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GH-MoNGo — Figure Tutorial- Proportions
Published: 2006-10-14 22:02:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 9527; Favourites: 96; Downloads: 57
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Part one of a series of tutorials about figure construction. Hopefully this will lead into the muscular anatomy tutorial that everyone has been drooling over. Patience, folks... I know this stuff may seem really boring right now, but I can't emphasize how important it really is when it comes to drawing the figure.There is still some debate about how many heads tall one should make the average adult figure. I've heard anywhere between seven and eight heads tall. Eight heads is what the ancient Greeks used for their statues, though, so those proportions are very much idealized.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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Dude, so the legs are half as long as the head n crotch?
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The centre of the body is slightly below the navel.
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Very helpful! Thanks for posting 
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I found this really useful. I'll most definitely keep your advice in mind the next time I'm sketching. Thank you for making it
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And thank you for favouriting it! Glad I was able to help.
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I like how you gave some fantasy examples, I've always had problems with dwarf proportions. /will totally use this
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Glad I was able to help!
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It's one of the best tuto I've seen here.
First, you focus on the topic and not on
yourself and your daily problems.
Then, you don't repeat something that
we've already seen 10 000 times in more
or less different versions.
And finally, it's clear, easy to understand
and very helpful for people like me.
Thank you
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heh "only humans right?"
Obviously, someone doesnt know what the word "sketching" is. That, or that he draws all of his chars from same angle
With me, and my way of doing anatomy, yea i know wheres the muscles and what length should limbs be etc. But ive been aiming more on if it looks cool, than if id aim for realism.
Now lessay one of my chars is doing a jump kick. If it looks cool, its no matter if the legs are too long, since viewers wont notice it. Bad anatomy can surely be noticed earlier on, so you cant really achieve coollookiness if the anatomy looks too bad
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That, or that he draws all of his chars from same angle
I'm keeping it simple right now.
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Very cool tutorial 
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It's interesting that outlines for human figures differ a bit (I draw mine like 3D blocks), but the idea is the same.
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Nice tutorial, it explains the basics of humanoid proportion very well.
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Proportion tends to be one of my weakpoints as well as Anatomy
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Well then I suppose a bit of practice won't hurt.
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College work and Time are beating my practise into a bloody pulp, glass bottles and pointy sticks everywhere!
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I've always been dreadful at drawing dwarf proportions (that's why you can't find any in my gallery 
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Awesome! I could use something like this.. Thanks so much!
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No problem! Glad I was able to help!
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Honestly never could figure out the "heads" height thing, but this does help.
Hey, any idea of where there might be such a tutorial for animals?
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I think you have to find them through "browse". You can also try the Search feature.
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oh dear god! I badly need this one! 
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nice tut mongo, really help ful!! i ll post something i want some feedback from u in a couple days
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Alrighty, I'll see what I can do!
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Since I'm doing all of these, you have no excuse not to start drawing.
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<_< >_>
Damn...
Well, I have starting drawing a bit more (whether I can keep it up or not is a different matter)
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Dwarven stamina, man, dwarven stamina!
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wow...the proportions are very important in a piccie, I had seen pics that have good colors, good BG...but in the proportions was a mess.
That helps me to make little humans and furries*thinking*humm...what's happen if I make my fursona as a SaberThoothed dwarf...*smiles nicely*I'll try to make it
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That's a pretty good guide, Mongo. I'm pretty sure it'll help people out just because of the simplicty of it's explanation.
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Yeah, my animation teacher's mom (she comes in for kicks even though she's retired) did a lecture on proportions and i thought eight heads was like way too tall @_@ I usually do seven/seven and a half. Good foundation you have here, although it looks like their arms are a bit too long, but then again you drew them with their legs apart so that might be why they look longer.
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