Art people, is this arm and leg length

[shell leaf]

@stray wyvern Using the guide you sent me, is this how i'd have to divide him?

Or is the red line too low?

[solar flicker]

Red line feels a little low, think to the center of the waist is where you should put the line, another issue is that the feet are also not flat on the ground, requiring foreshortening

unless if you're working for a lengthier character, I'd advise to change it

still, good art

[shell leaf]

He is supposed to be very lanky, but I'd still like to maintain proportions. Make his limbs as long as much as his height allows him to.

[solar flicker]

Then I'd say you can keep it

[shell leaf]

So if I raise the line, the legs would have to be shorter. Correct?

[solar flicker]

Yes, It would make them shorter

still, humans aren't perfectly the same anatomy and scale with eachother

so you can have longer arms while having smaller legs

[shell leaf]

That's true, I noticed some peoples have short torsos but long legs. Like tribes in Oceania and Africa

[solar flicker]

yeah, feminine bodies have wider hips than manly bodies generally

[shell leaf]

That's true

And I noticed his physique turned out looking like Willie's

Which is a good sign

[solar flicker]

yeah, willie is a very slim, very lengthy person

[shell leaf]

I wonder whether increasing the arm length as opposed to shortening the legs would resolve the legs-too-long issue.

[stray wyvern]

The line should be around the bottom of the pelvis

Looks good to me but Ima come back from my walk and take a better look

[shell leaf]

Just curious on what to do with the arms, to leave or edit them. Because in lanky bodytypes like here the arms sag low

Or would I have to account that my guy's arms are being bent in the art

[errant hatch]

The character’s right knee looks a bit higher than the other knee. Makes the right shin look longer than the left shin. (Right from character perspective, not viewer)

[stray wyvern]

alright i drew this with my mouse so its kinda bad

the thigh from the crotch to the bottom of the knee is around two heads long

bottom of the knee to the ball of the foot is another two heads

[shell leaf]

wowowow thanks

I'll have to decipher this

🫡

[stray wyvern]

lol ask what ever you need

Body proportions do vary tho

so some people have longer legs and shorter torsos

[shell leaf]

Also I drew the whole thing with a mouse

xd

[shell leaf]

Yes, that's true

[stray wyvern]

Pretty good :D

[errant hatch]

Good luck, and have fun with your craft 🤙

[shell leaf]

Thanks

[stray wyvern]

this is the classic proportion rule thingy

I dont really use it as much as I should

[shell leaf]

Seraphim angel

[stray wyvern]

the ideal soviet chad

[shell leaf]

So you suggest making his right leg lower?

So the knees are on one level?

Like this?

[errant hatch]

Yes just about, if the character is standing upright, knees should be lined up (not necessarily parallel, as perspective demands)

[shell leaf]

I used the seraphim angel technique (kind of)... and his legs are 4 heads long. oops

5 including his feet

oops [2]

[stray wyvern]

line is a litte below, but honestly I think the proportions look a lot better!

Yeah the legs still look a little long but I think it also fits the character of a an animal pretty well

[errant hatch]

Could work out fine, some people may have longer legs in proportion, though not too long

[stray wyvern]

It is a prettttyyy good drawing mang

[shell leaf]

True, but I'm just wondering whether they're too long as opposed to just long.

And thanx appreciate all of your help

[errant hatch]

I think the legs are a good length, quite proportionate to the arms

[shell leaf]

I hope ahahaha

[stray wyvern]

this is around where the feet would land with the thingy I sent, but I kinda like it with the longer legs more

[shell leaf]

I just roughly edited it/rescaled legs to be a tad shorter. Looks like this

[stray wyvern]

Perfect length!

[shell leaf]

Perfect

[errant hatch]

Yeah looks great

[stray wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/fireworks-firework-fourthofjuly-chineseinvention-celebrate-gif-10257809852617572145

[charred totem]

This is perfect

Was gonna comment that despite not quite knowing why, my brain thought the original's legs were too long or too big or something

[shell leaf]

That's good to know, now I feel more confident about the proportions. But now I'm curious as to whether he still appears lanky or not ahahah

[shell leaf]

Yes, I felt the same way tbh

[charred totem]

Lanky but toned

Not like Willie

[shell leaf]

Lanky is somewhat toned too

i mean

willie is somewhat toned*

[charred totem]

Willie's like malnourished toned, yours looks nourished

[shell leaf]

Yes he's a very well-fed noble....

[errant hatch]

Lanky is good for the body type going on

[charred totem]

Yeah

[tepid widget]

Question

He a goat, or a deer?

Oh wait, I see the full horns now

[shell leaf]

He is meant to be an ibex. But he looks more like a deer.

Getting the fur markings for an ibex is tough as all pictures of one I find seem to have different fur

that or i'm just not very good at coloring 😁

[tepid widget]

Well, still looks good

[shell leaf]

Thanks. Appreciate it

[tepid widget]

Are you trying to draw em in a sort of medieval style?

[shell leaf]

Ahaha I don't know

If you mean whether I'm going for a medieval art style e.g. this, then no. I can't draw like that

If you mean whether the character is supposed to be in a medieval setting, then yes

[tepid widget]

Interesting

[tepid widget]

Honestly I feel like you could if you wanted too, your artstyle has a similar feel to it. (Minus the weirdly shaped people n stuff)

[stray wyvern]

Man the curve on those legs are so cool

[shell leaf]

Ikr? I'd really like to achieve that.

[shell leaf]

Ahaha thanks I actually was told once my art looks like Norman era art. I don't know how to feel about it, but that's an oddly appealing comment

[charred totem]

They're all a lil different but you could darken the fur on his chest and give him some dark and light bands just before his hands/feet

Nothing that pops out too much, just subtle

[shell leaf]

Maybe

[shell leaf]

Maybe I could... If I tried, I could replicate this style ;p

but i'll never reach the masters of the old

[tepid widget]

Seems easy enough

(I cant even draw a straight line)

[tepid widget]

Do tell more about this oc tho

I’m curious about the lore behind him

[shell leaf]

Maybe I could share in Dms because I initially created the thread for feedback on proportions and what to change

[tepid widget]

Oh yeah- probably a good idea

[shell leaf]

@stray wyvern How well versed are you in medieval civilian attire?

or any1 in dis thread... need help with hosen + braies

[stray wyvern]

I know the basics. What do you need help with?

[shell leaf]

Braie length. Specifically how low/high they're supposed to sit on the wearers waist

Because I'm unsure whether they should be higher or if this is OK positioning. I saw contemporary art depicting braie/underwear differently

Like in the first picture they sit low. On the second one, they look as though they'd be just under the belly button and not too low

[stray wyvern]

I think is good. looks like it’s being supported by the bottom of the hip where the pelvis starts which would make sense. The first picture just looks like it’s sagging a little more which is a cool effect but I doubt there is any rule for it

Out of my depth tho! Sometimes I ask questions to this discord since there are a lot of smart folks there

Oh I can’t send links