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String date = '04/24/24(Wed)13:14:27';
String comment = 'Does this shit actually work?';
'Yep it does. I can guarantee 100% that if you are patient and diligent enough to follow the book you will reap enormous benefits yes indeed';
'>>7144842
is this post sarcastic?';
'>>7144812
you will always find aye- and nay-sayers: all you can do is try to see what the book/resource allegedly has to offer and earnestly go through it yourself. everything else is heresay.';
'>>7144812
it works if you actually know how to draw on a technical level, which is the context most people are missing with this book. the people attending nicolaides' classes were accomplished academic artists who were concurrently studying with teachers like george bridgman at the same academy. it's not actually a beginner book.';
'This book fucking sucks';
'>>7144844
Not at all. You should however consider if what you need is a full course on figure drawing or to start actually making the things you wanna do.';
'>>7144846
Not op, but I see people putting anatomy for sculptors on a fucking pedestal and I still don't know why they do that. Is the book that good? How people actually study from it? Copying the whole thing seems a no go...';
'>>7144898
You consult it to help decipher wtf is going on when drawing long poses or as a supplement for references to clear up your understanding of muscles and major forms.
Anatomy books like that are made for consulting as you draw, they're probably the kind that's most useful as an actual physical book since they're easier to flip through in that form.';
'>>7144846
Yes, let's all just reinvent the wheel, 7 billion times over.';
'>>7144905
Oh, that makes sense. As far as I've seen, the book has a lot of photos and little text, kinda straightforward. I'm a dirty beg anyways, still don't know shit about anatomy but I'll give that book a shot in the future. OP book seems worth trying too';
'>>7144812
>Yeah. Totally! But do all the exercises twice to maximize the result, even if it’s going to take you years to finish it it’s totally worth it!';
'>>7144967
I'm not sure what you mean. my point is unavoidable: you cannot have knowledge of the efficacy of instructional content without *properly* going through it yourself. with everything you find talked about on here, there are people who say positive things about it and those who say negative things; those who say positive things but say something(s) else are better. you can even have people who've gone through some book or course and are quite good but don't understand how much their success is due to said book or course: in no case is hearsay an actual way to understand a resource's quality.';
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