Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy

by Christopher Hart

From head to toe, the human form, in all its complexities, is visually simplified to such a degree in this remarkable workbook that even complete beginners will soon be able to draw accurate, well-proportioned faces and figures every time they try.

Avoiding complex charts of muscles and bones that are more helpful to doctors than to artists, this book’s refreshing approach teaches anatomy from a cartoonist/illustrator’s point of view. For example, there are many large and small muscles in the neck, all rendered in great detail in most anatomy books, but here, master teacher Christopher Hart shows only the four that are visible and need to be drawn. His clear instruction helps readers to visualize and portray shifting body weight in a pose without the need of a model, and instead of showing a mass of facial muscles and bones, he translates them into the simple planes an artist needs to draw a range of expressive faces.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Manga, Reference, Visual Art

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

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I started drawing character designs and storyboards for a small animation studio in while in High School. Cartooning and animation was a magical experience to me. I try to bring that experience, as well as art tips, to my readers. Their enthusiasm also motivates me.

Early in my career, my cartoon work got noticed by Watson-Guptill, a premier publisher of art books. They asked me to do a book for them on drawing cartoons. It sold 200,000 copies, which is a healthy number. So we kept going. I discovered that I enjoyed the art of creating books, which has its own special requirements. I also worked as an author for Random House, Quarto and Soho Publishing. In total, I have had 8 million books sold, and have been translated into 20 languages.

My book, "The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates" has sold over half a million copies to date and is still very actively in print. An earlier book of mine, "Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics:" reached the number one art book in the country, according to Bookscan.

I've also been a cover story on the industry trade magazine, "Publisher's Weekly." And if you've read this far into my Bio, then I'm more impressed with you than you are with me!

Thank you so very much for letting me offer some inspiration to you in your art adventures.

Christopher Hart

Reviews

[Chloë Hanssen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Niet echt makkelijk wat er staat

[Robyn S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful with many areas of anatomy

[coolwhip54 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but vert superficial

[theCieniu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wyniosłam z tej książki dużo wartościowych wskazówek, ogarnęłam wreszcie swój sposób na ćwiczenie i naukę anatomii człowieka w rysunku.
Ale przeszkadza mi jedna rzecz - ciało człowieka jest narysowane w tym podręczniku zbyt schematycznie, na wielu ilustracjach praktycznie bez cieniowania. W wielu miejscach forma trójwymiarowa jest zaznaczona jedynie przez subtelne kreski - dla wprawnego oka doświadczonego artysty to wystarczy, żeby dostrzec wszystkie mięśnie, ale mi jako początkującej stwarzało problem. Żeby jeszcze chociaż były dodane zdjęcia modeli jako uzupełnienie - niestety musiałam takich zdjęć szukać sama w internecie, żeby obejrzeć i zanalizować ułożenie mięśni.
Spoko książka jako uzupełnienie, ale nie jako jedyna pomoc - nie jest wystarczająca. Choć doceniam niektóre praktyczne wskazówki i porady.

[Kayleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s alright not for me though it’s a very adult-y drawing style

[Shermel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Christopher Hart majes drawing human anatomy easy to understand. Reading this book before those length master drawing books is helpful.

[Brittany Comeaux · Rating 4 out of 5]

This helped tremendously!