Drawing Body Proportions

Because I 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! ✨

Let's learn how to draw the Fairy Ranmaru quintet with Mika Yamamoto!

From the tweet with Ranmaru's picture:

基本的に２色の異なる色で１色を作り上げるイメージです。なので何色？と言われると面白い。蘭丸は黄色と紫。目の形は猫目っぽい。

Basically, the image [of the eye] is built from 2 different colours that make one [complete] colour. It's interesting to ask "What colour(s) [do you say they are]?" Ranmaru['s eyes are] yellow and purple. His eyes are shaped like a cat's.

(In a different tweet, she notes she hasn't added any info on the wings though...)

Let's Learn How To Draw The Fairy Ranmaru Quintet With Mika Yamamoto!

Also, a similar guide will be released for Chilka soon.

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abgrundsgott

4 years ago

Trying Alucard

Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

The greatness of Apollo in Rome was not just about arts, but politics and military, since he was tutelary deity of Republican Court.

When, in 36 bC, Octavian August won against Sexus Pompey's troops, he thanked Apollo for his providential action and so built a temple on Palatine Hill. The choice of the place upon which was guided by a divine manifastion, e.g in the same place where a lightning fell inside an August's property on Palatine Hill.

Inside the temple (it says that it had ivory doors and magnificent bas-reliefs) there was a sculptural group, object of worship: Apollo, his sister Diana and their mother Leto.

There were kept Sibylline Books, because Apollo was also God of Divination.