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8 BURNE HOGARTH DYNAMIC ANATOMY REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION FOREWORD BY TODD MCFARLANE Praised by critics and teachers alike for the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels Tarzar more than 40 years,Burne Hogarth's of the dpes and hnale Tales of Tarzan Dynamic Anatomy is recognized worldwide cofounder of the school of visal arts in as the classic text on artistic anatomy. New York,Hogarth was one of the most Now revised,expanded to include 65 influential figures in art education and never-before-published drawings from remains so today. nal edi the Hogarth archives,and completely redesigned,this award-winning refer- ence explores the expressive structure of these vears.Imagine.then,the thrill of being able to improve upon that success artist's,rather than the with an additional 24 pges a handsome redesign.color replacements for 80 black. and white imag and more than 60 ISBN0-8230-1368-5 neverbefore-published drawings.most in full color. figures in motion and a Teaching was Burne Hogarth's pas ing the living form in Dynamic Light and Shade ion studies 15BN0230-15815 sion;an infuential educor,he haslefus the legacy of this and five other books in Dynamic Wrinkles and Draper T5BN08230-15874 is dynamic drawing series (which anyone cles and their effect upon surface forms mterested in drawing at any level should Still other drawings heln artists understand PRAISE FOR BURNE HOGARTH: ork on the com foreshortening and how to establish the figure convincingly in deep space.In addi- Mention the hame 'Bume Hogarth'to an illustrator wonh his or her salt.and tha tion,the text provides a historical overview that includes works by Michelangelo. artist immediately thinks of dynamic,twist Picasso,and other master artists. ing.tension-filled,muscular figures and Dynamic Anatomy presents a compre- beautiful,flowing.cye-grabbing images. hensive,detailed study of the human That same illustrator then glances ass o movement and sees every single one of Hogarth's clements of for 28 sat on my h f that way that come alive on paper. Watson-Guptill publication BURNE HOGARTH (1911-1996)enjoyed Barne Hogrth isa master of anatomy and igure drawing.Dynam is one ol the all-time best books for learning how to New York,NY 10003 than 60 vears and engaged him in the omy and gaining an understand www.watsonguptill.com worlds of fine art,illustration,advertising. ng of art education.and publishing.He achieved worldwide recognition with his illustra- rion makes the book tions for the internationally syndicated than cer it should be Sunday feature comic strip Trn,which he drew from 1937 to 1950.He is also known for his illustrated adaptations of
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FOREWORD 7 PREFACE 9 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 THE DUALISM OF ART AND SCIENCE 人 TOWARD THE LIBERATING CRITERIA OF ART≌ m. THE FIGURE IN ART HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED IV. OBSERVATIONS ON CHANGING PROPORTIONS DETAILS OF ANATOMYm VI. NINE PRINCIPLES OF FORESHORTENING 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY 248 INDEX 250
FOREWORD Was INTRODUCED To THE WoRLD of Burne Hogarth in 1977 when I was sixteen.I had decided to take the potential career path of being a comic book artist and was consuming literally thousands of comic books,trying to teach myself how to do superhero-type drawings.Up to that point,all I had done was doodle incessantly in the corners of my homework pages and during science classes. As I studied the work of some of the influential comic book artists of the time,one thing became apparent:I lacked the technical knowledge of how the human body actually worked,let alone how to move a character within the page.Clearly I needed to acquire that knowledge if I hoped tocreate work samples worthy of sending to the comic book companies in search of a job One day I went to a bookstore and happened to come across a copy of Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy.It provided my skill level in drawing with a jump star,teaching me how the human body was constructed through information laid out in fairly simple terms that made sense to a sixteen-year-old artist.Once I started putting the building blocks of the human body together and became familiar with how to construct male and female figures from any given angle.I then had to conquer the next level:I had to learn where the muscles and bones went,how to establish correct proportions.and how to make the figure relate convincingly to the surrounding space.Hogarth's book showed me how to foreshorten and how to twist and turn the human form,transforming my work into what he called"dynamic."During the years Hogarth drew the comic strip Tarzan,he often depicted the scantily clad hero swinging from vine to vine in the jungle,and his mas- tery of the human figure in motion obviously evolved through his own work in comics.his studies,and through decades of teaching. When eventually I broke into the comic book business,I continued to come back to the lessons I had learned from studying Hogarth's book.Now that I have enjoyed some success in the field,people often ask who my comic book influences were.I give them a handful of names of current and pioneering artists,but always credit Burne Hogarth as the one who most directly taught me how to ctually move iconic figures ona page and how to stage them in melodramatic fashion.It's terrific for me to be able to sit back now and watch as a whole new generation of budding artists becomes exposed to the ame teachings that so richly rewarded me.I hope all of you who read this book find the information it contains as valuable and inspiring as I did.I wish you good luck,and would like to thank Mr.Hogarth for his legacy. TODD MCFARLANE Spawn and former Spider-Man artist
