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| The Figure in Motion | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas Easley
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (24 reviews)
Sales Rank: 158244
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0823016919
Dewey Decimal Number: 743
EAN: 9780823016914
ASIN: 0823016919
Publication Date: May 15, 2000
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Product Description
Leaping, somersaulting, stretching and dancing figures animate this gallery of action poses, photographed for artists of all levels to use as a reference when portraying human figures in motion. There are pictures of both male and female models in suspended action to show the body from numerous vantage points. Students can practise figure drawing by copying the photographs, while advanced artists can use them as points of departure, altering body positions to suit specific compositional needs.
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 Artist must have resource book April 11, 2008
This book is a must have for all serious artists. It is well done with its action and choice of moving poses. A great place to start if you are working with a model to explain a little about what you would like for them to do.
From the Studio to the Bookshelf December 2, 2007
This book is definitely meant for artists who are looking to study the human anatomy in motion. People looking to copy poses specifically for illustration purposes look elsewhere. However, animators, game artists, fine artists in need to reference to how all aspects of the body look in motion (muscles, weight distribution, hair, etc...), this book is a nice little tool to have on your book shelf.
A couple shortcomings with the book is that there aren't more male poses and that they didn't explore their group poses a bit further. Other then that it's a pleasant little reference book full of pictures without text on the pages to distract the viewer.
 used or not at all May 27, 2007
like others said the pictures are grainy. not enough lighting on some...need some ethnic women...
 Several Problems January 13, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've seen several mentions of grainy photos, and they are grainy, however that is the least of the problems with this book.
First of all many of the figures have been traced out from the background the photo was taken with and pasted onto a plain white background, causing multiple problems, like persepctive and flat or squished body surfaces where the models were originally sitting or lying on something. The "cutting and pasting" is sloppily done, and in many of the photos the tips of toes and fingers have been cut off, very annoying.
Secondly, there are several photographs that take up two pages...but this is a bound book, so the entire center of the body is not visible, and because a portion is in the binding even the countour is not usable. In additon to the two page layouts, there are multiple other figures that fall directly in the center of the book, and are rendered unusable by the binding. The only thing I can figure is that this was originally a spiral bound book, or had pull out pages, like a magazine centerfold. I can't imagine someone would intentionally publish a book with such an awful layout.
Lastly, some of the "motion" figures are cheats. One in particular is clearly a man laying on something propped up on a pillow, but he has been cut and pasted as though it were an upright pose...maybe that explains why so many found the poses "unatural". That wouldn't be a big deal if the book wasn't called "The Figure In Motion", and was maybe titled "Some Figures In Motion, and Some Sedentary But Turned To Appear As Though They Were In Motion."
Couldn't give it no stars, as I will use some of the photos, but my money could most certainly have been better spent.
decent book, not a must-have December 31, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
the photographs aren't of the BEST quality [very grainy], but that didn't really bother me much.
the poses are very un-natural and a little forced.
there is a lack of male models in this, so if you're looking to use this as a reference book for males i suggest you keep browsing elsewhere.
over-all a good buy.
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