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MrRentaro [2013-06-06 18:41:44 +0000 UTC]

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I think there is an overriding mistake in all of these, with the exception of the girl with the bow & arrow. The crotch/base of the hips should fall halfway down the body (3 1/2 mark,) not at the 4th head mark as you seem to be doing. This causes the torso to look elongated, and the legs to be too short. I had a lot of trouble with this way of proportioning things, so I moved to the more symmetrical 8-Head figure, but these are of course just guide-lines. Many if not most figures will have their own relative heights.

Otherwise, these are good exercises to perform and ending with an unreferenced pose is a good way to apply what you have learned through the process.

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megazoid [2010-04-18 13:20:21 +0000 UTC]

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One thing to consider about the 7 heads thing is that it requires that you visualize the image as flat, which you've done. An alternative it to measure proportions relatively. Such as the distance from the bottom of the neck to the top of the head equals the distance from the bottom of the rib cage to the bottom of the neck. Burne Hogarth does this all relative to the rib cage, especially the legs and arms.

Other relative measurements: the distance from the hip to the knee is equal to the hip to the shoulder (you can folder your knee to your shoulder) the distance from the knee to the heel is the same as the knee to the hip/buttock (you can fold your heel onto your buttock).

The idea is to have a set of relative measurements that gets all the proportions for all body parts, but can be a bit helpful when drawing in perspective.

One idea that emerges from these images is how the oval for the ribcage leads to the chest. In each of the images, the oval look almost like the front plane of the chest. So this brings up an interesting question. If I draw one of these stick figure things, what part of the final drawing does my oval end up as? So part of this learning process must be to memorize a plan or set of steps-- the oval in the stick figure will guide the creation of the chest by representing the front plane.


I noticed the 'unreferenced stock practice'. I take this to be that once you formed the stick figures you verified that they let you generate a successful drawing. Interesting idea to experiment then verify that experiment. This is a great idea.

Great stock references, and thanks for posting this!

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anakareninart [2010-09-14 17:12:11 +0000 UTC]

owww muuy buenoo!! y útil

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PHOENIX-201 [2010-09-14 16:29:08 +0000 UTC]

EN OCASIONES
ME A LLEGADO
A COSTAR TRABAJO
ASER ALGUNAS POSES

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DaineN [2009-10-31 02:04:05 +0000 UTC]

This is quite interesting

Your proportions are good, but i do find the legs a little stumpy. I learned my proportions with 8 heads though

head - 1 head
neck - half
torso - 1
abdomen - half
hips - 1
thigh - 2
calves - 2

upper and lower arms 1 each

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double-crow-stock [2009-10-27 13:30:04 +0000 UTC]

Proportions seem pretty on, I learned it as 7 1/2heads, so I may be seeing the legs as alittle shorter in your studies than in the photos. But you're doing great, you're finding the "weight" on the legs in the stance and recognizing shoulders and hips, which are really key in the "action" of a pose.

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Divine619 [2009-10-26 23:15:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh I have a tip, but you might already know. The foot is as long as the forearm so that's a good thing to remember when checking your proportions. xD

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tifa-bells [2009-10-26 22:02:22 +0000 UTC]

hmmmm i dont see anything wrong with proportions on this great job

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