{"id":93,"date":"2014-08-28T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2019-02-24T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:46:12","slug":"introduction-to-drawing-proportions-using-head-count-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/introduction-to-drawing-proportions-using-head-count-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction To Drawing Proportions Using Head Count Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

About Drawing Proportions<\/h2>\n

Drawing Proportions is one of the aspect that beginners artists tend to get wrong often. I personally had bad experience with that for a long time. It hasn’t been until few\u00a0years ago that it begun to stop being a problem to me(I still get it at times though, specially when I draw a new pose or something :D).<\/p>\n

While there are many methods to get the proportions right. The counting method I introduce here is the easiest and the most straightforward of them. During the post, I will focus on the front of the figure. Keep in mind\u00a0that I am more focusing on how to do the measuring yourself instead of giving you certain measures to use all the time. Which doesn’t seem\u00a0right. For the maximum benefit, I will also give some additional tips about the face, though that alone is worth a post on its own.<\/div>\n

The head count method<\/h2>\n
One of the most common methods of measuring and drawing proportions is the head count method. The head count method\u00a0depends on\u00a0using the head as a basis for any part of the body\u00a0you want to draw. Similar to the way we use Centimetre\u00a0& Kilometre\u00a0to measure distances. Before you even start your drawing. You have to mark\u00a0how much long the head is going to be using your pencil (This is why artists extend their pencils and look at it before they start drawing something). And use the size of the head to decide how much big the head is compared to the rest of the paper. This is useful\u00a0to avoid getting to the bottom of the paper while working on your picture. And it is also useful to measure the rest of the figure in proportion with the head size.<\/div>\n
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Drawing proportions of Little Anime girl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you can see in the picture at the left. Head can be defined by the distance between the tip of the head(point A in the picture) to the tip of the chin(point C). Or from the tip of the hair lines(Point B) to the tips of the chin(Point C). Both ways of measuring are valid and you can use any one you want. I will use the former in al my explanation in this blog and in my own drawings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Also note that the distance between point A & B are almost the same as point B to C. The hair cap can be much longer in some styles thought. But this is a basic step toward understanding the head proportions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The human body proportions<\/h2>\n
Generally speaking. The adult human figure is about 7 heads in general. And sometimes it is about 8. But there are cases when it is more than that, like in tall humans. The teenager figure is about 5(Lolita is about 5 1\/3 heads).<\/div>\n
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Please take note that my own drawing is not %100 precise, but close enough to what I am saying, drawing is different than math in that you don’t have to measure everything right precisely using numbers. Doing so will lead you to loss some of the rhythm in your drawing and could lead your drawing to appear stiff.<\/a><\/div>\n
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