Sketching Men: How to Draw Lifelike Male Figures, A Complete Course for Beginners (over 600 illustrations)

Book Description

In Sketching Men, veteran art instructor Koichi Hagawa, PhD explains how to quickly capture the dynamic male form through two distinct styles of sketching:

• Very rapid (1-3 minute) line drawings that capture the essence of the subject’s posture and movement—perfect for recording athletic action poses in the moment
• More finished tonal drawings, which take a bit longer to render (7-10 minutes), but fill in lots of interesting texture and wonderfully realistic details and nuances, including the play of light and shadow, three-dimensional form and a sense of mass and balance

Learn to sketch the following:

• Individual body parts and their bones and muscles
• Objects held in the hands and with both arms
• Standing and sitting poses
• Transitions from prone and sitting poses to a standing pose
• Bending, reaching and leaning poses
• Pushing, throwing and dancing poses
• Folds, gathers and drape of clothing

This book contains hundreds of detailed studies and helpful examples. Your sketches will improve rapidly as you learn all about how human anatomy—the skeleton, muscles and posture—all come together to express the uniquely male form. When you hone your line and tonal drawing skills with this book, all of your artwork will improve as a result, no matter the application: storyboarding, cartooning and graphic novels, illustration, formal drawings, painting and more!

中文：

书名：Sketching Men: How to Draw Lifelike Male Figures, A Complete Course for Beginners (over 600 illustrations)

In Sketching Men资深艺术指导长川光一博士解释了如何通过两种截然不同的素描风格来快速捕捉充满活力的男性形象：

• 非常快速(1-3分钟)的线条画，捕捉主体的姿势和运动的本质–非常适合记录运动动作的瞬间姿势
• 更完整的色调绘画，渲染时间稍长(7-10分钟)，但填充了许多有趣的纹理和奇妙的逼真细节和细微差别，包括光和影的发挥，三维形式和质量感和平衡感

Learn to sketch the following:

• 身体各个部位及其骨骼和肌肉
• 用双手和双臂握住的物体
• Standing and sitting poses
• 从俯卧和坐姿过渡到站立姿势
• 弯曲、伸展和倾斜的姿势
• Pushing, throwing and dancing poses
• 衣物的折叠、聚集和悬垂

这本书包含了数百个详细的研究和有用的例子。当你了解人体解剖学–骨骼、肌肉和姿势–是如何结合在一起来表现独特的男性形态时，你的素描会迅速提高。当你用这本书磨练你的线条和色调绘画技能时，你所有的艺术作品都会因此提高，无论是应用：故事板，卡通和图形小说，插图，正式素描，绘画等等！