Typical adult body proportion is eight (8) “heads” (but I think anywhere from 7 to 8 is okay). Below chart notes where each “head” ends in terms of body part:
Another proportion method is 1/3 from top of head to natural waist (just above bellybutton), 1/3 from there to top of knees, and last 1/3 to heel of foot:
The “balls” are joints (shoulder, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles) as well as the stomach as a central “joint” for the torso:
Remember that perspective also impacts your drawing! Eg. The figure here has one foot slightly behind the other so her heels don’t line up to the bottom guideline.
In my unprofessional and untrained opinion, these are not hard rules, just guidelines as you develop your own style and eye for anatomy (but it’s helpful to know what the rules are before you get too cute in “breaking” them).
‘bodily autonomy for some marginalized groups but not all’ will literally never, ever work. the right to abortion and the right to medical transition and the right to engage in gay sex and the right to take birth control are inextricably linked by the core right of bodily autonomy. shooting one kills them all. support others’ bodily autonomy or yours will be taken too
