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Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
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4.36 avg rating — 1,861 ratings
"Great for understanding basic construction and drawing from the imagination."
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,817 ratings
"Wonderful analysis of how comics work, and thus useful for mastering the craft of comics storytelling."
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The Animator's Survival Kit
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4.41 avg rating — 8,069 ratings
"Maybe the most famous animation course. I think this is to animation what vilppu is to drawing."
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Celtic Design: A Beginner's Manual
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4.40 avg rating — 63 ratings
"Before creating original designs, existing ones, created and improved by generations of artisans, should be studied and appreciated."
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How to Draw Animals
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4.13 avg rating — 1,090 ratings
"Hamm's phenomenal artbooks are among the best."
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Cyclopedia Anatomicae: More Than 1,000 Illustrations of the Human and Animal Figure for the Artist
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4.54 avg rating — 83 ratings
"Great anatomy illustrations."
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Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1828
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4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Drawing the Head and Hands
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4.23 avg rating — 6,586 ratings
"Loomis's books are probably the most famous art instruction books, and for a good reason. He was a phenomenal illustrator."
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Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative (Will Eisner Instructional Books)
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4.08 avg rating — 2,271 ratings
"A picture's worth a thousand words, and an illustrator must ensure the story the picture tells is interesting, rather than simply objects and subjects rendered expertly, and utterly uninteresting."
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Celtic Design: Knotwork: The Secret Method of the Scribes
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4.07 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Legal Guide for the Visual Artist: Tad Crawford
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3.99 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Anatomía artística del hombre.
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4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form
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4.34 avg rating — 380 ratings
"Goldfinger's book is THE best artistic anatomy book out there. It should be used with others as it is not perfect, but it damn near is. Certainly more than any other single book. However one should generalyy have several books and references to study from."
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Framed Ink
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4.36 avg rating — 3,045 ratings
"McLoud's book is great for understanding comics, This book is wonderful for learning how to make comics. Both are, in my view, a great resource tov learn from."
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Line And Form
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3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings
"Design and composition go hand in hand, and Crane wrote one the best books on the subject."
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Anatomy & Drawing
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4.04 avg rating — 128 ratings
"Brilliant anatomy book. His rendered skeleton is very well done, and my favorite part the extensive study he makes of variation in features. A great compliment to Goldfinger and Peck."
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On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual
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3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
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4.08 avg rating — 6,268 ratings
"Peck's and Goldfingers are without a doubt the best artistic anatomy books available in English."
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Anatomy for the Artist
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4.07 avg rating — 29,402 ratings
"Wonderful photographs. The anatomy itself is mediocre, but the photos are a great reference."
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Floral Crochet
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4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
"A collection of designs."
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Drawing Nature
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3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings
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An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists
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4.27 avg rating — 256 ratings
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Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form
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4.48 avg rating — 157 ratings
"Goldfinger with his usual analytical and thourough method created an impressive and valuable book on animal anatomy."
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The Artist's Guide to Human Anatomy
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4.16 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Complete Guide to Life Drawing
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4.40 avg rating — 95 ratings
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The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy
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3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Complete Guide to Drawing Animals
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4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Drawing Portraits: Faces and Figures
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3.96 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Perspective Drawing Handbook
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4.26 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Celtic and Old Norse Designs
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3.95 avg rating — 108 ratings
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A Treatise on Painting
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4.10 avg rating — 249 ratings
"The valuable aspects of this collection are in Davinci's writings about attitude towards learning art, and on drawing from the imagination."
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Vilppu Drawing Manual
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4.43 avg rating — 196 ratings
"The best drawing course I've ever encountered is Vilppu's. "
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Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor
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4.23 avg rating — 454 ratings
"Great reference."
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Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources
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3.88 avg rating — 48 ratings
"Great reference."
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Art Models 4: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series)
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3.96 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Art Models 3: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series)
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4.13 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Art Models 2: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series)
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3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Art Models 5: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts
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4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Art Models 6: The Female Figure in Shadow and Light (Art Models series)
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4.30 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Art Models 8: Practical Poses for the Working Artist
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4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Art Models 7: Dynamic Figures for the Visual Arts (Art Models series)
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4.09 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Art Models: Life Nudes for Drawing Painting and Sculpting (Art Models series)
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3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Ancient China
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3.99 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Early Humans
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3.73 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Horse
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3.98 avg rating — 246 ratings
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Tree
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4.02 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Mammal (Eyewitness Books)
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3.96 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Cat
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4.10 avg rating — 224 ratings
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The Calligrapher's Bible: 100 Complete Alphabets with Step-by-Step Hand Lettering Guides
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4.26 avg rating — 404 ratings
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The Complete Garden Bird Book: How To Identify And Attract Birds To Your Garden
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3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Illustrator's Figure Reference Manual
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication
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4.18 avg rating — 432 ratings
"Storytelling is necessary for any illustrator, and this book oes a good job in treating the subject."
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Drawing the Head and Figure: A How-To Handbook That Makes Drawing Easy
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4.03 avg rating — 10,780 ratings
"This book is amazing. In some ways better than Loomis even, which is saying a lot."
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Unmasking the Face
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,473 ratings
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The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head
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4.30 avg rating — 982 ratings
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Drawing Dynamic Hands
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4.09 avg rating — 8,706 ratings
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Dynamic Figure Drawing
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4.01 avg rating — 4,545 ratings
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Drawing the Human Head
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4.22 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
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Dynamic Anatomy
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4.26 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
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Atlas of Human Anatomy
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4.51 avg rating — 3,793 ratings
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The Human Figure
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4.04 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Field and Meadow Life
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Cyclopedia of Drawing; Volume 1
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Rendering in Pen and Ink: The Classic Book On Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and Designers
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4.25 avg rating — 566 ratings
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Drawing and Sketching in Pencil
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4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Drawing with Pen & Ink
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
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1,000 Poses in Fashion (1000)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Folk Costumes of the World in Colour
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3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Army Uniforms of World War 2
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3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Airliners between the Wars 1919-39 (Blandford Colour Series)
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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World uniforms and battles in colour, 1815-50
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3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The pocket encyclopaedia of buses and trolleybuses since 1945;: Illustrations from the collection of Brian Johnson and Martin Rickitt
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes
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4.17 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Styles of Ornament
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4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Grammar of Ornament
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4.31 avg rating — 263 ratings
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Victorian Foliage Designs
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Treasury of Celtic Design
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4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Manual of Design: Compiled From the Writings and Addresses of Richard Redgrave, R. A., Surveyor of Her Majesty's Pictures, Late Inspector-General for Art, Science and Art Department
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Eye of the Painter
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4.40 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
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4.08 avg rating — 19,328 ratings
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Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art)
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4.11 avg rating — 8,517 ratings
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Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting
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4.33 avg rating — 2,208 ratings
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Alla Prima II: Everything I Know About Painting - and more
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4.65 avg rating — 307 ratings
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How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
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3.90 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Artistic Anatomy of Trees
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4.07 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Perspective Sketching: Freehand and Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists & Designers
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3.43 avg rating — 44 ratings
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A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
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4.30 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
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Basic Rendering: Effective Drawing for Designers, Artists and Illustrators
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4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Albinus on Anatomy
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4.49 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
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4.08 avg rating — 8,775 ratings
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The Figure in Action: Anatomy for Artists
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3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Realistic Figure Drawing
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3.95 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Drawing the Living Figure
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3.78 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Classic Human Anatomy in Motion: The Artist's Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing
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4.34 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement
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4.46 avg rating — 509 ratings
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