How to Draw Awesome Figures

Loved it I been drawing all my life since I Was 6 years plant trust me how to draw airplanes

Well, my little backstory goes like this: I took art classes in college, and had a professor who was featured in art-related magazines…how is that for excellent? Well, Neil Fontaine is no slouch himself, and he gets right on the job of guiding budding artists through the step by step process of what it means to be able to draw human figures with accurate proportions. Yes, it is only too true that if you plan on creating artwork for graphic novels, animation, anime, what have you…your work may lose their intended effect without mastery of the human form in all its nuances of movement, muscularity, and action.Though I have been drawing for years, I did come away with knowledge of how I can re-invigorate my past skills….There’s no doubt I may be rusty these days, as the majority of artwork I do now is on the computer, and not many figures in motion. I like the method used to get our feet wet; the author’s twist on the geometric shape placement was well above the standard of traditional drawing guide books, in which lines and circles are the predominant thing used to create a kind of basic pre-sketch “armature” of the person. Seeing triangles and rectangles being used as the building blocks, was refreshing.Kudos, Neil, and I will be sure to visit your online gallery on Deviant Art when I get a chance!

I've tried a couple of different books before to improve upon my drawing skills before with little success, but not being one to give up I figured it was worth it to give this book a shot. I can in all honestly say that I am seriously impressed by the amount of valuable information in this book! As I said, my drawing skills were a bit lacking to put it mildly, yet this book has really helped me to understand why it was that I struggled so much when it came to drawing the human figure. My proportions would always be off, but I couldn't seem to get why that was the case or what I needed to do to fix it. Neil's ability to deliver simple to understand and concise directions in combination with the step by step pictures used to illustrates his point made all the difference. I found that by explaining the necessary aspects of anatomy, instead of trying to explain kit in its entirety, relieved a lot of the anxiety and confusion. To put it quite simply: It made sense. It really helped me to change the way I approached drawing the human figure and has given me a new and strong foundation that had been lacking. While I'm still moving through the book, I have made serious improvements in my work and have a new found confidence that I din't have in my work. I would definitely recommend this book to those who are looking for a concise guide that is simple to follow and anyone wanting to improve upon their skills.

I like this author and follow him on YouTube. The book is good -- really good. Except it's on the Kindle. The Kindle does a really poor job of displaying illustrations (duh, and this is an art book). You can enlarge the text but the illustrations remain small. Too small to follow. I'd buy this book in hard copy (if available) but don't waste your money on the Kindle version. Also, the author has a video course on his web site that covers this topic in depth. Spend your money there. The Kindle problem isn't unique to this book. The Kindle version of any book with diagrams, graphs, pictures, etc., is as poor.

Recently I've been really burned out at work and decided to foster a little creativity to help ease it a little bit. I was always a fan of making sketches back from when I took art in high school but always had difficulty drawing figures of martial artists. I thought I'd search on amazon for a few drawing tutorial books and came across this title.One thing I like about this book is that it's pretty short and to the point. There isn't a bunch of fluff meant to artificially make the title longer. Just sit down, go through the exercises and learn to draw better. I started reading the book and immediately I saw some pointers on how to do things correctly. I started to see specific points in which I was having trouble back in the day.After going through the book one time and doing some sketches at the same time, my ability to draw figures became much better. I was able to cut down the time it took me to draw some of the stuff I wanted to draw. This was a great feeling because I was getting really annoyed at having to take so long to eye a picture and duplicate it.If you are interested in drawing any kind of figures and are having difficulty, give this book a try. It helped me become better after reading it once and applying the techniques.

For those who have decided to become an artist, whether traditionally or digitally, this book will prove no doubt useful. Now, the content of the book is not wide, don't expect to be reading large sections of text, as with other books on the art of figure drawing. But that's not to say this book does not require a strong sense of focus. If you plan to buy this book, a word of advice: Take the time to understand each section.This book is good for those just starting out, but I advise you pair this book with "Figure Drawing: Design and Invention" which provides fantastic reference and additional techniques involving Figure Drawing. With these two books well studied, I'd be willing to assume you can draw any kind of person. With anatomy under your belt, (Figure Drawing: Design and Invention), you can go into this book, and really experiment with what they discuss. Even improvise, how you'd want something to look.Bottom Line: This book provides you with enough information and techniques to draw well, but with a book on Human Anatomy, You can draw realistically.

What I mean by “good for every skilllevel is it give you everything you need to know and some little hacks

Excelent book, sexy drawings. Step by step instructions. Comes with model poses in the back too. It has everything a beginner artist needs, and stuff for other levels too. I'm very happy to own this book.

I liked the book very much. I will use it to draw human figures.

Great book. Lots of diagrams and clear instructions. Very helpful for helping my husband learn to draw figures step by step. Got some great reference photos as well!

Its not bad bat it teaches you how to draw figures amazing its good. If the Author permit me to add something else I can collaborate with it will be my pleasure.