Drawing Bands and Instruments Pose Reference Book -Guitar/Bass/Drums/Keyboard

A must-have pose reference book with downloadable data for those who want to draw bands and musical performances in illustrations, animation, or manga.

Focusing on band instruments, this collection covers everything from basic structures and types to professional musicians demonstrating natural playing forms, dynamic stage performances, and visually striking poses. Featuring both male and female models, it also includes instrument-to-human scale comparisons. Illustrator HOJI provides a step-by-step drawing process using these reference materials.

Traceable Photos! Includes approximately 500 poses and 1,000 downloadable reference images.

[Bonus Content]
Additional downloadable pose photos, including unreleased ones not featured in the book.

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[Contents]

Before You Begin
– Important information on purchasing and usage
– About downloadable files

Chapter 1: Instrument Performance Pose Catalog

Electric Guitar
– Natural playing
– Live performance
– Playing while walking
– Foot on a monitor speaker
– Guitar solo (low position)
– Guitar solo (high position)
– Chord cutting
– Arpeggios
– Bending
– Vibrato
– Tapping
– Sweep picking
– Stepping on an effect pedal
– Reading sheet music while playing
– Adjusting volume/tone knobs
– Tuning
– Sitting and playing
– Sitting cross-legged
– Playing in a relaxed seated position
– Carrying a guitar case
– Performer’s perspective
– Guitar vocals
– Strong perspective (high/low angles)

Acoustic Guitar
– Natural playing

Electric Bass
– Fingerpicking
– Slap bass
– Pick playing
– Live performance
– Playing while walking
– Foot on a monitor speaker
– Bass solo (low position)
– Bass solo (high position)
– Tapping
– Slides
– Stepping on an effect pedal
– Reading sheet music/tuning
– Sitting and playing
– Sitting cross-legged
– Carrying a bass case
– Performer’s perspective

Fretless Bass
– Natural playing

Electric Bass (Additional Poses)
– Bass vocals
– Strong perspective (high/low angles)
– Facing each other while playing
– Back-to-back playing

Drums
– Holding drumsticks
– Natural playing
– Playing with a connected PC
– Live performance
– Tom rolls
– Stepping on pedals
– Playing with mallets/brushes/rods
– Counting with drumsticks
– Spinning drumsticks
– Performer’s perspective
– Drum vocals
– Carrying a snare case

Keyboard
– Playing a synthesizer
– Playing on two stacked keyboards
– Sitting and playing
– Playing an organ
– Playing two keyboards side by side
– Playing the piano
– Playing the piano while reading sheet music
– Performer’s perspective (synthesizer/piano)
– Performer’s perspective (organ)
– Stepping on pedals
– Keyboard vocals

Band Session Poses

Chapter 2: Cover Illustration Making (HOJI)

Chapter 3: Instrument Collection
– Electric Guitar
– Acoustic Guitar
– Electric Bass
– Drums
– Keyboard
– Amplifiers

Model & Illustrator Profiles