Not sure where to post this, but the troubleshooting and questions seems more for software related questions. Anyone know of any book like this?
There are many different anatomy books that get into this topic. I’m currently moving so I don’t have my library on hand. I do recall that the following examples were good books for me.
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
Strength Training Anatomy
The middle book is more of a reader as I remember but it goes into some nice detail as I recall. I read through the entire book and I felt my anatomy skills were stronger because of it.
The last one is more of a workout book but I saw it when I was working at a bookstore and it is pretty cool. You might want to get some input from some other people to see what they think. I have a ton of books and after I move I can post more links.
Waylon
Although ‘Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist’ is definitely good, ‘Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form’ by Goldfinger is just perfect, especially since you want to know where the muscles actually attach to bone. The Goldfinger book, for each muscle or group of muscles, has one or more side-by-side series of illustration and photos that shows:
the naked bones in a given area with highlights that show you the surface areas where an individual muscle attaches, even if that muscle is an underlying muscle that normally is completely covered by surface muscles.
the muscle or muscles in question attached to their bones in isolation (no other muscles illustrated).
all the muscles in the given area to show the relation ship between them and the muscle that is the subject of the series, even if the muscle in question is virtually covered up.
a photo of a well-toned human model in the same pose as the illustration series with labels to the various muscles.
one or more cross-sections (up to five or more) of the area being illustrated with each muscle labeled to show clearly how the muscles over-lap and lay across each other and the underlying bone.
if necessary, the model will be shown in a pose that shows how an underlying, virtually hidden muscle is important to the artist when the subject is in a certain pose (e.g., an underlying muscle can lift and change the form of the surface muscles when it is in contraction and/or the body is in a certain pose).
a series of ‘mass’ diagrams that may be of use in building a ‘shorthand’ for the muscle or group in question.
It’s not just a picture book. It has a lot of descriptive text for each of the series of illustrations, and covers aspects important to artists, such as the different types of muscle fibers, etc.
I counted at least 17 of these series dealing just with attachments to the clavicle, but I might have missed some since the organization is by area (trunk, neck, upper arm, forearm, etc.) and there are a lot of attachments to the clavicle from more than one of these areas. Also, there may be more than one series dedicated to a given muscle or group of muscles so that it is shown from back, front, side, and/or above, sometimes.
I really don’t think you need a library of anatomy books if you get just this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Anatomy-Artists-Elements-Form/dp/0195052064/ref=pd_sim_b_title_4
Check out the example pages on Amazon to see what I mean.
not exactly showing attachment on the actual bone, but good nonetheless:
Thank you very much for all the recommendations. Thank you jaycephus for taking your time to write all of that.
I’ll check the books at the bookstore or library if they are available there. I bought human anatomy for the artist by Fritz Schider, not Rogers Peck, it’s a different one since I saw it being recommended in a couple of sites, and also Zack Petroc (someone who posts on this site and is very good with anatomy) recommended it. It’s only $12 and very good.
But I do want a companion book to that one so I will check out some of these recommendations.
Goldfinger is definitely my favorite. good diagrams and ACTUAL human photos… not strange artist interpretations.
If anyone is in Philadelphia, hes going to be lecturing on anatomy at Studio Incamminati on May 12th?? Date may be wrong by close to that. www.studioincamminati.org
Hi.
I would also recommend Burne Hogarth’s ‘Dynamic’ series. His teaching style involves extreme exaggeration of pose and render for the exact purpose of making clear how and where muscles attach and how they look under skin.
Also, any books you can find by Andrew Loomis will only help you. They are out of print and hard to find but worth the effort.
~S.~