Name: SURFACE ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS by Kota Kato
SKU: 9784798638072
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This is a reference book on artistic anatomy by the popular instructor Kota Kato, who has over 500,000 followers on social media.

Aimed at achieving a higher level of expression, it clearly explains surface muscles through comparisons with photographs.

What muscles and bones make up the details of the human body? How do muscles change shape and appearance when a person strikes a pose? This book visually explains the rises and structures of the “body surface,” which are crucial for drawing human figures, by comparing them with actual photographs.

It features over 100 poses useful for manga and illustration, including arm-raising poses, sitting and lying poses, and martial arts poses using weapons, modeled by three male and female models.

Category：Japanese Illustration Book

Tag：anatomy, muscle, posing

Pages：: 280
ISBN：: 9784798638072
Release Date:: April, 2025
Language:: Japanese
Publisher:: Hobby JAPAN

Author profile

Kota Kato

Born in Tokyo in 1981. Art anatomist.

In 2008, graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Design. In 2014, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Art Anatomy. He has a Ph.D. (art, medicine). He is an assistant professor at the Department of Anatomy and Structural Science at Juntendo University, a part-time lecturer at the Art Anatomy Laboratory at Tokyo University of the Arts, and a visiting professor at the illustration course at Kyoto University of the Arts.

He explains art anatomy at lectures in various places as an “art anatomist of Izu (@kato_anatomy)”.