{"id":651,"date":"2021-03-16T03:02:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T03:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/artofmakai\/?p=651"},"modified":"2021-03-22T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:56:00","slug":"review-stonehouses-anatomy-by-seok-jung-hyun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/artofmakai\/2021\/03\/16\/review-stonehouses-anatomy-by-seok-jung-hyun\/","title":{"rendered":"(REVIEW) Stonehouse’s Anatomy by Seok Jung Hyun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I want to spend this weekend preparing for next week’s game development posts, so there won’t be a [How to Draw] post this week.
It will instead be replaced by this post – a review of Stonehouse’s Anatomy<\/em>, by Korean illustrator Seok Jung Hyun (Americanized as “Jeonghyun Seok”).

Upon its arrival at my doorstep this past month, Stonehouse’s Anatomy<\/em> has become my go-to source of anatomy literature, as well as a source of consistent entertainment.
However, although this book is excellent<\/em><\/strong>, it is not without flaws. There are certain elements of this book that I think are worth mentioning, since these details may affect one’s enjoyment while reading the book.
Through this review, I hope to enlighten you on the experience of reading this book from the perspective of an art and anatomy student.

!!! R E M I N D E R<\/strong> <\/em>!!!
All photos<\/em> taken for this post were taken by me, from my copy of Stonehouse’s Anatomy<\/em>. Obviously, I did not draw any of these pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

General Introductions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stonehouse’s Anatomy<\/em>, written by Seok Jung Hyun, is the English translation of a Korean ‘anatomy for artists’ book, originally released in 2017.
First things first, here is a link to the book’s store page [Stonehouse’s Anatomy Store Page<\/a><\/em>] on the Superani website. Seok Jung Hyun is a Superani artist, so his products can be found on their website.
Stonehouse’s Anatomy<\/em> is $80<\/strong>, which is a price that I consider to be perfectly reasonable. Please keep in mind that this book took ~10 years<\/strong> for Seok Jung Hyun to write and illustrate, and consists of ~700 pages<\/strong> of excellent instruction. All things considered, $80 is a very fair price<\/em>.

If you’re interested in a succinct description of the book, I’d suggest reading the synopsis they provide on the store page. My goal will be to describe and elaborate upon details not present in the synopsis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Good<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Readability and Humor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Right off the bat, this book is an extremely easy read<\/strong>, which is pretty important, since Stonehouse’s Anatomy<\/em> is around 700<\/strong> pages in length.
This book is NOT<\/em> written like a traditional anatomy textbook. Seok Jung Hyun makes constant<\/em> use of supplementary visuals to make the reading process more enjoyable. As stated by the website’s description,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You should be able to enjoy [the book] with a nice drink or a snack, as you would with an entertaining work of fiction” (Superani US<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n