#proportions

atalana:

they-chose-family:

cyborgraptor:

- eyeballs are an eyeball width apart
- ears align with the top of your brows to the bottom of your nose, and are the center-point of a profile view
- lip corners line up to the center of each eye
- hands are roughly the size of your face
- feet are the same size as your forearm
- elbows are aligned with your belly-button
- your hands reach down mid-length of your thighs
- both upper and lower legs (individually) are roughly the same size as your torso 
(this is all rough estimates for proportion! feel free to add more to help others)

YOU ARE A FUCKING SAINT

- the length of your legs + feet is about the same as the length of your torso + everything above it 

- collar bones extend directly from the shoulders

machiavelien:

Drawing Body Proportions

BecauseI didn’t actually answer anon’s question last time, here are some cheat sheets on how I approach body proportions when I draw.

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).

✨ Happy drawing! ✨

Another small sketch from work. Trying to get a better sense of human anatomy and proportion.

I don’t like the face either.