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Drawing the Human Head

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Drawing the Human Head

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Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on May 4, 2018

This book is heavily focused on understanding fundamental anatomy which makes it easy to understand and then apply to my drawings! Studying it has immeasurably improved the accuracy and realism in my drawings in a relatively short period of time. Like most things in life, practicing consistently is imperative for improving one's technique and critical eye but this reference book has speeded my journey with positive results! I highly recommend this book for anyone seeking to draw the human head better tomorrow than they can draw it today.

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book-junkieReviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016

Crazy, Sexy, Cool. I have drawn for many years and am deeply ashamed that this is my first Hogarth book. He adds his own style, yet reminds you of principles. His style is worth copying while you develop your own. His work is classic. Get this one, Andrew Loomis, Jack Hamm, Betty Edwards, David H. Ross, and perhaps Douglas R. Graves to tell you it's ok to have a step by step approach; and then all the others are for fun-zies, fine-tuning your approach, fleshing out your ideas on portrait drawing. These books are the core standards in my humble opinion.

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VonReviewed in the United States on September 30, 2013

I found this book particularly helpful in helping visualize bulk and planes of the head. A lot of people don't like the style of the drawing, but I think that shouldn't matter too much because the value is in the information. Everyone draws their own style and other drawing books are stylized as well. I actually appreciated the high contrast shading because it helped differentiate the planes and surface of the head. It's great as a reference to use while drawing.

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extreme_dig_cmReviewed in the United States on June 2, 2006

Maybe 3-1/2 stars... A popular, intermediate-level effort- It's definitely great for memory drawing, and it's recommended mainly for this reason... In recent decades there have been 3 main teachers in learning to draw heads from memory. For cube-based construction we have George Bridgman. For ball/sphere-based construction we have Andrew Loomis. And for oval/ellipse-based construction, we have the famous teacher of the Dynamic Drawing series- comicbook artist Burne Hogarth. Many of today's Japanese animation & comicbook instructionals are using some of these very same principles, along with some of the teachings by the Famous Artists School. My current interest is in oval & cube-based construction, and it's exclusively *oval-based* construction that is emphasized in this book. For me, the *best* section in this book is the 2nd of its 6 sections- which is oval-construction simplified. It's just 21 pages out this book's 160- but it's actually worth getting if you're interested in drawing from memory. The rest of the book, in my opinion, is mainly filler- to justify an entire book on this subject. In fact, Burne Hogarth's 1st book, Dynamic Anatomy, gives us a *very* brief intro into this exact same oval-based construction, and I think many people will prefer getting Dynamic Anatomy for this reason. I highly recommend getting the 1990 printing *original* version of - since I'm not a fan of the new, 'revised and expanded' version available today. Really, the *main* sections in this book that seem interesting to me are that 2nd, 5th, and maybe 6th sections. In the 5th, many different head-types are depicted and compared, including about 30 specific ethnicities- giving this book a somewhat 'international' feel. The 6th section is a 'gallery' of heads as shown in ancient sculpture, as well as more modern western art. It's interesting information overall; just not really necessary in learning to draw heads from memory. In short: For *beginners*, I highly recommend getting by Jack Hamm before getting this. For everyone else, this book is *moderately* recommended, although I greatly prefer Dynamic Anatomy. P.S. For photo-reference of different ethnicities, check out Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference For Artists; also here on Amazon!

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tygress66Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2020

Love this book! Been using Hogarth's books as reference since my teens. Now my daughter uses them. Her children probably will too. This book shows you everything you need to know about drawing the human head in any position, and it covers how to represent ages and races as well. This one is a must-have! Book arrived much sooner than expected and in great condition.

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The TravelorReviewed in the United States on October 21, 2016

I have been wanting this book for a long time. I got it from the library so much, I knew I should have gotten it sooner so I could mark it where I wanted to. This book takes your heads to the next level. I plan on getting all of Hogarth's books in the future.

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fiddlesReviewed in the United States on January 27, 2013

This is the best book i have found on drawing the head. Andrew loomis has a good method as well, I have kind of started using a hybrid of the 2. This book has a lot of information about different kinds of head shapes that occur in humans that I have not seen elsewhere.

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MarjopietReviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013

I love to draw faces and needed a really good book! This book is absolutely wonderful, it gives every artist all the information they need to draw realistic faces, the diagrams and samples are excellent. I am so happy I purchased this book.

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Client d'AmazonReviewed in France on January 13, 2019

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AlexandraReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2013

When in college, I received excerpts from this book for my portraiture class and picked this book up a couple of years later to get back into the swing of drawing again. It is a fantastic book. Burne Hogarth is a master of the human form and it really shows in every one of his drawings. Please take into account that I would not reccommend this book for a beginner. Hogarth's descriptions can be wordy and very complicated; if you are a beginner and would like to try your hand at portraiture I would not pick up this book to start. However, I found it very useful when preparing my portfolio to apply for my Animation diploma as it allows drawing of the head from all angles, adding a 3D structure in which to form the head and face around. Hogarth continuously states in his book that it will not make you a master but give you a basic understanding of the fundamentals of how the face works and it really works. The simple structures he uses can be difficult to get used to but I honestly can't see myself drawing the human head any other way now. His format is much easier and much more solid to follow.

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MCReviewed in Italy on January 26, 2019

Manuale che consiglio a chi vuole capire ed imparare o approfondire il disegno, la descrizione è accurata e le foto sono chiare nei particolari.

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Ludovit BudnskyReviewed in Canada on March 1, 2022

I started carving faces and with many mistake - finely I found this book what I consider to shortcut to my improvement. I recommend it to every body for painting or carving

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Maria Dolores Rodero GonzalezReviewed in Spain on December 9, 2020

Me encanta este libro, era justo lo que buscaba. Los dibujos son súper claros y es muy fácil ver la estructura del cráneo y el rostro. Genial