Humanoid Proportion info as ratios ?

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Humanoid Proportion info as ratios ? pogo 03-20-2008
Posted by pogo on March 20, 2008, 1:18 am
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Does anyone know of a site/page that describes humanoid arm lengths, leg
lengths, torso dimensions, etc., as ratios ?
In other words, I'm looking for something that would give a rough roadmap of
humanoid proportions so that it could be easily
scaled to any size.

Something that describes simple anatomy in terms of mechanics might fit the
bill, too.

Thanks !
JCDeen


Posted by uCHobby on March 20, 2008, 2:43 pm
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On Mar 20, 12:18=A0am, "pogo"
> Does anyone know of a site/page that describes humanoid arm lengths, leg l=
engths, torso dimensions, etc., as ratios ?
> In other words, I'm looking for something that would give a rough roadmap =
of humanoid proportions so that it could be easily
> scaled to any size.
>
> Something that describes simple anatomy in terms of mechanics might fit th=
e bill, too.
>
> Thanks !
> JCDeen

Look at the Fibonacci sequence. Nature tends to use this sequence in
ratios for such things. This is also refered to as the Golden Ratio.
Wikipedia has a good article on Fibonacci numbers at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number.

David Fowler
http://www.uchobby.com

Posted by on March 20, 2008, 2:51 pm
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On Mar 19, 10:18=A0pm, "pogo"
> Does anyone know of a site/page that describes humanoid arm lengths, leg l=
engths, torso dimensions, etc., as ratios ?
> In other words, I'm looking for something that would give a rough roadmap =
of humanoid proportions so that it could be easily
> scaled to any size.
>
> Something that describes simple anatomy in terms of mechanics might fit th=
e bill, too.


Tape Measure... measure the lengths of your own arms, legs, torso...




Posted by cadcoke4 on March 20, 2008, 3:40 pm
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The kind of information you are looking for is commonly presented in
books about drawing the human figure. Try a search on the terms;
human proportions draw. If you need to narrow it down, add terms
which are parts of the body.

Joe Dunfee

Posted by pogo on March 20, 2008, 8:54 pm
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> The kind of information you are looking for is commonly presented in
> books about drawing the human figure. Try a search on the terms;
> human proportions draw. If you need to narrow it down, add terms
> which are parts of the body.
>
> Joe Dunfee

Awesome! You are right on the spot with this info!
For those interested, this GIF is exactly what I needed:
http://realcolorwheel.com/final.htg/2ani.gif
... and it can be found linked from this page: http://realcolorwheel.com/96.htm

Thanks Joe! PERFECT info !
JCDeen

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