Morpho: Joint Forms and Muscular Functions: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 6)

I love this book. If you are looking for a great reference book that is small enough to carry with you everywhere, then this is it. This book is small enough to set on your desk for reference without taking too much space, but big enough to be able to read it's content with out compromising the quality it's content. The information is well put togethe. I highly recommend this book.

My bad for not checking the size, yes they are tiny. young cat for reference. However, you probably need this book to study human figure. I say this because I have purchased: Proko's online course, new master academy online courses, all Burne Hogarth's books about human figure, head, anatomy, hands and feet, all of Bridgeman, Bammes's complete guide to life drawing, Stanchfield's drawn to life, Hale's drawing lessons from great masters, annnnnnnnd I still see value in this book to make a purchase. Mainly because it gives numerus examples of how everything fit together, in action. With the sacrifice of wordy explanation, this series of books can provide many examples for study(meaning actually draw these, over and over again until they become yours). You can't really learn anatomy in depth, this is not the book for that, everything else I mentioned above will probably help you with that(with the exception of Stanchfield). All in all: Not as mechanical as Bammes, but more structural than Bridgeman. Not as stylized as Glenn Vilppu from NMA, not as gestural as Stanchfield, but clear enough to get you through the understanding of human figure before moving on to those more loose approach. Bottom line is: no one book will be able to teach you everything, so be prepared to add many of them into your collection and these tiny books are worth the purchase.

This IS a very tiny book with not a huge amount of content. That said, this book has no frills, no unnecessary long winded text, no repetitive fancy showcases. This book is short, sweet, concise, and shows you complicated anatomy structure in simplified, easy to understand diagrams. If anyone wants to get a better idea of how fantastic this content is, check out "mangamaterials" on Twitter, Pixiv, or Patreon. Her work is astounding and goes into way more detail, but delivers mapped out 3d structures in a similar way. I actually found this book because she posted about it. This book is going to be a staple in my library, and I'm already going to order more from this author.

A lot of people are complaining about the size or the binding; the size is about the size of a graphic novel, it's not super tiny. It's appropriate for the price range. The bind is loose from the cover and appears to be stitched so it can lay open flat--most likely for reference. How many how to draw books come with an easy bind where you can easily hold it open and draw from it? Not many. I've been collecting how to draw books for two decades and this (and the others in this series) is a good find. You cannot find a better resource for this price range, and the images are clear sketches, they aren't faded or anything. Good book. Glad I bought it. I am buying every book in the Morpho collection.

Thoroughly surprised and impressed. Lauricella's book structure of drawings and diagrams efficiently explains how muscle groups work in unison and how that relates to specific movements of the joints. I've reviewed material from Michael Hampton and Proko, and although their reference material is great, although sometimes dry, Lauricella manages to fill in the gaps on how those muscles relate to each other in a simpler graphic way. I am thinking of getting all his books at this point after going through that fats and folds, and the skeleton landmarks one.

Easy to read

As a Full Tenured Professor of Art, the “Morpho Anatomy for Artists” book, specifically the “Joint Forms and Muscular Functions”, is a handy quick reference book. It is visually impactful and visually draws the anatomy of the human body well. While it does not give a lot of wordy explanations, it does visually communicate the movement of the body. I purchased this book to use in my classroom as a quick reference guide. It is lightweight and easy to access due to the smaller size. Packs a punch full of drawings to problem solve quickly how to draw anatomy. I highly recommend for upper level high school to college level sophomore.

I got this for my artist significant other. This was one of their favorite things they got for Christmas. Only complaint is that there are so many books in the series so I had to be careful I got the right one.

I bought 3 of the Morpho books(Hands and feet, Fat and skin folds, and joint forms and muscular functions) and all of them are great references and study books. I draw comics and was able to make use of them immediately as references. Very easy to quickly open and find a useful reference on the fly. The books are small, they are 7inchs by 5inchs. I personally love the small size. I've seen people mention the binding, that the paperback cover is not attached to the pages so I just wanted to say it's supposed to be that way. I really like the style of these books. It would be amazing to get more topics such as clothing/fabric from the same author. I would be interested in anything they choose to put out as I like their style.

Great book for studying the details of anatomy subjects

I do like the old fashion Bridgman books from Stoffer Bliksem, The Legacy. Lots of artistic vintage sketches. But the Morpho Muscular Joint Functions is beyond exceptional! So helpful and well covered in positions of muscles, joints and deep connective tissue. And it folds flat! More than I expected. A must have :)

Buen libro

Bought 5 of this authors books now for my daughter. She says they are amasing and really help her art. the way the spine is glued 1 side means the pages lay flat. They are a handy size to carry around too. Definitely recommended.