5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Save your money and buy these books, February 9, 2000
This review is from: Pose File 4: Dance Action (Pose File, Vol 4) (Paperback)
Upon collecting the nine pose files in this set, I've learned that there are another five, soon to be six, volumes available. As soon as these are offered I'll collect them as well. The occasional annoyances in these volumes (some bad cropping, some crammed pose positioning on the page, a dirth of meaningful male poses, some body areas "painted over," poor binding causing pages to loosen) are far out weighed by the marvelous nature of the poses themselves. They contain motion and stretch related poses that no model could sustain for more time than necessary to capture gestures, as well as wide angle distortion in some volumes that the eye would not naturally form. These are invaluable resources in regard to the luxury of time allowed to study the human form (in two dimensions). Volume Four was the first Pose File I found and I do not regret the investment I've made in the set since - they've paid for themselves compared to the cost of models or access to models.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for movement drawing, May 17, 1999
This review is from: Pose File 4: Dance Action (Pose File, Vol 4) (Paperback)
Wonderful book. On almost every page, I find at least three or four poses worthy of drawing.
This volume focuses on what seem to be dance-like movments, mostly done a level perspective.
I do have one complaint, which is the print quality of the pictures is a little grainy. This is of course due to the film speed required to capture clear movements, but the processing probably could have been done a little better.
However, the graininess of the images does not detract from usability of this book. Excellent variety with capable models expressing a wide range of body language. Overall, an excellent reference.
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