 | Vilppu Drawing Manual by Glenn Vilppu
Buy used from: $40.38 Nice breakdown of human anatomy into block forms. Good rendering of detailed areas of the body.
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| Bridgman's Life Drawing by George B. Bridgeman
Buy new: $21.80 / Used from: $19.50 Good all round anatomy book. Breaks down various parts of the body. Beginner to intermediate level. No bone structure given here.
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 | Constructive Anatomy (Dover Books on Art Instruction) by George B. Bridgman
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $3.73 Begins to delve under the surface of the anatomy including bones, muscles, origin and insertion points. Intermediate level book.
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 | The Human Machine by George B. Bridgman
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $3.98 The BEST book for understanding innerworkings of anatomy. Very useful for understanding muscle deformations and rigging CG characters. This is an intermediate to advanced anatomy book.
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 | How to Draw Manga: Bodies & Anatomy by Society for the Study of Manga Techniques
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.99 Beware of manga proportions. But part of the book has nice renderings of anatomy in various poses.
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 | Action Anatomy: For Gamers, Animators, and Digital Artists by Takashi Iijima
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $9.78 Advanced anatomy book describing subtle articulation and movements in the body. Useful for 3d animators and modelers.
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 | Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $5.83 Good all round anatomy book. Base feels very fifties. Good detailing of head types as well as rendering different types of knees.
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 | Dynamic Figure Drawing (Practical Art Books) by Burne Hogarth
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $9.60 Hogarth does a masterful job of expressing a softer style in creating a generic figure. Soft and blocky forms are given. Many of the figures are super ripped without much fat.
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 | The Figure by Walt Reed
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $2.86 Basic beginner anatomy book.
Lacks much of the detail for describing all views of appendages. Lots of photographs.
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 | The Artist's Guide to Human Anatomy by Gottfried Bammes
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.41 Nice rendering of anatomy as block forms.
Not a complete resource by itself.
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| How to Draw Manga (Volume 1) by Ben Dunn
Buy used from: $11.50 Poor level of detail for anatomy. But good renderings of several different body types on pages 68-79.
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