Morpho: Anatomy for Artists

A great book that goes over the whole general anatomy of the body and does a wonderful job of showing you bone landmarks you can use to simplify your forms. I was one of those kids that vehemently resisted learning real anatomy because I was aiming for a specific style, and now I'm here to say: don't do that!! Gosh I wish I never glossed over learning these things. Even if you feel that you have a specific style, learning the real anatomy is valuable. Knowing the real forms will do wonders for your style because then you can figure out how to simplify them your own way. Otherwise you will eventually hit a roadblock of "this doesn't look right and I don't know why!" Get this book, seriously. It's really helped me make up those lost years.

I'm on my quest to draw the figure. This is a great compliment to other resources on figure drawing but is unique in a few ways: 1. It's fairly small so you can pack it in your work bag for study on the train 2. It has a really nice back "flap" that opens up with numbered labels of the various parts of the anatomy e.g. scapula, deltoid, etc. This table has the proper name, function, and insertion points. Every drawing is labelled with some of these and if you habitually glance over at the flap as you read, you start to find yourself memorizing insertion points through repetition. 3. The drawings are done in a looser sketchier style which is great for actually learning how one might build up such a drawing (as opposed to wondering if they've done several iterations to get an unrealistically refined final drawing) 4. Price is reasonable at about $20 for the dead tree version. 5. The author is really talented and knows his 'ish about how these anatomical forms work together. I use these in tandem with other resource like the Robert Beverly Hale books on learning from masters (drawing and anatomy), Glen Vilppu manual, Michael Hampton figure drawing book, the Sheppard anatomy for artists book, and a few more popular books for anatomy in drawing circles. I don't think this is a buy just one book on anatomy type of book, but a pretty much mandatory supplement in terms of the features I've mentioned above. No affiliation; just like this book! Fwiw, I first ordered the electronic version and enjoy sketching to that given I can zoom in/out with my computer. However, I had some frustration not having the tables and downloading that separately as a print out seemed cumbersome as I can never keep track of loose papers like this. That said, I'm happy with having both formats.

I love this book for drawing practice!

Very good book

Useful, with lots of illustrations and pertinent descriptions (like what bone is pressing on the visible part to produce that projection.) A quick reference and not too heavy or large to keep where it can be at hand.

My bad for not checking the size, yes the whole series of books are tiny. young cat for reference. However, you probably need this book to study human figure. I say this because I have purchased: Proko's online course, new master academy online courses, all Burne Hogarth's books about human figure, head, anatomy, hands and feet, all of Bridgeman, Bammes's complete guide to life drawing, Stanchfield's drawn to life, Hale's drawing lessons from great masters, annnnnnnnd I still see value in this book to make a purchase. Mainly because it gives numerus examples of how everything fit together, in action. With the sacrifice of wordy explanation, this series of books can provide many examples for study(meaning actually draw these, over and over again until they become yours). You can't really learn anatomy in depth, this is not the book for that, everything else I mentioned above will probably help you with that(with the exception of Stanchfield). All in all: Not as mechanical as Bammes, but more structural than Bridgeman. Not as stylized as Glenn Vilppu from NMA, not as gestural as Stanchfield, but clear enough to get you through the understanding of human figure before moving on to those more loose approach. Bottom line is: no one book will be able to teach you everything, so be prepared to add many of them into your collection and these tiny books are worth the purchase.

As a Full Tenured Professor of Art, the “Morpho Anatomy for Artists” book, specifically the “Anatomy for Artist”, is a great quality reference book. It is visually impactful and visually draws the anatomy of the human body very well. One of the bigger and thicker books in the series, it does visually communicate the various parts of the body with great detail. I purchased this book to use in my college classroom as a quick reference guide. It is lightweight for the size and easy to access. The book gives a breakdown of problem solving anatomy quickly. I highly recommend for upper level high school to college level junior. Outstanding book!

I'm a teacher of drawing and painting, and as such I have a vast library of anatomical resources for drawing the figure. If there's one figure/anatomy resource I'd recommend above all others, this is it. It's a small volume but you get many, many views of each part of the body in different actions, so no matter what angle you're looking for, you'll find it in this book. The poses are gestural and natural, what you really see in life, rather than in a medical setting. There is just enough detail in the structures to identify what they are, but enough generalization to inspire you to research them in more detail. The major muscles are all indexed and numbered in most drawings, but others don't number them--so you can actually test your understanding and recognition. As a teacher, I give this my highest recommendation. Skip Bridgman, and use a good specialized anatomy book for further research. Make this one your go-to. It's compact and easy to carry, beautifully bound for extended use. Carry it with you and draw from it. As Hale said, first we draw what we see, then we draw what we know. Finally, we see what we know. This book will help you see.

I really like this book, but the main thing I'd say is that this isn't where you should start learning anatomy. Where the Morpho books really shine in my opinion is when you've already learned anatomy in a more structured/guided way, and now you're looking for ways to practice what you've learned. If you go through all the Morpho books and draw everything you see, that'll give you a really excellent way to practice drawing humans and anatomy, and improve your knowledge. The reason why Morphos are not great for beginners in my opinion is that there are very little explanations (it's mostly just a series of drawings with very little comment), and the drawings are in a pretty vague style that makes it hard to distinguish the muscles and bones. So when you're starting out, I'd instead recommend the following books in that order: "Anatomy For Artists - Drawing Form and Pose" by tomfoxdraws, "Basic Human Anatomy" by Roberto Osti, "Dynamic Human Anatomy" by Roberto Osti. Then you can come back to the Morpho books once you're done with these. Another thing I like is that the books are small, which is useful when you want to keep the book on your desk while you draw from it. They don't stay open easily just by themselves, but you can buy binder clips to solve that problem

drawing appendices with anatomical references

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I own a lot of anatomy books for artists, and this is easily one of my most referred to. The are several reasons. 1) This has a lot of drawings of muscles in action at different angles for different positions of limbs and body parts. This is different from a dry technical labelling of anatomy from a couple of positions prevalent in many artistic anatomy books. 2) Not wordy at all. A big plus for me, since I'm a visual learner. The consistent labelling with small footnotes on every page is way more informative and digestible than reams of dry text. 3) The sketching style is loose but precise and this feels like what a teacher would draw when explaining the subject. 4) It is compact, with a lot of knowledge compressed in its small volume. Easily worth the price and more.

Es un buen libro, sólo tienes que revisar bien si realmente lo que quieres ver está en este libro, hay varias ediciones y varios tópicos que Toca cada libro