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Published: 2012-08-28 07:35:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 48577; Favourites: 1410; Downloads: 0
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I'll be honest, I rarely use the head-proportions technique because I'm already comfortable enough drawing various body types. However, I get asked plenty of times how to draw people, so I pulled out my notes from drawing class and got the OCs to volunteer.
If there's one thing that irritates me to no end it's people complaining that they can't use anatomy books because "they only teach you how to draw muscular people". News flash! Unless you've got some horrible disease we all have the same muscles!!
This is by no means perfect and dear god don't use my anatomy or my characters to practise - go out there and use real people! - but I hope it helps to some small degree.
Note: 7.5 heads does not equal 6'0"; it's a measure of proportions, not height, as the heads can be scaled or shrunk depending on the character.
--Sak
(PS: If you're looking for my anatomical sketches on arm and leg musculature search "Muscle Anatomy" in my gallery search bar.)
All characters © Myself, Shamine A. King
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Oh god it's kind of out of date, but I'm glad it's still helpful.
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This is really neat. 
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I tried this on one of my characters (originally in cartoon like proportions)
...It was weird looking...but strangely it looked somewhat okay...
I think I might merge this with what I currently use for proportions to make it easier...
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I could understand making Louis thin with a fem frame if he were shorter but making him so absurdly taller than James (or pretty much every character) seems way too drastic. He looks too stretched thin. I do love Louis but when I see him with more proportioned characters it feels like watching a stick figure trying to act with Disney movie ones. Your comics are great though.
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You have no idea how helpful this tutorial has been for me. Thanks so much for making it.
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I'm glad some people were able to find it useful.
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Wow! I know this is suppose to a tutorial to help others draw but I can't stop staring at those legs! How do they exist!? D8
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This is awesome thankyou for this I have a hard time finding easy to follow figure drawing tutorials 
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i think of louis whenever i listen to gay boyfriend
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Ahh, you made this so simple to understand! Thank you! <33
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You are cool for doing this got any coloring tuts?
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Search "tutorial" in my gallery and you'll find an older one.
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I don't see any skin on Louis, that's all bones from the top to bottom
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hey really cool! my friend says this might be useful so i checked it out ^^
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Ah the triangle thing is really useful to keep in mind 
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Well, not all men have fat "junk" LMAO
It'd only really ever show in tight clothing, or, if their junk was just that big naturally...
unless you're talking about the junk under the junk but yeah 8I
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This help's SO much! Whenever I drew a womans figure it would come out..... Manly So this helps a ton!
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Okay this is so cool! Informative whilst still being amusing! ("Men have junk! Give them their dignity!" Me: Hahahah ohhemmgeee! XD)
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XD Aw, I like how you really are firm about a man's "junk". It's kinda akward for me, but I'll try. ^-^
Thanks for making this! The whole triangle layout really helps! ^-^
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...as much as I try to give my guy characters "junk", it... it just gets really awkward for me. ._.
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the most important thing I learned today: men have JUNK! xD
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"For God's sake, men have JUNK!" Bahaha. This just made my day.
Also, the patriotic underwear was a nice touch.
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Very cool! Thanks! I look forward to more of the flamboyant pirate! (Also, of Mama Nature and kids... She's AWESOME!)
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Louis in his undies scares me a lot more than it should... especially considering my ex-husband had a body type eerily similar to his
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I think I understand this better than what my actual art teacher "teaches" me.
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Heeheehee! Has Louis been wearing heels so long that he feet are stuck that way? X,D
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He feels "short" without them. Silly man's still almost a head taller than anyone else!
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He just has to be head and shoulders above everyone else. XD
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Thank you! I'm currently studying anatomy right now, how ironic of this to pop up in my deviantWatch messages!
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I don't know why, but the way you used 'junk' amused me to no end.
And yay, another appearance from mama nature! Also loving the Union Jack underwear. XD
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It probably won't happen in the animation, but if I eventually do comics about Louis and James I think I'll be throwing in Mama Nature as a cameo ... the creepy voodoo priestess in the swamp.
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Haha! I'll keep my eye out for her.
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THe model in the middle looks like he never met a cheeseburger.
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Probably because they weren't around during the 17th century!
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It was 17th century?? O.O
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The pirate era was between the 1600s-1700s ... hamburgers didn't exist then ...
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They had... magical hamburgers... dun dun duuuuun *dramatic music*
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does it matter? It's her design, she can make what she wants
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I know, I was joking
I hope she isnt offended by my comment.
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