How to draw human figure: the body.
© ZeroWorld 1999.
MALE
Height: 7,5 – 8 heads.
Width (shoulders): 2 – 3 heads.
Features: The pelvic area is in the middle of the overall height.
Wide shoulders and narrow hips.
FEMALE
Height:Woman is generally lower than the male and has shorter legs.
The cartoonists and designers in order to obtain more graceful and charming figures use to represent the female on tiptoe (in heels) and
to stretch unnaturally legs length. One woman in heels can then safely withstand the height of 8 – 10 heads.
Width (shoulders): 1,5 – 2 heads.
Features: Shoulders and hips has the same width.
