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My Art Book Project
17 years ago
I want to talk about a Art Book Project that I had in mind for quite some time, but haven't had the chance to really work on it until now (because I finally delivered the damned Master thesis to the supervisors for printing approval)
It started with this project a friend of mine showed me http://projectkilimanjaro.blogspot.com/ I have intentions to participate in this, but also it reminded me of my own project that had been stored in a corner of my mind's attic ^^;
The project is called Comparative Anatomy: a guide to Anthropomorphic Drawing
One of the things I've noticed over the years is the amount of misinformation when it comes to anthropomorphic body structures and the lack of proper resources to correct that situation. Some examples of what I mean: a dog's heel being considered as its knee or a werewolf with 4 leg joints instead of just 3
What I intend to do is to write a book that visually explains the similarities and differences between several body structures and how can those be combined into proper anthropomorphic creatures. Also I intend to cover other important topics, like the different type of anthros within the same base species, types of locomotion (plantigrade, digitigrade, unguligrade...), common ancestors and how each species differentiated, etc
This book doesn't aim to be a how to draw step-by-step book, but an informative and well illustrated compilation of information that can be easy to understand by everyone
What I'm asking here is opinions and suggestions on what you think that should be mentioned and what topics are most relevant
Also I want to ask opinions about how to publish this. I live in Portugal (Europe) and sadly the market for this type of content isn't very high, so my aim is to release the book where it has a higher chance to reach the people truly interested in this topic. Problem is I have little to no knowledge on how to publish an art book or what type of publishing companies deal with this type of books best
I've posted this in the Forums as well, along with a with a general idea of the different topics the book would cover. Please let me know your opinions about this project. Any suggestions are more than welcome ^^
Forum Post -> http://forums.furaffinity.net/showt.....ad.php?t=29963
It started with this project a friend of mine showed me http://projectkilimanjaro.blogspot.com/ I have intentions to participate in this, but also it reminded me of my own project that had been stored in a corner of my mind's attic ^^;
The project is called Comparative Anatomy: a guide to Anthropomorphic Drawing
One of the things I've noticed over the years is the amount of misinformation when it comes to anthropomorphic body structures and the lack of proper resources to correct that situation. Some examples of what I mean: a dog's heel being considered as its knee or a werewolf with 4 leg joints instead of just 3
What I intend to do is to write a book that visually explains the similarities and differences between several body structures and how can those be combined into proper anthropomorphic creatures. Also I intend to cover other important topics, like the different type of anthros within the same base species, types of locomotion (plantigrade, digitigrade, unguligrade...), common ancestors and how each species differentiated, etc
This book doesn't aim to be a how to draw step-by-step book, but an informative and well illustrated compilation of information that can be easy to understand by everyone
What I'm asking here is opinions and suggestions on what you think that should be mentioned and what topics are most relevant
Also I want to ask opinions about how to publish this. I live in Portugal (Europe) and sadly the market for this type of content isn't very high, so my aim is to release the book where it has a higher chance to reach the people truly interested in this topic. Problem is I have little to no knowledge on how to publish an art book or what type of publishing companies deal with this type of books best
I've posted this in the Forums as well, along with a with a general idea of the different topics the book would cover. Please let me know your opinions about this project. Any suggestions are more than welcome ^^
Forum Post -> http://forums.furaffinity.net/showt.....ad.php?t=29963
