>>3175367Loomis books is verbose and sleep inducing. They are useful, but have a dense style of writing. It's kind of discouraging for beginners unless you can sustain grinding like a madman... Yes you will see lots of gains, but it's just torturous, not for everyone... Good thing: you can progress with with self feedback by comparing with the plates.
Drawing manual: Vilppu teaches gestures first hand, aka visualising the stick figure forms of the body. They're very easy to get used to (they're... Stick figures after all). The problem I have with Vilppu is that you will progress faster with feedback than without them. Self feedback is hard for beginners who don't know what they're doing. But undoubtedly this one is the most "fun" one to start with. Problem is, some chapters will only progress more if you know which other books to pair up with or else you'll feel struck...
Hampton's guide is very succinct, less dense than Loomis, but complement well Vilppus book.
Hogarth: Nice explanation, used as a reference guide; ugly ass exaggerated drawing. Useful if you know how to use them though! Though I personally prefer Anatomy for Sculptor if you know how to analyse visually than to just learn a bunch of terms.
The thing is, it's always much efficient working with multiple books than going through one book at a time... Especially anatomy. The authors of the book are already advanced with their craft, thus they sometimes don't tell you all the info you need. Having multiple books at your disposition makes you more aware of the missing information. So yeah! Experiment with multiple books, see what works for you, and good luck learning!
Also, post your stuff in the beg thread and asks for critiques!
