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Description Hurdurrrrr. I did something wrong. Anyway, here it is again. *u*

Uhhh, I thought it was time I made something for the community. So here's some basic female proportions for ya. 8D; It's one of those things you really ought to memorize as an artist. Try working on your proportions with gesture drawings for a loooong time. Form sorta comes naturally once you have your proportions down.

And I know these sorts of tutorials are REAAAALLLYYY popular, but you should study real anatomy on actual figures too. A chart can only teach you so much. So yeah, don't just take my chart as absolutefactplz and follow it to a t every time. There are so many different people and shapes out there, and so many different styles.

Okay, I'm going back to my hole in the ground to work on my multitude of commissions that are glaring me down. Haaaart.

Also, please ignore the fact that she looks like a holocaust victim. I rushed the drawing and didn't flesh her out properly.
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Comments: 259

SoulF0x [2018-03-04 16:44:11 +0000 UTC]

yes thank you i keep forgetting the proportions

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RyanHamachi [2016-05-24 19:56:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank-you so much, this helps, I don't care if it's 6 years old lol

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Bfwesh [2014-03-30 16:02:51 +0000 UTC]

This was very helpful. I cannot express how helpful this was. I know that you need to look at actual figures to study anatomy but this really helped me learn the basic proportions. Thank you.

And sorry if this is asking for too much, but do you happen to have a basic proportions chart for males as well?

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grzffleirz [2013-12-21 03:02:08 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial  

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ekprophile [2013-11-25 01:50:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks


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foxfire1345 [2013-04-04 07:33:39 +0000 UTC]

holocaust victim!? oh man your funny great tut!

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12BlueRose12 [2012-10-30 15:15:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !

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trollo123 [2012-08-28 23:51:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the proportion tip

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BatInAHat [2012-08-19 13:12:27 +0000 UTC]

Awesome ;A;

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artofuldis [2012-05-08 13:03:32 +0000 UTC]

7,5 head units that's quite realistic props for woman. I prefer to us 8 for both genders. it is ideal but in artworks looks realistic.
I think the easiest way is to use Human Proportion Calculator I am using android App, it is calle HPC : [link]
but in internet there is also free online version for [link]

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NinjaTeddiesGalore [2012-04-23 20:30:02 +0000 UTC]

Umwow. Just what I was looking for, thanks!

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soundtrack-afterlife [2012-04-02 10:23:06 +0000 UTC]

omG nearly like mine ...but mine have bigger hips lol

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Tsuenica [2012-03-13 01:08:56 +0000 UTC]

hello,can you make tutorial how to draw the difference between the male and female body and aslo draw the difference hair stlye like wavy, straight, and Curly in naruto stlye please?

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Makime In reply to Tsuenica [2012-03-22 01:15:36 +0000 UTC]

Sure, I've been meaning to do a tutorial on the male body for a while.

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Tsuenica In reply to Makime [2012-03-22 10:32:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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taiyou-tsuki-hoshi [2012-03-11 21:51:43 +0000 UTC]

This piece was featured as an art example in the Gimme Feedback's Art Quest 2012 March 12th Blog: [link]

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Makime In reply to taiyou-tsuki-hoshi [2012-03-22 01:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, thanks!

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RavishingFreak [2012-02-19 06:59:47 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful, thank you!

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ClaymoreHeartz [2012-02-10 09:43:53 +0000 UTC]

This helped me a lot! thank you so much!

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NijiPanda317 [2011-11-28 14:34:56 +0000 UTC]

OTL more bowed rape-victim legs... hooray...

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Makime In reply to NijiPanda317 [2011-12-09 23:23:13 +0000 UTC]

Rape victim legs? What does that even mean??

And just so you know, this is what legs (especially thin ones) actually look like. See; [link] [link] [link]

Thanks for the input.

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Krylika90 [2011-11-09 08:08:06 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial, this will help me out greatly

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YokoNakajima [2011-11-06 02:38:44 +0000 UTC]

can you do a male one this is cool

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msr0b0t0 [2011-09-05 02:47:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. You explained it in a way I could understand. :]

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GrievouslyGreat [2011-08-30 07:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh WOW!!! O_O I make so many mistakes! This is gonna help so much.

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haereetouch [2011-07-18 16:47:06 +0000 UTC]

this is really helping me!! <3

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UsayFudo [2011-07-01 14:41:43 +0000 UTC]

cool

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victorianqueen1900 [2011-06-27 02:30:21 +0000 UTC]

This really helped me so much! I'm still just an amateur self-taught artist, but now I'm an amateur self-taught artist who knows proportion

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BOOLUN [2011-05-21 16:23:04 +0000 UTC]

hey thanks! new information for me

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evulness [2011-05-19 03:08:42 +0000 UTC]

Very useful, thank you.

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Nelauk [2011-05-18 04:20:58 +0000 UTC]

this is shall be useful

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Nelauk [2011-05-18 04:20:58 +0000 UTC]

this is shall be useful

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JuustOhhLove [2011-05-16 04:47:51 +0000 UTC]

Very useful x]

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0WestEndRiot0 [2011-04-22 10:01:21 +0000 UTC]

This will be useful but every character has it's own proportions

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Crida [2011-04-07 19:40:51 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, it explains some details I missed in some other charts/explanations...
Thank you very much!

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GraphicBrat [2011-03-29 20:54:04 +0000 UTC]

Back to the basics!!

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ImBor3d [2011-03-09 11:18:48 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful

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Aiieve [2011-02-21 03:32:08 +0000 UTC]

This was extremely helpful!

THANK YOU!

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mint421 [2011-02-20 03:02:58 +0000 UTC]

Wonderfully helpful, I can't draw well, but I'm sure this will help

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happymomo [2011-01-14 13:39:35 +0000 UTC]

it's very helpful ^^

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Prof-Lizzard [2010-12-31 19:42:49 +0000 UTC]

This is a rather well done guide. : D Good work!

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PK-hoshi-arashi [2010-12-31 06:45:37 +0000 UTC]

This is probably the most useful tutorial like thing I've read on deviantART, thank you so much for making it! ; u ; <3

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MissySancha [2010-12-30 22:41:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for this tut, it will really help me

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ofthespectrum [2010-12-28 07:01:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you! This will be very helpful.

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TwiggyTeeluck [2010-12-21 18:11:47 +0000 UTC]


This has been featured here: [link]

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tonepainter [2010-12-20 22:21:44 +0000 UTC]

V. nice

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thisdrift [2010-12-14 08:17:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks heaps!

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Psychotic-Bambi [2010-12-10 01:35:46 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou for this c:

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EarlCiel [2010-11-29 21:52:03 +0000 UTC]

My proportions need help ASAP! so this is a wonderful reference!!! thank you so much!!!

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wolfclaw97 [2010-11-16 22:53:41 +0000 UTC]

Fibonacci yay

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