Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form by Eliot Goldfinger

By Eliot Goldfinger

From the writer of the vintage Human Anatomy for Artists comes this basic reference consultant that includes over unique drawings and over seventy pictures. Designed for painters, sculptors, and illustrators who use animal imagery of their paintings, Animal Anatomy for Artists deals thorough, in-depth information regarding the main in general depicted animals, awarded in a logical and simply understood layout for artists--whether newbie or entire expert. The publication specializes in the types created through muscular tissues and bones, giving artists a vital third-dimensional knowing of the ultimate, complicated outer floor of the animal. Goldfinger not just covers the anatomy of the extra universal animals, akin to the pony, puppy, cat, cow, pig, squirrel, and rabbit, but in addition the anatomy of various wild species, together with the lion, giraffe, deer, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant, gorilla, sea lion, and endure. integrated are drawings of skeletons and the way they circulate on the joints, person muscle tissue displaying their attachments at the skeleton, muscular tissues of the complete animal, pass sections, images of dwell animals, and silhouettes of similar animals evaluating their shapes and proportions. He bargains a brand new and leading edge part at the simple physique plan of four-legged animals, giving the reader a very important conceptual knowing of total animal constitution to which the main points of person animals can then be utilized. The bankruptcy on birds covers the skeleton, muscle tissue and feather styles. The appendix offers pictures of skulls with great horns and antlers and a bit on significant floor veins. tremendously thorough, choked with crucial details, Animal Anatomy for Artists is a definitive reference paintings, an important e-book for everybody who depicts animals of their art.

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