[Anthony Filetti]

OK, folks I'ma wonderin' what everyone uses for resource material...

...have thought of buying a copy of Gray's Anatomy, but also have books on Warner Brothers, Far Side, Cartooning...etc.

SOOOOO WHAT'S ON YOUR BOOKSHELF??

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

do a search on the web, lots of stuff available. especially if you want cartoon type info

[Old_Gord]

What are you looking for Rocket39, the books I use or the ones that just sit on the shelf and collect dust? .
If it's Anatomy type drawing, Andrew Loomis, "Drawing for all it's worth", "Drawing the Head and Hands", if it's cartooning, then Andrew Loomis, "Fun with a pencil" , all out of print but available on eBay at high prices or on various web sites that require down loading page by page or sometimes on various usenet newsgroups in PDF format.
Two other useful books are by Jack Hamm, "Drawing the Head and Figure" and "Cartooning the Head and figure" they are reasonably cheap and available from the usual book seller stores.

Loomis was considered the premier US drawing instructor, some of his books can still reach the $200+ US level on eBay.
There are many others that some will feel more so essential, but that's my personal choice.
Leave a private message with your e-mail if you want additional info.
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Originally Posted by Rocket39

OK, folks I'ma wonderin' what everyone uses for resource material...

...have thought of buying a copy of Gray's Anatomy, but also have books on Warner Brothers, Far Side, Cartooning...etc.

SOOOOO WHAT'S ON YOUR BOOKSHELF??

[Just Carving]

A while back I was doing human protrait drawing. I bought some books and then I found this site:

http://www.saveloomis.org/

where I found the following two listings:

http://d538518.u320.bigcrawler.com/h.../headhands.htm
http://d538518.u320.bigcrawler.com/F...ing/figure.htm

Click on the first and you have the same book that a lot of people have used for many years to draw the human head and hands. The second deals with the entire body. Warning: there are nudes specifically for the purpose of drawing the human body.

If you want Gray's anatomy, it's a lot more book--and money--than I think you would need for drawing and carving caricatures. It's going to get into every detail of the body--internal and external.

Try the local libraries, if they don't have what your looking, for ask if there is a lending policy from other libraries in your area. A college library will have Gray's and more if they teach Anatomy, or art classes.

Good Luck,
Bob

[Anthony Filetti]

...not really looking for anything in particular...maybe it's just inspiration or to just learn something new, which you gentlemen have just done by introducing me to the Loomis books, WOW now these are reference books I sould use.


...the use for reference material is to allow me to design any caricature I can dream of, such as I have a book that relates to motion and yes, it does collect dust BUT, if I need the information I have a reference.


...This is the kind of information I knew my fellow caricaturists could provide!!

[squbrigg]

What's on my bookshelf.....hum......which one? My ready reference shelf :

The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt
The Art of Ship Modelling, by B. Frolich
History of the French Frigate ,by J. Boudroit
Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars, by Gradiner
Modelling the Brig of War Irene, by Petrejus
The First Frigates, by Grardiner
The Heavy Frigates, By Gardiner
History of the American Sailing Navy, by Chapelle
History of American Sailing Ships, by Chapelle
Search For Speed Under Sail, by Chapelle
Bluenose II, by Jenson
La Venus, by Boudroit
The Colonial Schooner , by Hahn
Ships of the American Revolution , by Hahn
Trincomalee by Lambert
The Schooner ,by MacGregor
Warships of the Napoleonic Period, by Gardiner
Fleet Battle and Blockade, by Naval Institute Press
Jack Aubrey's Commands, by Laverly
Baltimore Clipper, By Chapelle
Model Shipwright Vol. 83 to 129
Sailing Ships of War , by Dr. F. Howard
The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor.....circa 1808

Get the idea.....?

Another shelf by my workbench with my woodworking, woodcarving references, but Fox Chapel publishes most of those!

The biggest bookshelves house my books of nautical and historical fiction....Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent, Julian Stockwin, C.S. Forester, Bernard Cornwell, etc, etc, etc.

Reading is my other hobby! That and photography!

Bob

[mwilleson]

If you don't have Marv K's book, it's definitely worth it if you looking for inspiration.

[Ashbys]

Lets, see bookshelves ,

Personal Reference :
About 200 books on the American Civil War, My wifes nursing books , First aid Books.
Many older books , by Throton, Dickens, Gene Stration Porter, Henry, Grims, Robin Hood, Shakespere, Homer, Emerson, things Like "The grapes of Wrath" Northwest Passage , The Turmoil, North by Northwest, Freckles, Girl of the Limberlost, Ishmal, Self Raised, The Knights of the Round table, Dracula, Frankenstine, The collective works of Edgar Allen Poe, Jules Verne, The Hobit, Flowers for Algeron , ect ect .

National Geographic. Death in the Silent Places , Death in the Long Grass, and other works by Chapin

Wood Carving books
How to carve wood, Richard Butz , WCL, Bears , Horses,

But the best reference I have found is , going to the Mall, the pool ( can't swim but great study place ) . Balitmore Harbor, any where I can watch people. I study jaw lines , eyes , noses, cheeks, all from looking at people.

But the best resource is the internet.

Ash

[Ron Davidson]

I am like ash I used to watch and study people before I lost my eyesight. My best source used to be a county or state fair. Now its whatever I can remember in my mind.Ron

[Big_Al]

My best source is magazines. Ex: golfing, hunting and fishing, mountain climbing, etc. Find a nice picture and enlarge it in a copier. Big Al