[Mario AKA mark]

This is where you can buy the best Anatomical reference for artists. Be it Illustration or 3D modelling. I suggesting getting the poster with muscle ref. If you want to spend more money and want hands on try getting their Anatomy sculpt Anatomy tools

[PAINT]

also in addition id just like to add this online free refrence for anyone intrested since marios bought it up : http://www.posemaniacs.com/

[Mario AKA mark]

Ok Pose manicas is awesome. One thing about it though they UV maped the muscle structures over a 3D body. If you have a good anatomical ref so you can see more of the insertion and form of the muscles you have a killer combo.

[Mario AKA mark]

This will also work for you trad guys who do little pin-ups because a form is a form even if stylized.

[redbeard]

sweet ref guys thanks...

[jremy]

check out burne hogarth books. the best books i have ever read on the subject. explains the techniques used by divinci and others of that nature. makes alot of sense if you pay attention to every word. find myself learning something new even reading it four or five times over. has a book on dynamic anatomy, dynamic figure drawing, drawing dynamic hands, dynamic light and shade (a must), and dynamic wrinkles and clothing.

[PAINT]

jremy, on May 23 2009, 01:22 PM, said:

check out burne hogarth books. the best books i have ever read on the subject. explains the techniques used by divinci and others of that nature. makes alot of sense if you pay attention to every word. find myself learning something new even reading it four or five times over. has a book on dynamic anatomy, dynamic figure drawing, drawing dynamic hands, dynamic light and shade (a must), and dynamic wrinkles and clothing.

ive got most of his books and i aggree although never heard of thoes last 2 ill be keeping an eye out for em now thoe

[Mario AKA mark]

the hogarth books are good but too stylized if you're trying to learn form and value. All the his proportions are heroic proportions instead of the foundations that peopel need first. Clothed figure drawing by Barbara Bradley is good and figure drawing by Henry Yan and Anatomy for the Artist are beter for starting out.

[jremy]

yeah, i guess thats what you get from the guy who drew the original tarzan comics. ha. he doesn't really tell you how to mess with proportions, but they got me on one of the right tracks i think. yan is a must though.

[jremy]

thats probably why everything is "Dynamic" this and "Dynamic" that. lol

[Tez]

extensive anatomical reference from visual wiki, including medical anatomy and full Gray's anatomy (Henry Gray)

Here

[John Devilman]

If you have some extra time on your hands, search for things on scribd.com It's a google site that finds books that people have scanned in and allows you to peruse through the pages. There are also some great series of Japanese books that have multiple photos of people doing everyday things, action shots, hands, nude form, etc. They have it all. You should also just set up a folder for ref and, whenever you randomly come upon some awesome image in between surfing for fetish pr0n, stuff said picture in that folder for safe keeping until you need it later. Also, for those of you not totally embarrassed by the prospect, there's also taking pictures of you and/or friends in poses to have more control over the images you have to reference from.