Human Proportions – Idealistic Figures

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

inFigure Drawing Fundamentals

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Human Proportions – Idealistic Figures

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Figure Drawing Fundamentals

9.5K

Assignments 12

Lesson Notes

Downloads 3

Study Loomis' Idealistic proportions

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

hArtMann

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

6mo

The left is copy, and right is from memory. I like loomis method, it's easier for me in most situations.

@kotka

8mo

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

7mo

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.

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@prymitywizm

8mo

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.

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@elkad

11mo

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

1yr

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!