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From the author of the classic Human Anatomy for Artists comes this user-friendly reference guide featuring over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photographs. Designed for painters, sculptors, and illustrators who use animal imagery in their work, Animal Anatomy for Artists offers thorough, in-depth information about the most commonly depicted animals, presented in a logical and easily understood format for artists--whether beginner or accomplished professional. The book focuses on the forms created by muscles and bones, giving artists a crucial three-dimensional understanding of the final, complex outer surface of the animal. Goldfinger not only covers the anatomy of the more common animals, such as the horse, dog, cat, cow, pig, squirrel, and rabbit, but also the anatomy of numerous wild species, including the lion, giraffe, deer, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant, gorilla, sea lion, and bear. Included are drawings of skeletons and how they move at the joints, individual muscles showing their attachments on the skeleton, muscles of the entire animal, cross sections, photographs of live animals, and silhouettes of related animals comparing their shapes and proportions. He offers a new and innovative section on the basic body plan of four-legged animals, giving the reader a crucial conceptual understanding of overall animal structure to which the details of individual animals can then be applied. The chapter on birds covers the skeleton, muscles and feather patterns. The appendix presents photographs of skulls with magnificent horns and antlers and a section on major surface veins. Incredibly thorough, packed with essential information, Animal Anatomy for Artists is a definitive reference work, an essential book for everyone who depicts animals in their art.
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Animal Anatomy for Artists.......2007-05-12
Excellent reference book. 5 stars from the first to last page.
One of the greatest animal anatomy book out there for artist.......2007-02-07
I got Goldfinger's human anatomy book, but in comparison, this is even better. Great multitude of drawings and diagrams of different species of animals, from bones to muscle to final skin with great angles. Highly recommend it.
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One of the most exhaustive references for artist's animal anatomy.......2006-05-21
WHOA! An animal-anatomy-for-artists book that I haven't seen before!?? I did a doubletake in the library when I found it. It's a GOOD one, too! Better than most of my animal anatomy books put together! It takes both possible approaches: the first half of the book shows the different bones and muscles part by part, as they exist in most animals, like Bammes's book does; the second half of the book shows the different animal species, bones and muscles and skin, like Adams & Singer's book does. I can tell which steel engravings some of these illustrations were based on, after Ellenberger & Baum. It also has a few species I haven't seen in animal anatomy books before, except maybe in the Zoo Books series, such as the giraffe shown on the cover. As usual, the most attention is given to horses, big cats, and dogs. I'm probably going to need to buy this for reference, since it's not the kind of thing you can just read cover-to-cover from the library, you have to use it just whenever you need it.
Very Informative.......2005-09-24
This is a very detailed book and a must have for those that need to know more about animal anatomy. This book does layout the skeletal and muscular design of the used animals very well. One thing that it does not give you is a detailed description of exactly how the joints move or muscles work. But overall a must have if you are doing an animal study for sculpture or 3-d modeling.
Features over 500 original drawings and over 70 photos.......2005-06-10
Artists who plan on focusing on animals had better pick up a copy of Animal Anatomy For Artists: The Elements Of Form: a virtual 'Bible' of animal anatomy, is features over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photos which painters, sculptors, and illustrators can use to understand the underlying anatomy of a range of common and wild animals. Forms created by muscles and bones provide artists with a three-dimensional figure of the final surface of the animal, while Goldfinger provides discussions of how each piece of animal anatomy interacts with another.
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The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (Dover Books on Art Instruction, Anatomy)
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Book Description
Former Disney animator offers expert advice on drawing animals both realistically and as caricatures. Use of line, brush technique, establishing mood, conveying action, much more. Construction drawings reveal development process in creating animal figures. Many chapters on drawing individual animal forms — dogs, cats, horses, deer, cows, foxes, kangaroos. 53 halftones, 706 line illustrations.
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Priceless.......2007-05-27
Ken Hultgren's animal drawing book is by far the best I've ever seen. The drawings are not only beautiful and full of life but rich in anatomical information as well. Studying and copying these drawings, combined with a few trips to the zoo and a horse ranch, enhanced my awareness of animal anatomy and movement enormously.
I used this book as my primary resource for modeling, rigging, animating a horse in Maya. It's a great asset for animators, modelers, sculptors -- artists of any sort-- or anyone who loves animals and good drawings.
great reference for the artist........2007-05-22
Excellent art reference for the developing artist who wants to understand animal anatomy and motion.
Awesome for Serious Artists.......2007-04-03
This book is somewhere right between a "How to Draw Animals" book and a detailed anatomy book. It gives you the basics of the muscles for each animal in beautiful, dynamic sketches that take you from drawing static (but proportional) animals to leaping, rolling, fighting animals. If you're really serious, you'll still need a more detailed anatomy book, but for movement (especially of horses and deer and their running patterns) this one is awesome. Just a warning though, the section on dogs is awesome but smaller than the horses, the section on cats is extensive but focuses mostly on big cats, and the section on wolves/foxes/wild dogs is pretty brief - much more of the book is spent on the larger herbivores and some less commonly studied animals like kangaroos, camels, rabbits, and a big section on bears.
One of the best animal drawing books.......2007-03-14
The book has lots of great drawing. I wish it had more explanations. But I still love it.
best book ever.......2007-03-09
if you are studying animal drawing, this is one of the best books ever. this concentrates on the motion and line of action, as well as the construction!
Book Description
Horses, dogs, cats, lions, cattle, deer, etc. Muscles, skeleton, surface features. The basic work. Enlarged edition. 288 illustrations.
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An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists.......2007-06-18
My daughter really liked this book but she wants to be a Veterinarian. Very involved. Excellent book if you want to capture all the nuances of the animals body. A must have for the serious animal artist. It helps to know the correct structure of the animal.
useful 3d modeling guide.......2007-01-11
I bought this book after a classmate in my 3d organic modeling class brought it in to share. It is great as reference for 3d modeling in maya, zbrush, whatever you are using. That's because it has all kinds of view like side, top, front and even more detail drawings of paws or head. The price is affordable too and the softcover makes it easy to scan and flip.
Great work.......2005-08-15
This is an easy book to understand an animal anatomy for people leaning toward the creative side of life and missing some understanding of the scientific part.
Not for the ordinary Joe.......2005-05-21
Not worth the buy: Borrow it or get it at a flea market. First off, it looks like some biology book, nothing artistic about it. The book is filled with old drawings that are probably royalties free anyway. Maybe it's OK as a reference book.
Get Jack Hamm's book instead: More tips and tricks on drawing animals.
Great Book for Artists.......2005-01-19
This is exactly what I needed for doing horse sculptures. A+ Very happy with my purchase. Will also use it for the other animals!
Book Description
Useful information on important anatomical features, directions on how to handle subjects, and how to express their forms and postures. 224 illustrations.
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great for artists.......2006-02-28
One of the most informative animal anatomy books for artists that I have ever studied. A great resource for the artist that really wants to understand his subject from the inside out.
excellent reference.......2000-01-16
This is the best book I have found as a detailed reference for animal anatomy, with a complete description for every muscle on the horse's body. If you are prepared to do a lot of reading and in depth study, I highly recommend this book.
Book Description
Seton gives a definitive artist's-eye view of the exterior anatomy of animals, helping readers to depict surface features, such as hair or fur, as well as basic body and facial structures. Chapters cover anatomy, size, and proportions of dogs, cats, and horses to grizzlies, camels, and an Indian elephant. 100 illustrations on 49 plates.
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lessons from the master.......2005-10-08
Ernest Thompson-Seton was the writer and illustrator of numerous famous stories of animals in the old west. He has, in this volume, produced an invaluable reference work for anyone interested in producing accurate artistic representations of animals. The drawings are finely detailed and both drawings and text present a wealth of useful information for any student of animal anatomy. Several species are 'dissected' in great detail, including equines, canines, felines, and others both wild and domestic. No detail is overlooked, including the way the hair lies on the animal and various diagrams give proportional values for many species.
This is an affordable edition of a classic. If you want to draw or paint animals you could ask for no better instructions. Every page brims with Mr. Thompson-Seton's love for and knowledge of his subject.
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Famous animal painter explains drawing apes, tigers, lions, other typical animals. Specific instructions plus 123 illustrations.
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great for creative kids.......1999-07-04
My sister and I, when little, spent hours QUIETLY copying the drawings from this book. Mr. Knight's style has affected my own for all of my life. Kids will love the anatomy and beauty of his subjects and drawings.
Book Description
Easy-to-follow guide by a renowned artist and teacher offers a systematic approach to learning proportion, rules of repose and motion, and basic forms. Using the anatomic details of the horse and cow, the student learns how to modify these drawings to portray a dog, lion, and other animals. 71 black-and-white illustrations; 78 figures in color.
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wonderful training and reference.......2006-08-27
I was quite pleased with this book. I found that Bammes can be a difficult read, but the illustrations are well worth the investment for the artist studying animal anatomy. He presents a systematic approach of understanding the bones, muscles and surface planes of the torso, front legs, rear legs and head of some iconic animals. Animal anatomy understanding wouldn't be complete without the gestural freedom of Hultgren as well. I recommend Hultrgren for your right brain and Bammes for your left brain.
Book Description
More than 1,500 fine pencil illustrations of the human and over 100 animal species instruct the artist in mastering anatomical drawing. Complete musculature and skeletal sketches, technical tips, and detailed drawings make this over-size volume the most valuable book available for the student and working artist. Text summary of each animal species characteristics includes the history of the species and average sizes and weights of each animal. Specifics are also described, from the number of teeth and vertebrae to the development of the musculature and hair. Drawings for each animal include full-on and side views of skeleton and musculature. Full-page close-ups focus on specific areas of interest such as the head, feet, and hindquarters. All drawings are annotated, with complete labels noting specific bones, muscles, joints, limbs, etc.
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Definitely one of the better anatomy books.......2006-07-31
The main reason I love this book so much is because of its simple rendering style - I have so many books where the illustrations are overly rendered and are therefore hard to see what's going on. I also really love how it shows the muscle origins and insertions clearly, a lot of books skimp on that. The labeling is easy to read since it's listed on every page.
The downside is that I have a feeling some of the illustrations aren't totally accurate, like the proportions are off a bit on some of the drawings. And the females illustrated in the book are all a bit on the masculine side. But overall in general you will get the main idea. There is also almost no text explaining what's going on in the pictures, so I recommend you buy a few other books with better text. Good supplements to this book are Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Stephen Rogers Peck and Anatomy for the Artist by Jeno Barcsay, they both have better text and expand upon what this book doesn't.
What also makes this book different is all of the animal anatomy, over half of the book has some typical animals. This isn't what I bought the book for but it is definitely interesting and helpful. The main animal it focuses on is the horse, there are over 100 pages dedicated to it. I don't really have any books on animal anatomy so I can't compare the animal anatomy section to anything else, but I do like it as it's organized and drawn in the same style as the human anatomy section. Once again, I think some of it isn't 100% accurate when it comes to proportion from what I can tell, so you may want to find a book dedicated to animal anatomy if you're serious about it.
Overall I would definitely recommend this book, but don't use it as your one and only book reference to anatomy, you should definitely check out the other two mentioned above. I also can't complain since I got this book on clearance at B&N for ten dollars, but now that I've gone over it more thoroughly I would definitely pay more for it.
Cyclopedia Anatomicae by Gryorgy Feher.......2005-06-12
This is an excellent volume which depicts human and animal species
in great detail. The facial perspective of the human anatomy shows the vertical distance between the chin and nipples equivalent to a single head. Muscles, feet, complex joints,
biceps, the clavicle insertion and thoracic links are drawn to
perfect scale. This work would be very helpful for medical students, artists, journalists and a wide constituency of the general public. The drawing scale is appropriate for a detailed
study.
Good content, bad binding. .......2004-08-08
I bought this book as a keeper and it is a very good anatomical reference. There is a problem with the binding of my copy which I purchased new. The pages are beginning to drop out. It's a handsome book but quality is measured behond the point of purchase. External appearances can be deceiving. What I thought were stitched signatures turn out to be perfect binding (pages glued in). I love this book but I'm very disappointed in this failure of craftsmanship.
Animals good! People???.......2003-12-16
I was dissapointed again as far as finding a good book for human anatomy. The drawings of people are out of proportion, shortened as if drawing on a flat table surface will give you. They are also very limited. It was nice however to see female anatomy illustrated. The book however is a great reference for the artist interested in anatomical information for various animals especiallly the horse. It is a keeper for that reason and the great price.
great buy..........2002-11-04
This is a fabulous book... While it probably isn't the best for beginning artists, I find it incredibly useful. I reference it all the time when a limb just doesn't look quite right, or better yet, before I've started a project, to make sure I get things right in the first place! if you understand the way things connect (bones, muscles, etc) then you will better grasp what movements are 'right'. It's a fabulous reference, and a great read! the pictures are clear and well labeled. I got this book over the summer, and it hasn't spent more than a day or two on the shelf before getting pulled out again. Well worth the money!
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With this profusely illustrated guide, beginners can learn the fundamentals while more experienced artists can refine their skills. Its features include straightforward explanatory text, highlighted by 233 drawings; insights from a distinguished artist and art instructor; keys to depicting musculature, hair, feathers, and other physical features; and portraying the essentials of lifelike images.
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The Anatomy and Action of the Horse (Dover Art Instruction)
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Using different colors in his drawings, the author not only describes with clarity the functions of various muscles, but also creates images that have the power to suggest movement and stress. Diagrams and color illustrations of the horse's anatomy are supplemented by meticulously rendered sketches of the entire animal. 66 black-and-white illustrations.
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dissapointed again.......2004-02-28
It's so difficult to find a book that illustrates horse anatomy in action. This book discribes action and shows the basic illustrations of anatomy the same as the rest, motionless. These are also poorly done. May be ok for a horse buff but this book is not so wonderful from an artist's perspective.
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