DRAWING HUMAN FIGURES IN CORRECT PROPORTIONS : How to Draw People in the Correct Ratios & Proportions

How to Draw the Human Body in Perspective

Everything that is drawn realistically is drawing with the laws of perspective, even if the artist doesn’t realize that he or she is using them. Today we will tell you how to use perspective drawing techniques to draw more realistic human faces and heads.

Learn How to Draw Human Proportions by Memorizing the Stick Figure

The human body is a work of art in itself and it seems impossible to draw it. However, there are proportions of the body that you should memorize and always keep in the back of your mind…and once you do this, the human body isn’t so hard to draw at all. It is just these facts that should pull all everything together for you. Bookmark this page and come back to it for when you need it.

Huge Guide to Drawing Human Proportions without a Model

This is a huge guide to drawing the human head in the correct proportions…not only is this a guide to draw the ideal woman and man’s figure in correct proportions and measurements, but you will also learn how to draw the human face in the proper ratio  & measurements from the side/profile view, frontal view, as well as the three quarters view.

Drawing the Human Body and Figure in the Correct Proportions

Drawing the human figure doesn’t just come down to talent, it also comes down to knowing some match and proportional knowledge. This tutorial is full of guidelines that you should save or memorize and use in all of your future artwork that contains people.

How to Draw Human Head in the Right Measurements and Proportions

Your body and face are all basically in a specific proportion with everyone else. Of course people have different sized noses, chins, brows, etc….but, within a certain margin, you can know that the face will have certain measurements, within means.

Learn How to Draw Children’s and Baby’s Faces in the Correct Proportions

A child’s face and head is considerably different from an adult’s face and head. That is why we need to learn the correct proportions of a child’s head before trying to draw it. This article will educate you on the measurements of a child’s head and guide you to drawing them in a thoughtful manner.

Figure Drawing : How to Draw Cartoon Figures & Bodies Proportions from Front View

Do you want to learn how to draw the comic cartoon body? You will find it helpful to have methods and techniques to follow when drawing the human figure, so we have put together this tutorial to give you some routines to follow. With the application of a few simple rules, you will be able to create amazing cartoons and comics in no time flat. Today, I will be showing you a technique to draw a proportional cartoon figure from the front view.

How to Draw the Human Figure : Drawing Body, Head, Facial Features and Proportions

A study of the human body and figure with the following drawing lessons of the human body, head, face, facial features and body proportions of children, women, and adults.

How to Draw the Face and Head in Perspective to Keep Correct Proportions

When Slanting or Tilting Head Drawing the face and head can be done without perspective techniques, however, it comes in handy when drawing it in relation to other objects or people. It also is very effective in helping the artist draw the human face and head when it is on a slant or tilt. This is when drawing faces becomes difficult.

Drawing the Human Body in Correct Proportions

It should be in "good proportion," which means it should be near the natural size as compared with other parts of the body. The ability to draw the figure in proper proportion requires considerable practice, close observation and accurate eye-measurement.

Proportions of Children, Infant, and Baby Heads Reference Sheet

Found a cool reference sheet to use for the proportions of baby and child heads. Bookmark this page and come back when you need to reference it.

Drawing the Human Figure by Memorizing Proportions

To memorize the ideal measurements and proportions of the male and female human figure should be the student's earnest endeavor, and, with this end in view, the essentials of the various tables that have been constructed for this purpose are presented here. The ideal male figure is eight heads high, which means eight skulls—the dimensions being based on the length of the skull without its covering of hair.

Drawing the Human Head , Face, and Body in the Correct Proportions

Here you will find an article detailing the correct proportions and measurements of an average human body and form. This is a great article to keep a link to to come back and reference later.

Drawing the Human Figure in Correct Proportions

Learn how to draw the human figure with the following being covered - Drawing the figure withlines, in planes, contour, with thick lines, drawing the rounded forms, color, hints on drawing models, and finally drawing the figure in correct proportions.

How to Draw Baby and Toddlers Heads in The Correct Proportions

Drawing Babies Today we will show you how to draw a realistic baby face with the correct proportions. Drawing an adult face is hard enough, baby faces are so much more difficult. This article is also a reference sheet to the correct proportions of a baby and toddler head/face.

How to Draw the Human Head in the Proper Proportions

Here is some background information about the face, its measurements and proportions. This is important to know to draw the head correctly. This article also goes over how to draw the facial expressions and emotions.

How to Draw Cartoon Heads in Correct Proportions with Grids

In drawing cartoon heads you should first become familiar with its proportions and then simply exaggerate them so that in a general way, your cartoon still retains the correct proportions of a real head.

Drawing Face and Head in Correct Proportions from All Angles

Do you want to learn how to draw people? If so, learning how to draw the human face and head is a good place to start. But without some proper knowledge of simple measurements and proportions of a person’s face, your drawings might look strange out of of proportions. 

Drawing the Female Head in the Correct Proportions

This is a drawing tutorial for how to draw the female face in the correct proportions. This is a great drawing tutorial that goes through where to place all the facial features on a teen girl or grown woman.

Drawing Children in the Correct Proportions

Learn how to draw kids in the right proportions and measurements.

How to Draw the Human Figure Model

Learn how to draw people in the right proportions with the following drawing lessons and tutorials

Drawing the Human Figure : Measurements and Proportions

Before the artist is ready to engage in practical newspaper art, he should be able to draw the human figure, and this means that he must have acquired some knowledge of anatomy. The best aid to this knowledge is sketching the nude figure from life.

Drawing a Human Figure in Correct Measurements and Proportions with Archaic Calculations

Here is a blurb from an old book that sheds light on how artists use to figure out the correct measurements and proportions of the human body.

How to Find Measurements, Proportions, and Angles to Draw with Pencil & Thumb Method

This is done by simply placing your pencil or pen in your hand and then holding it at arms length between your eye and the object that you plan to draw.

Human Proportions for Artists

Here are the human proportion marking points on a normal-twenty-year-old. The skull is the basic division of the human body which is eight heads high. The parting between the legs is one quarter head below the middle of the body.

Manga / Anime : Female Body Proportions Tutorial

The hardest part about drawing bodies is getting the proportions right. If you use the height of the head as a unit of measurement, the average human is about seven heads tall. The bottom of the torso is generally about half way up. Women usually have longer legs and smaller torsos than men (that is, if you compare a man a woman with the same length legs the guy will probably be taller). I'm sure I don't need to tell you that longer legs look more feminine.