yo bridget!! i love your art tutorials,, they help a lot :D do you have any tips on general proportioning of the face and body? thanks!!
Face and body are HARD! That’s why they call it bath and body hurts.
A lot of these are like, random.
Body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody
Let’s pull up Alden and Elaine really quick to be my models (because they’re the first two people in my WIPs folder)
1. "The average human is 7.5 heads tall.” (Children are less, but I am sure you know this one; ‘tis the bread and the butter of figure-drawing)
Why is Alden 7 heads tall here? Because I’m drawing in a more cartoony style that features a bigger head, that’s why. If you're not shooting for realism, that’s fine. Fashion illustrations are usually 8 1/2. Idealized figure is usually 8.
2. If you hold your hand up to your face, your middle finger touches your hairline.
Try it! This isn’t true for everyone (congrats on the tiny hands) but should give you an idea of how “big” the hands should be
As you can see, Elaine’s hand is a little too long for her head. I like long hands. Oops
3. LEG LEG LEG. Leg is three-and-a-half to four heads long.
You measure from the perineum (I know, I know) to the foot.
I tend to draw shorter legs, because I have a proportionally longer torso, and I am my own favourite reference.
After finding this out, I’d probably extend the legs out a little. Elain’s supposed to be long-legged, and Alden’s 6″ and lanky, so he should look a little longer... shit ... This is probably why Alden measured out at only 7 heads...
4. Your femur bone is roughly 1/4 or 25% of your total body height.
KINDA??????????? I’ve never taken a medical anatomy class, and it shows in my funky femur bones
In general, the taller you are, the larger “base” you need for support - but my cousin and I share a size 5 shoe, despite her being 5′11″ and me being 5′1″. You figure that shit out. This is why most ratios on this list are general guidelines, not be-all end-alls. Humans are weird.
OK scratch that. I did a fucky wucky. I looked it up, and the human foot is supposed to be the same length as their head. Elaine is Bigfoot McGee by accident.
OK, THAT’S ON ME. JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE RULES DOESN’T MEAN I’M OBEYING THEM UNFORTUNATELY
Once you fall down the rabbit hole, you can keep going for a loooong time. You can look at waist:hip ratios, waist:chest ratios, golden ratios... and before you know it, you've been tricked into doing math.
LET’S TAKE THIS TO THE TREADMILL (THE FACE)
Eyes are always going to be at least 1 eyeball’s width apart. Eyes are halfway down the face. I know! Nobody wants to hear this! But I’m right! I always put those bitches up higher and then wonder why my drawing looks off
Yeah okay let’s draw a new face for this one I don’t have faith in the other hoes
2. Follow the line down from the eyebrows to find out where the tops of the ears are (doesn’t apply if your person has big ears)
3. Corners of the mouth will line up with the pupils of the eyes.
4. Nostrils line up with the tear ducts of the eyes.
OK, so this is where things are starting to fall apart because I draw everyone with big, wet doe eyes. I... anyway... here’s how it’s SUPPOSED to look.
The head is usually five eyes wide.
I know! We don’t wanna hear this shit either! We just wanna live deliciously and draw anime! Ma’am, tell me about it! But that’s the facts.
Okay fuck this I’m not drawing anymore TAKE THIS SKETCH BY LEONARDO DA VINKY
FUCK IT! LISTEN! HE KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO. I’M NOT A WORLD-RENOWNED RENAISSANCE PAINTER. WHO AM I KIDDING? I’M JUST SOME HACK ON THE INTERNET
In conclusion: humans are stupid. Math is fake! As always I try to disclaim these with a big speech about how drawing from life is one of the best, fastest, and easiest ways to improve your “eye” and sense of body proportion - but let’s be real, we don’t have friends to go draw naked people with right now, and using reference sites can be really hard.
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