Riven Phoenix
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Riven Phoenix (born November 8, 1971) is an art educator who came to international attention via YouTube, a popular video sharing site. Riven rapidly gained notoriety with his [1]‘The Structure of Man’ an online anatomy training course spanning 43 hours, consisting of 227 YouTube videos. His approach to teaching is based on radical ideas of thinking and invention loosely designed around Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo’s techniques of drawing the human form. ‘The Structure of Man’ blog quickly gained a worldwide fan base due to its success through YouTube' as a means for artists new and experienced to learn or improve their knowledge of anatomy in a very short period of time. His videos have opened doors for thousands and directed attention toward the importance of drawing with a fundamental knowledge of the subject to avoid relying on the untrained mind's tendency toward symbolism. Riven is considered to be the first educator to cross over from the classroom into millions of homes via YouTube. His work has been featured four times in ImagineFX magazine and still makes front page of numerous prominent art websites today. [[2]]‘The Structure of Man’ is now used by major entertainment studios the likes of [[3]]LucasFilm (Star Wars), [[4]]ILM (Star Wars),[[5]]Redstorm Entertainment (Ghost Recon) for rapidly teaching industry artists human anatomy. Riven’s groundbreaking anatomical lessons and his growing influence on a new generation of artists have made him an important contributor to the art community, and gained him critical acclaim from award-winning artists around the world. His fan base is reported to number in the millions.
Riven Phoenix lives in Dallas Texas, USA where he works for [6]AlienThink.com.
