How to Draw Animals

Assim como os outros livros do Jack Hamm, esse aqui é bom e barato. Não vai ter tudo aí, mas é uma boa companhia para o tópico de desenho de animais. Não é o suprassumo da área, mas também não chega a ser um desperdício de dinheiro. Os livros desse autor são engraçados, pois apesar das poucas páginas, ele preenche cada centímetro das folhas com uma infinidade de desenhos; chega a dar a impressão que o livro tem mais folhas do que na realidade tem. O maior exemplo disso é o "Cartooning the Head & Figure". Deve ter mais de 300 desenhos aquilo O.O

Libro molto bello, sintetico e ricco di contenuti. Per chi vuole disegnare mammiferi è perfetto anche perché altri animali non ci sono. Ottima la parte dedicata ai cavalli, soprattutto ai movimenti. Felini sono messi a confronto per evidenziare le differenze nella rappresentazione. Nasi, occhi, orecchie,zampe di diversi animali sulla stessa pagina offrono una buona panoramica a "colpo d'occhio". Buon acquisto sia per adulti che per i bambini appassionati del disegno degli animali che aspirino andare oltre i disegni di un 5-enne...

Ich hatte schon früher auch Tier-Zeichenbücher aber leider lernte man immer ein bestimmtes Bild Schritt-für-Schritt zu bewerkstelligen. Das eigentliche Verständnis für die Anatomie wird meistens wenig bis gar nicht behandelt. Bei DIESEM Buch aber nicht. Jedes Tier wird in seinen Proportionen erklärt, Vergleiche zwischen Artgenossen aufgestellt. Das Verständnis wird gefördert, wenn man diese Prinzipien lernt dann kann man es tatsächlich schaffen das Tier aus unterschiedlichen Winkeln/Perspektiven darzustellen. Ich habe ewig mit Pferde-Proportionen gekämpft, hier gibt es konkrete Anweisungen wie ein Pferd "funktioniert". Wie bei den anderen Jack-Hamm Büchern wird alles anschaulich dargestellt und mit Illustrationen erklärt. Man muss sich nicht unbedingt durch die englischen Texte wälzen, doch wenn man das tut, erkennt man dass diese locker flockig verfasst wurden. (Also kein Anatomie-Fachjargon und auch keine "Geschwafel")

Clearly the best book for anyone learning how to draw. The book does give step by step instructions, notes, and strategies for drawing different animals but its good even for biology students! Anatomically correct muscles and bones are included in the sketches and help to recreate realistic animals. I reccomend Jack Hamm books to anyone learning how to draw

I bought this book from Amazon last year - I can't remember the price, but it was an absolute bargain. It's not huge but it's packed for of content over its 119 pages or so, rather than having lots of extra white space for aesthetics. Being an older book, some of the writing is a little bit wordier than it needs to be but having looked at so many animal drawing books, this has to be my favourite (the Wetherley one also looks great though I'm not about to pay £50 to find out). The book covers a good range of animals but it's not a substitute for a detailed anatomy book. Conversely, it has immense value in that it not only shows the bones and muscles of some major animals such as the horse and cow, but also shows gesture and proportion. The drawing guides and box forms really help you ensure how to get your lay-in correct and this is something I've found missing even from animal drawing courses online taught by well-known instructors. If you want to be able to draw animals from imagination and not be slave to reference photos, this book will provide some great foundations. The book is also very helpful in showing individual animal details - comparisons of eyes noses, ears and so on. While no volume can ever cover every animal, you can see smaller drawings depicting various species within the same animal family to help you adjust your mainframe accordingly. For the price, you absolutely cannot beat it - well worth it (as per many of Jack Hamm's books)!