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Hello! Would You Happen To Have Any Recommendations For Realistic Anatomy Books On Humans (for Art Purposes)?

Hello! Would you happen to have any recommendations for realistic anatomy books on humans (for art purposes)? A lot of the online anatomy references are very exaggerated and the models have only 'ideal' body types and don't depict any others (E.g. Online male anatomy references are extremely buff for no reason). Thank you for the help :)

I do have a small collection of anatomy-for-artists books, but honestly, those are also populated predominantly with people who look like living Greek sculptures. So, I asked around a bit for both book and online sources. Here are a few things:

Height Weight Chart -- A library that people have contributed multitudes of their own photos to. Some people took turnaround photos in form-fitting clothes. Some are just one-off snapshots of people in street clothes. But, both of those things can be useful in their own way, and there certainly are a lot of body types here. (Thank for the link, Fable).

height-weight-chart.com

Height Weight Chart - Body Size Photo Gallery

Photos of Women's and Men's Bodies at nearly every combination of Height and Weight

------------------------------------------------------ AdorkaStock -- Features a whole free pose gallery containing a really excellent array of varied bodies. The photos generally focus more on form than costume, and if anything, the extremely sculpted bodies you tend to see in other stock libraries are de-emphasized here.

AdorkaStock

Poses Archive - AdorkaStock

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Satine Zillah -- An expansive library of downloadable photo packs. Most of them feature athletic or thin body types, many are heavy on costuming, but there are some that focus on more variety if you take time to scroll through (elderly bodies, plus-size bodies, people with dwarfism, etc.)

satine zillah

Reference Photos — satine zillah

Comprehensive eshop full of reference photos for artists

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Morpho -- I know a lot of people swear by these books by Michel Lauricella. Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds in particular seems to cover some ground that a lot of other anatomy/pose lessons just skip right over. Looks like it's available as an ebook too.

RockyNook

Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds

96 pages | Soft Cover - with flaps, 4.75 x 7 in. ISBN: 9781681985046 May 2019 Print and eBook Bundle: $24.99 Print Book: $14.95 e

I hope that helps some! I'm sure there are other resources out there, though. If anyone has some solid recommendations, please leave them in the comments!