RECOMMENDED
BOOKS

I'm always asked what books the aspiring artist should study, so I compiled a list of the more important books in my own library!

There are plenty of great books out there to study, so if you can't get these exact ones, don't worry! There are many more similar ones out there!




The List

  • "The Five C's of Cinematography" by Joseph Mascelli
  • "Comics & Sequential Art" by Will Eisner
  • "Successful Drawing" by Andrew Loomis
  • "Dynamic Anatomy" by Burne Hogarth (WARNING -- contains drawings of nude male and female bodies)
  • "Dynamic Figure Drawing" by Burne Hogarth (WARNING -- contains drawings of nude male and female bodies)
  • "Human Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger
  • "Drawing the Female Figure" by Joseph Sheppard (WARNING -- contains drawings of nude female bodies)
  • "The Figure in Motion" by Thomas Easley (WARNING -- contains photographs of nude male and female bodies)
  • "Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery" by Burne Hogarth
  • "Dynamic Light and Shade" by Burne Hogarth
  • "How to Draw Caricatures" by Lenn Redman
  • Countless other photographic reference books on cities, vehicles, police, weapons, ships, etc., etc.!