Morpho: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 1)

Amazing anatomy book for artists. It was exactly what I've been looking for. Its just small enough to be portable, but not too small. The detail is very clear, and labeled. I saw mentions of the book coming damaged, but mine was in perfect condition.

As a Full Tenured Professor of Art, the “Morpho Anatomy for Artists” book, specifically the “Anatomy for Artist”, is a great quality reference book. It is visually impactful and visually draws the anatomy of the human body very well. One of the bigger and thicker books in the series, it does visually communicate the various parts of the body with great detail. I purchased this book to use in my college classroom as a quick reference guide. It is lightweight for the size and easy to access. The book gives a breakdown of problem solving anatomy quickly. I highly recommend for upper level high school to college level junior. Outstanding book!

I'm on my quest to draw the figure. This is a great compliment to other resources on figure drawing but is unique in a few ways: 1. It's fairly small so you can pack it in your work bag for study on the train 2. It has a really nice back "flap" that opens up with numbered labels of the various parts of the anatomy e.g. scapula, deltoid, etc. This table has the proper name, function, and insertion points. Every drawing is labelled with some of these and if you habitually glance over at the flap as you read, you start to find yourself memorizing insertion points through repetition. 3. The drawings are done in a looser sketchier style which is great for actually learning how one might build up such a drawing (as opposed to wondering if they've done several iterations to get an unrealistically refined final drawing) 4. Price is reasonable at about $20 for the dead tree version. 5. The author is really talented and knows his 'ish about how these anatomical forms work together.I use these in tandem with other resource like the Robert Beverly Hale books on learning from masters (drawing and anatomy), Glen Vilppu manual, Michael Hampton figure drawing book, the Sheppard anatomy for artists book, and a few more popular books for anatomy in drawing circles. I don't think this is a buy just one book on anatomy type of book, but a pretty much mandatory supplement in terms of the features I've mentioned above. No affiliation; just like this book!Fwiw, I first ordered the electronic version and enjoy sketching to that given I can zoom in/out with my computer. However, I had some frustration not having the tables and downloading that separately as a print out seemed cumbersome as I can never keep track of loose papers like this. That said, I'm happy with having both formats.

Ohh this book! It’s at the top of my list of books about art and even artists. I have a pretty extensive library of art books. I do because I am an artist myself and because I love art. It is what drives me, excites me and has helped me evolve as a human being. I hope that’s not too dramatic but I believe art brings us to an understanding of who we are. That and finding our breath.Michel Lauricella is a magnificent artist!How is it possible that a book of drawings, ones of anatomy no less, could possibly convey passion? It’s astounding to me really. The sensitivity is felt on each page. Incredible.I only wish the entire series of Morpho books had been larger! Honestly, why weren’t they produced with that honor? Still, despite the size and the fact that another Morpho book I received, not even in a language I understand, holds a precious, respectful place on a shelf in my library.I had ordered, received and returned some of the other, even smaller Morph books, by Michel Lauricella, it’s irritating that they are so small. Still, now that I’ve received the larger ones, I can see I’m going to need the smaller ones in my library. Such glorious sensitivity cannot be dismissed.

First of all the book came with a bent book spine corner. :/Otherwise the book itself is good. Usually a good art book is one that lets the images take up more then the text. In this case it is a good book, could be a great book though.I wish they color coded some of the steps in the drawings. It is all black white drawings, but at least they have breakdowns of the muscle groups.I like the added drawings of people that are not super hero anatomy body types. Very rare to have anatomy book showcase the non-typical body types. It really only has one or two examples of how the skin folds work on gaining weight.They have a book dedicated to skin folds and bigger body types. This book is strictly anatomy.Really well done book!

My bad for not checking the size, yes the whole series of books are tiny. young cat for reference. However, you probably need this book to study human figure. I say this because I have purchased: Proko's online course, new master academy online courses, all Burne Hogarth's books about human figure, head, anatomy, hands and feet, all of Bridgeman, Bammes's complete guide to life drawing, Stanchfield's drawn to life, Hale's drawing lessons from great masters, annnnnnnnd I still see value in this book to make a purchase. Mainly because it gives numerus examples of how everything fit together, in action. With the sacrifice of wordy explanation, this series of books can provide many examples for study(meaning actually draw these, over and over again until they become yours). You can't really learn anatomy in depth, this is not the book for that, everything else I mentioned above will probably help you with that(with the exception of Stanchfield).All in all:Not as mechanical as Bammes, but more structural than Bridgeman.Not as stylized as Glenn Vilppu from NMA, not as gestural as Stanchfield, but clear enough to get you through the understanding of human figure before moving on to those more loose approach.Bottom line is: no one book will be able to teach you everything, so be prepared to add many of them into your collection and these tiny books are worth the purchase.