Art Models 8: Practical Poses for the Working Artist (Art Models series) Kindle Edition

I paint, so I needed to something like this. The positive is that each model is presented on the CD from every angle, so you have infinite choices of a particular view to look at. What I don't like is it seems to be slanted a little towards the sexy side versus the life person model side I didn't find all the views I wanted, but there are at least two other books that are the same with various other model positions. I think it's good for what it is.

I purchased the KINDLE FORMAT of this book, which provides less photos than the hardcover or DVD-ROM versions and is also less expensive. But the selection of photos in the Kindle format s excellent! The Live Model hardcovers, which I've purchased in the past, contain poses viewed from ALL angles. While that is a nice feature if you want to find your favorite angle of a given pose, you really do get far more poses than you can use and some angles are just unattractive and useless. The Kindle version gives you a good number of poses -- male, female, all body types and ethnicities, and all beautifully done -- with no more than one, two or three angles of a given pose. For me, the Kindle selection of photos is more than enough and well worth the price. The only DOWNSIDE I found to buying the Kindle version is that I can't make print copies of these poses for myself or my art students. That feature is available in the other formats only.

This book was thrown in a box too big for it, so like many recent Amazon purchases, it arrived pretty banged up. But aside from that, I don't think it's very useful. I thought it might be a decent figure reference, but the photos are a lesser quality than I was expecting and the lighting and the poses are just not great. If you have spent hundreds of hours drawing the figure from life, you're better off relying on your memory and understanding of anatomy and your drawing mannequins until lockdown is over and you have access to the real thing. Barring that, the company does have a website, so you'd do better looking there for a specific pose.

I am a huge fan of this series! I get a lot of use out of the many many poses this book and its companion disc have to offer. Just absolutely brilliant idea to offer 360 degree pose views, wow! And I'm a shy artist with absolutely no extra studio space or bravery to hire a live model, so photos work just fine for me right now lol. I'm collecting as many of these books as I can get. Keep making them please!!!!!!!

This series of books is a must have for any artist, the images are of a high quality and as always a great selection of poses. It can be hard to find poses that don't look contrived, this book delivers a wonderful array of both male and female figures. Probably the most important feature is the images used are royalty free so you don't have to worry about copyright issues. The book also contains a disc that contians all the images for you to print out as well on your home pc. I have quite a few of these books from this series this is just as good as the others!Paige

Models (both male & female) completely nude in various poses. No backgrounds or props. Just the human form in an all white room. Each pose is featured from several viewpoints. The included DVD is what sets this series of books apart from other pose studies. It has enough shots of each pose to effect a 360 degree view that can be rotated under your control.This is the 8th book published, so they are obviously doing something right!Also, the book & DVD are self-explanatory. It is not necessary to own the previous 7.

I am an art student who desperately was in need of a good pose reference book as I practice anatomy and this book and it's companion disk are the holy grail of pose reference books, I am definitely going to get more from this seller in the future. There is such a plethora of poses that a year later, I am still going through them all. The photo quality is dazzling and clear, perfect for people looking for references.

Although I hire models occasionally for my work..i can't always find good models with the body type I need for my work. This series of art models books is fantastic! I have every one and am always eager for the next one. The books come with a cd disc that enables you to see every pose in 360 andsome from different angles. Most poses are nude...but some include drapes or partial clothing, particularly in disrobing.This company, in their on line venue, actually takes suggestions for different poses and over time, I've seen my suggestions implemented.I find these books fantastic as a reference source!!

This is a very useful resource: I count 221 well-lit poses with good shadow work. These are lying poses, sitting poses (on the floor, on chairs, at tables, etc, 1 pose looks like horseback riding), and standing poses (some leaning on or against sth, with veils, holding sth). Most poses have only one person, but some include two people.Variety is there in terms of ethnicity (I see East Asian, white, and African representation; I don't see Indian/Pakistani models or models of very dark skin colour). There is also some variety in body types: several poses with a pregnant woman and a handful of poses with a somewhat curvier lady, as well as varying chest sizes. One lady has tattoos, some poses are shot on high heels.However, all models could be considered handsome, most women are slender. There is very limited variation in male body types: all are of good stature and athletic-looking - some skinny or short or chubby representation would have been nice. As would have been a wider range of ages: I'd estimate every model to be between 25 and 40. There is no representation of differently shaped bodies here either, though it may be harder to find models for that due to the (sadly still) attached stigma. Last but not least, there are more poses with female models than male models, and while pictures do sometimes contain two female models, even in flirtatious poses, there are none containing two male models.Overall, I'm very happy with this book, especially since all poses come with multi-angle shots on the attached disk (usually about 25 per pose!). I agree, however, with another reviewer after starting to work with the book for quick gesture drawings that many poses in here are stiff, few are dynamic or in movement.

This is an amazingly useful series of images of models at different angles. This book has a lovely selection of images that can be used as a source for all kinds of sketches and drawings and paintings and even 3D work etc, with permission to use them as such. Perhaps not as good as having a model as a reference but certainly at a much reduced cost (unless you can convince friends etc to model for you). A great series and all of the volumes are worth checking out.

As a novice studio photographer I have found this book to be very useful. It shows poses that both work and that don't work (in my opinion) and this helped me to settle on those that did. I believe that this is the aim of the book and as such it works well, hence the 5-star rating. The use of studio lighting is quite an art in itself and the overall results in the book are educational.

A very good, useful guide that you can take anywhere. I especially liked the wide variety of models and all the different skin tones.

As a sculptor of the human form, I find these books invaluable. This book is slightly different as you only get 1 photo per pose, but the CD that comes with it well and truly makes up for that. And also this does mean there are more poses in this book.I would recommend this book to all artists and sculptors who are interested in the human form.