Proportions of the Human Figure

Figure drawing for all it's worth by Andrew Loomis

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Hieroglyphic or Greek Method of Life Drawing
Rare treatise on life drawing by Adolphe Armand Braun.

Gerard de Leiresse, The Art of Painting 1778 The proportions of the human figure

Michael M. Hensley - Idealized Human Proportion

An In Depth Review of DAZ 3D's Stephanie 3 Petite Base, Head Morphs, & Body Morphs

Heidi - wir bauen eine Frau am Amiga, a la Lara Croft
FARP Figuredraing basic pose and construction
Art in Canada - Figure Drawing Proportions

University of Idaho - Studio Projects, including one on Figure Drawing Proportions
Bangalore Net - Figure Drawing
DONALD A. JUSKO #96, Figure Proportions
Teemu Mäkinen - Drawing a human body

Drawings of female nudes by an animation artist - probably from the 60's

Rebecca Alzofon - Pierre Paul Prud'hon, An Investigation into the Technique of a Great 19th Century Draughtsman

Wet Canvas, Drawing School Online - Perspective - Measuring the Human Form

Human Proportions for Artists (Spiral-bound) by Avard T. Fairbanks (Author), Eugene F. Fairbanks (Author)
This is a comprehensive studio guide to human proportions listing over one hundred measurements of both male and female figures with head and face details. Measurements are in both inch and metric systems and fractions are in columns from heroic to 1/12 life size. Section are included on relative and comparative proportions and of dynamic symmetry.

Leonardo Da Vinci - Human Studies - webgod.net
THE DOLL STREET GAZETTE - ARTISTS WHO WORK WITH THE HUMAN FIGURE ARE OFTEN AT A LOSS WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE PROPORTIONS RIGHT. HOPEFULLY, THIS SIMPLE SET OF RULES WILL HELP.
Human proportions and pentagram.

Visual Mathematics: A missing link in a Split Culture A historic survey on the relationships between mathematics and the visual art, with some additional notes on the "brave new computer world" by Dénes Nagy
Wood Spirit General Instructions By L.S. Irish - Proportions to the Human Face
Chopa Painting - Thangkapainting
Egyptian Figures
Technique Demonstration: Oval Action Figures - Sanford Art Adventures
SEZIONE AUREA: definizione
The Divine Proportion in Creation: The Human Face
The Evolution of a 3D System for Simulating Deformable Clothes on Virtual Actors

Nicolaus Fialkowski - Die zeichende Geometrie (Konstrukzions Lehre) mit entsprechenden Beispielen der Anwendung auf das Projekzions-, dann Bau-, Maschinen-, Situazions-, und auf das figuralische Zeichnen. - Elementar Unterricht für alle Zeichner und Nachschlagebuch für jeden Techniker und Mathematikbeflissenen

Willem Goeree: Natuurlyk en Schilderkonstig Ontwerp der menschkunde Leerende niet allen de kennis van de gestalte, proportie...

Anders Sandberg

Dürer's proportion of man
GOLDEN MEAN IN NATURE
Andreć's Ideal Human Proportions
Human Proportions Methods and Measurement Techniques Used by Avard Fairbanks.

ArtLex on Proportion

Proportion of Human Head
Kirchers, anthropomorphic proportion of Noah's Ark (Taylor, 1972).

Luciana Crepaldi Territories of Anonymity

Drawing Facial Features.

Ideal Profiles

The Golden Mean in Art

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