Human Proportions – Idealistic Figures
Human Proportions – Idealistic Figures
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Figure Drawing Fundamentals

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Human Proportions – Idealistic Figures

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Human Proportions – Idealistic Figures

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Study Loomis' Idealistic proportions

Study Loomis' Idealistic proportions. Copy them. Then, put the reference away and see if you can draw them from memory!

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May Berry
1mo
Billy Morris
Don't think I'm having trouble memorizing the proportions just like the others struggling to get a clear diagram as well as some issues with symmetry.
hArtMann
1yr
Left is from reference and right from imagination. Even if I don't have the perfect anatomical details and general shapes memorized, rhythms have been helping me a lot when drawing them from imagination
Samuel Sanjaya
The left is copy, and right is from memory. I like loomis method, it's easier for me in most situations.
@kotka
2yr
The longer I study proportions, the more my brain wants to mess things up! On the right is a drawing from memory and it looks more heroic than the referenced midgets on the left. The female figure especially, since I tried drawing her without the heels. While I like the heroic proportions, I disliked Loomis's method the most. The upper limbs and hands are still the hardest to nail. I think that I will search for a method that mixes both Richer and Hale's logic.
@vaeren
2yr
Hey, I just wanted to say, that the female figure may look stumpier because you have drawn her 7 heads tall, when it should be 8 heads tall - just like with the male figure. The shorter average height comes from the smaller overall skull, as mentioned in the video. Other then that they look quite nice! I think that you don't need to worry too much about sticking to one method and just use them for different occasions in the future.
@prymitywizm
i just want to applaud you for drawing a female figure without the heels - I always thought it is such bullshit to measure a it e with heels... I mean, I understand where it is coming from - commercial work - but also... Loomis, with all my love, wtf, man.
@elkad
2yr
Last ones! First set is with reference, second set without. I remembered the male chest proportions wrong on the front facing drawing and the figure looks a lot skinnier as a result. Also there's less detail and more anatomical inaccuracies in the second set but that was kinda expected given my lack of knowledge :) Any feedback is appreciated as always!
@opaqueapple
Hi all, I finished some Loomis Proportion Studies; The first three are using reference, the last 3 are recall. Any feedback would be much appreciated, Thanks!
Sandra Süsser
Test & Study of Loomis proportions. Prefer it over the richer method, but in general I concluded that Hale works the best for me.
CHARLES DEIGHAN
Just for the record, here's my Loomis' proportions assignment.
@omarg
4yr
Eight head figure proportions from memory.
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