Hi, gang!
Just a quick question for those of you into human anatomy.
I use to be fairly good at sculpture in traditional mediums (not digital) but that was long ago, and I need to brush up on anatomy. Problem is, I don’t have any bookstores anywhere near that I can go and look, so will probably have to order from Amazon, etc.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to the ‘best’ available ‘anatomy for artists’ books?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Thanks, Ghostman! I’m on it! 
Perfect. 
Now We need one that covers women.
Uhhhh…yeah! That’s it! Works fer me!
However, wider hips, subtract some parts, and add some parts, and youz got it!
:lol:
hey Morbius thanks for dropping a line in my sketchbook thread 
Like ghostman said, ‘digital sculpting’ by scott pencer is really great.
Then the must have anatomy books are:
these are always on my desk and are the best source of reference.
but so is my little friend from anatomy tools http://anatomytools.com/products/anatomy/fig-male1
cheers
Thanks, Jelle!!
I will check those books out for sure.
That anatomy model would be great, but a bit out of my budget. And if I could afford one, then I’d want the other as well! 
Appreciate the response! Thanks all!
hi all!
@Morbius: wouldn’t be BAMMES the author for the right book and reference for the job?
i always thought his work is most notable for the artist learning and using anatomical reference…
anyway, i couldn’t find a “cheap” version of the book i mean - DIE GESTALT DES MENSCHEN, don’t know about THE ARTIST’S GUIDE TO HUMAN ANATOMY, guess that’s not it. the german version is rather cheap (german amazon shop). so, if your happy with just the images - go for it! if your fluent in german, please, search no further.
oh, and the spencer-book is cool, too!
chem!
Also check out this Online 3d Anatomy Tool:
It’s only free to a certain extend but I subscribed to it recently and it is actually very solid:
minimaker wrote:This one?-Anatomy for the Artist, by Jeno Barcsay. Hardcover, 342 pages. Explains the human anatomy using drawings. English: ASIN 070640243X, ASIN 0814800106. Since you are in the Netherlands I assume you are aware that its available in Dutch? Publisher is Atrium, Anatomie voor de kunstenaar: ISBN 90 6113 587 7. Printing quality is better in the English version though.
So many years in traditional sculpture studies and yet no knowledge on anatomy! Is this possible? It is.
Well, real sculpture has nothing (or little) to do with anatomy. A clean face against some details is more important. Its the way to think about abstract forms. Just saying.
Details are easy to do, A mirror could help. You need some strong clean forms first of all.
I was up in L.A a few months ago and bought an amazing
anatomy book from the Getty Museum.
Leonardo da Vinci “The Mechanics of Man”
http://shop.getty.edu/product342.html
I think you can order it online, its pretty inexpensive for the quality of information.
Other books I use constantly
Edouard Lanteri
Bruno Lucchesi
Traditional sculpting and Digital sculpting are so close in principle (form and aesthetic) that I think if your comfortable with the software train yourself up in anatomical knowledge, human and animals.
Also the anatomy models from “Freedom to Teach” are worth the cost.
hope that helps and good luck
And some more links
http://medicalbooksfree.com/category/anatomy
Gottfried Bammes Books Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=bammes+gottfried&x=0&y=0