Dynamic Figure Drawing

by Hogarth, Burne

• ISBN13: 9780823015771
• ISBN10: 0823015777
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Summary

This powerful book offers a systematic approach to rendering action figures that seem to leap off the page.

Author Biography

Burne Hogarth’s (1911–1996) remarkable career spanned over 60 years. He wore many hats in the worlds of fine art, art education, and art publishing. He is most famous for his internationally syndicated Sunday newspaper color page feature “Tarzan” (1937–1950) and for his illustrated adaptations of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels Tarzan of the Apes and Jungle Tales of Tarzan. A co-founder of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Hogarth remains one of the most influential figures in art education today.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(2)
1. The Definitive Body Forms	9	(36)
Shape-Masses of the Figure	9	(1)
Shape-Masses of the Head: Ball and Wedge	9	(3)
Barrel Shaped Rib Cage	12	(9)
The Wedge Box of the Pelvis	21	(5)
Column Forms of the Arms and Legs	26	(11)
Wedge Masses of Hand and Foot	37	(8)
2. Figure Notation in Deep Space	45	(20)
The Torso is Primary	45	(3)
The Legs are Secondary	48	(7)
The Arms are Third in Importance	55	(4)
The Head is Last	59	(2)
Exercise in Notation	61	(4)
3. Figure Unity in Deep Space: Interconnection of forms	65	(40)
Overlapping Forms	65	(3)
Form Flow and Form Unity	68	(1)
Interconnection Lines	68	(27)
Outline and Contour	95	(5)
Tone Gradation	100	(5)
4. Figure Invention: Controlling Size in Foreshortened Forms	105	(30)
Cyclindrical and Barrel Forms	105	(1)
The Cylinder as a Rational Form	105	(2)
Finding Constant Factors	107	(1)
Width of Form as a Constant Factor	107	(8)
The Arms	115	(5)
The Hands	120	(7)
The Joints	127	(8)
5. Figure Invention: Controlling Length in Foreshortened Forms	135	(30)
The Circle in Space : The Ellipse	135	(1)
The Joint as Pivot; The Member as Radius	136	(8)
The Isosceles Triangle Measuring Device	144	(6)
6. Figure Projection in Deep Space	151	(23)
Parallel Projection of Solid Forms	152	(2)
Deep Space Projection of the Figure in Action	154	(2)
Figure Invention by Reversible Projection	156	(2)
Perspective Projection of the Figure	159	(6)
Phase-Sequence Projections: The Multiple Action Figure	165	(3)
Chin Thrust Leads Body Action	168	(6)
The Hand in Phase-Sequence Projection	174	(1)
Conclusion	174	(1)
Index	175