Live Model contains full color printing of 179 high resolution photographs of male and female nudes. For drawing, the book provides careful lighting emphasizing shape, form and shading. For painting, full color printing is accompanied by large photographs on CD showing fine details such as texture and coloration of eyes, lips, skin and hair. For sculpting, Live Model provides multiple views of the same pose every 45 degrees. In addition, many poses are photographed both straight-on and from above allowing visibility into valleys of the form. Close-ups of face, feet and hands show fine details such as the creases in knuckles, texture of hair and the curl of fingers and toes. The accompanying CD contains all the photos from the book plus extras in full page size high resolution PDFs. Using the free viewer they can be viewed, rotated, zoomed in, printed, or projected life size. Book One introduces the Live Model series while providing a variety of models in multiple poses printed in full color for the price of one modeling session.
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From the Publisher Live Model Books maintains a web site which provides previews of all the photos. The preview allows you to see the photos from the entire book in thumbnail form before you buy. Other featues include a samples page showing poses in progress and plenty of opportunities to send feedback directly to us and the authors. We are grateful and excited to be providing this book to the art community. We created this book for you to help you create great art for all of us!
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Introduction
Why? Nudes are a frequent subject in many arts but the shyness people feel about nudity makes finding subjects for practice or professional work problematic. By focusing on nudes, this book provides a much needed reference of a difficult to obtain subject.
How? Of course, scarce subject matter alone does not make a good book. In addition, there should be: • High quality, detailed photographs • Interesting subjects • Multiple angles • Large prints • Full color throughout • Natural poses • Some whimsical poses Those were our objectives. We included a variety of models, poses and layouts, different body types and male/female comparisons. Since this is our first book, we hoped to stimulate suggestions by presenting a range of options so you could tell us what you liked and did not like and what you found useful.
Who? For those working in a two dimensional medium, multiple angles allow you to select just the view you like. For those working in three dimensions, having views from multiple angles is essential. Looking down on the model also helps by revealing valleys that would otherwise be obscured. Art groups or university art classes may find this book particularly useful. With the photos on CD and a projector attached to a computer, the photos could be projected lifesized. Between sessions, the book would act as a reminder and reference.
Organization of the book Live Model Book One is organized into thematic chapters with similar poses together. The first section of the book gives side-by-side comparisons of Jessica and Jennifer then Frank and Jessica. The goal of this was to highlight differences between two female models and between a female and male model. In the next section, three different ways of sitting are contrasted from stately to sexy and with backgrounds from cool blue to smoldering red. In this case, the comparison is less direct as each position is presented in full rotation rather than side-by-side. With the exception of some just-for-fun poses by Jessica in chapter five, each pose was photographed from eight directions. The model was asked to remain still after the first photo was taken while the posing platform was rotated and another picture taken every 45 degrees. One thing to note is that the light sources for each photo remain fixed in the studio so that, as the platform is rotated, the model’s orientation to them changes. We also experimented with different lighting, sometimes with good effect, other times with questionable results. We leave it to you to decide which are which. But if you have an opinion on the subject- please, send us an e-mail. Most chapters also contain close-up details. These typically appear after the rotation and show a long shot followed by corresponding close-ups on succeeding pages. These photos were taken at the same distance as the rotation photos but we used an optical zoom to capture more detail. Often, there is more background than model in the photos. The reason for this is that once a session began, the camera and the model remained stationary for a complete rotation. This required including the maximum height and width that would be seen in any of the eight directions. At times, you may find the formatting and layout to be a bit rough. When there was a choice between pretty formatting versus more and larger photos, the photos won out.
A note on modesty. We have struggled with the question of whether or not to censor the female photos. Throughout the production of the book we have been guided by a principle: "Do not interpret". By that we mean, it is the privilege of the artist to interpret the photos and to provide meaning. We tried to present an accurate photo with as little editorial content as possible. Therefore, we leave it to the artists to decide what they consider a reasonable subject of art. To do that, we had to leave the photos uncensored. Please let us know what you think about any aspect of this book at feedback@livemodelbook.com.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Live Model, Book One: Artistic Nude Figures for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (Spiral-bound)
This is an excellent resource for artists and particularly for sculptors. The book is well laid out and provides clear color shots which are well lit with neutral backgrounds. The models are posed in comfortable and natural gestures which do not seem contrived or forced. There are also excellent references with male and female comparisons of the same pose, shot from multiple angles.So many other figure reference guides are stale poses from one view. Not so, here. Each pose is photographed from various points 360 degrees around the model which provides excellent appeal to artists working in a three-dimensional medium. The included CD is a gem and provides higher resolution images that are clearer then the print versions, and can even be accessed through most image editing software like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. Another great feature of the book is it's spiral bound. Any working artist in a studio can attest this as an excellent feature. For hands-free reference while drawing or painting this is incredibly useful. One idea came to mind to prop the book up some distance away and view it from the vantage point where the model would be, were they actually in the studio. Other binding would make this difficult to set up. Anyone serious about figure drawing without access to live models should find this to be an invaluable resource. Even artists with regular access to life models will find this book useful to fill in the areas where a fifteen-minute pose, or access to a single angle, are just too limited.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Useless,
This review is from: Live Model Book One Artistic Nude Figures for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (CD-ROM)
Most of the poses are contrived and very amateurish. Artists interested in realistic poses should look elsewhere. Photos appear to have been chosen at random with regards to zoomed shots on some poses and not on others (plus the zoomed shots are often of a tattoo or a necklace). Normally I don't have a problem with tattoos or piercings - but the models look as if they've come back from shore leave. The tattoos are often covering important "lines" within the figures. Those that are not directly disrupting form are just distracting enough to make things difficult. Above all else though, it is the incredibly poor selection of poses that makes this book useless. Do you want to paint/sculpt sleeping or reading women from weird perspectives? Then you're in luck! The standing poses look as if they were posed by someone who has never painted or set foot in a studio. Very clichéd, contorted, chest out, head back, positions. If you can somehow make use of it, great. I have seen much worse, at least this book has color photography that you can make out details in. The details are just useless. So, good idea - really poor execution.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Live Model Book One Artistic Nude Figures for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture,
This review is from: Live Model Book One Artistic Nude Figures for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (CD-ROM)
This is a great book for those of us who do not have access to live models. The photography is crisp and clear, and the lighting is great- there are no details obscured by shadows. There is a really good selection of poses, with detail pictures of "hard to sketch" body parts such as hands and feet. Each pose is also photographed from different angles, which gives even more selection. The e book is very easy to navigate, and also has a print option, which is a HUGE plus if you don't want to be stuck at your computer trying to sketch. This is a great book!
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