The Modern Art of Figure Drawing - And Pinups: Merging Digital and Traditional Techinques Together in Sketching, Drawing & Painting the Figure Paperback – February 4, 2016

I have to say right away that I'm blown away by the sheer talent of Derek and what he can accomplish digitally! It's very obvious his talent started way before the digital age! Which makes him more than qualified to provide guidance in this current transition that many are making to the digital age of art. I could only dream of one day reaching this level of skill!I love how many times I had tell myself these are digital pictures as the artist clearly gives explanations about different styles and how they still have relenvence when working digitally.While this is not a book to instruct one on how to actually draw a pinup the artist is more than generous in showing several stages of progression throughout the images. Including keeping many of the starting lines even in the final images. I'm not sure if that's for the assistance of the reader or just the artists style but regardless it's amazing!The book itself, while thin, is not loaded with pages of text but rather examples on every single page so I was more than satasifed with the content for the cost!I look forward to more from this artist and would love to see other styles from him!

As an illustrator, this is a book I wish was much larger, simply because I didn't want it to end. While I would like to have seen a little more on anatomy, the author's illustrations alone are so impeccable, well done, and detailed, they are quiet educational as to how things fit together, and almost a master class in just the right amount of detail. Incredibly sexy, clean, gorgeous. The author is a humble, yet extremely good artist. Even the sketches are worthy of a gallery showing.

Artist is good, has a firm grasp on subject matter, when I finished looking at the book, I found myself wanting more. More info and more drawings! All in all a excellent book.

Really great perspective on drawing. A mixture of traditional and digital media. The illustrations and images help with the digital and photos get it done in a flexible way.

Good reference book, not much for instruction

Almost 75% of the book was regurgitated generic paragraphs that could barely apply to the introduction of a beginners drawing book. There was zero content that walked through female anatomy or poses- just a few pictures of his work.

its an awesome book that really displays derek's line work and his love for figure and pin up drawing. As for me Ill be using it as a source of reference and inspiration for my own gestures and sketches. the pin ups are tasteful and sexy while still being instructional.As for the material of the books itself, the outside is nice and glossy while the pages have a half gloss finish maybe, its a thin book but chalk full of inspirational goodies. from an aspiring artist I definitely recommend this book.

So far it looks very productive, I ordered the whole book (paperback) and downloaded it too, I hope to learn something different