Form of the
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Form of the
Head and Neck

4.8 based on 158 ratings

This book dives deep into the head, neck and facial elements. One of the most dynamic parts of human anatomy, making it one of the hardest to master.

Understanding what makes unique facial features and how to recreate them in your art.

+ Appearance and anatomy​
+ Main facial differences
+ 1st and 2nd level block-outs
+ 3D and live model references
+ Color-coded muscle diagrams

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Uldis Zarins
Anatomy For Sculptors
222 pages
11×8.66×0.78
28x22x2
1st May, 2021
1st Edition

Face is an ever-
changing structure

Factors like age, ethnicity, gender, body type and anatomy keep it full of change. Making it one of the hardest to get right without understanding.

How to make
faces unique?

What exactly makes a person’s face look older or more feminine? Is the jawline or something else? The book teaches these features.

What's inside the book?

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What's inside the book?

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amazing artists

Character artists

Tiago Rios

Character Artist

– Santa Monica Studio

The book gives literally hundreds of easy tips for new and experienced sculptors interested...

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Arda Koyuncu​

Art Director

– Riot Games

I highly recommend incorporating this resource in your workflow even if your preferred medium is not sculpting…

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Frederic Daoust

Senior Character Artist

– Epic Games

Anatomy for Sculptors books are my go to references for whenever I’m sculpting a character...

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3D artists

Ladislas Gueros

Lead Character Modeler

– Fortiche

We used the Anatomy for Sculptors book a lot while modeling all the characters of Arcane's season 1...

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Fábio Paiva

Senior 3D Sculptor

– Weta Workshop

This book does a remarkable job helping us understand, see and feel the human anatomy from this perspective...

Full review

Vladimir Silkin

Lead 3d Artist

– Plarium

The books are packed with tips, techniques and 3D sculpted models with schematic lines as examples...

Full review
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Tiago Rios

Character Artist / Digital Sculptor

– Santa Monica Studio

The book gives literally hundreds of easy tips for new and experienced sculptors interested in pursuing their anatomy studies but not sure how to begin.

To me, the most helpful section was the head and legs, the head for its complexity and amount of very tiny muscles composing it; the legs for its shapes and silhouette. 

The book doesn`t only teach you the name of the muscles but more importantly shows you how the muscles interact to form the big forms.

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Arda Koyuncu

Art Director

– Riot Games

Regardless of your skill level, there is always something to learn and better when it comes to anatomy. Whether you are sculpting a character yourself, or giving feedback to your teams, finding good visual reference can be challenging.

Anatomy for Sculptors books are a great reliable resource that will make this knowledge easy to understand and accessible.
There are a wide range of breakdowns from simple, isolated forms to more complicated, from young to old, from human to animal anatomy. Not only do they make the process easier, they also provide new ways of looking at shapes, structure and flow.

I highly recommend incorporating this resource in your workflow even if your preferred medium is not sculpting.

- ardakoyuncu.com
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Frederic Daoust​

Principal Character Artist

– Free Range Games

Anatomy for Sculptors books are my go to references for whenever I’m sculpting a character. 

The books have all the information I need as a sculptor and are super well organized to easily find whatever area of the body I am working on. The way they simplify shapes to help modelers understand them in three dimensions is something I haven’t seen done that well in other anatomy references books and that I find particularly helpful. 

I highly recommend those books to anyone looking to learn anatomy or for any sculptor  to have on hand to quickly find specific anatomy references. 

- artstation.com/fredericdaoust23
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Ladislas Gueros

Ladislas Gueros

Lead Character Modeler

– Fortiche

We used the Anatomy for Sculptors book a lot while modeling all the characters of Arcane’s season 1.

These books are absolutely amazing, and especially super clear. The way they explain how muscles interact with each other and how they simplify them was an incredibly valuable resource for us.

Even for stylized characters, we needed the anatomy to be as accurate as possible, and those books provided some much needed help for it.

I definitely recommend it, whether it is to learn anatomy, just as a reminder or to go even further in the knowledge of it. Be sure that they will be used to improve our characters in season 2!

– artstation.com/lad
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Fábio Pacheco Paiva

Senior 3D Sculptor

– Wētā Workshop

I think that being able to explore, simplify and express your own and unique perception of the chaos is the holy grail when designing anything, also the hardest and most time-consuming skill to flourish.

This book does a remarkable job helping us understand, see and feel the human anatomy from this perspective. There can’t be an endgame book about shapes and forms but this one should definitely be part of anyone’s early development.

- artstation.com/fabiopaiva
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Vladimir Silkin

Vladimir Silkin

Lead 3D Artist

– Plarium

The books are fantastic and suitable for any artist or sculptor who wants to improve their knowledge of the human body. There are plenty of beautiful illustrated examples of the anatomy, the muscles, and bones.

The books are packed with tips, techniques and 3D sculpted models with schematic lines as examples. This is a fantastic resource for creating believable characters and is definitely worth the money because it’s really helpful. Highly recommended.

- artstation.com/heat3d
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