedbySteYes there's a thread on Twitter about the artist
@williammclean659410 ай бұрын
@@IrlLoveyeah I read that thread. It's not technically true. He's just saying in the book why certain races look the way they look through evolution. It's technically true. Like why African people look the way they look and why Asian people look the way they look. It's how they evolved to suit there environment. For example, I read like the reason Asian eyes aren't affected by sunlight as much so they could stare directly into the sun and not be like blinded as easily as another person. So they wouldn't need sunglasses as much. Also, genetics plays a factor.