CANON
There are three canons for determining the proportions of the human figure:
-A canon of seven and a half heads = ordinary figure
-A canon of eight heads = ideal figure
-A canon of eight and a half heads = heroic figure
I use the Polykleitos Canon of proportions
In attempting to express the ideal figure, Polycleitos sought
to establish a canon which would serve as a complex mathematical model for the
proportions of body parts.
-1 Head = 1 Module
-Body = 8 heads high and 2 heads wide
-shoulders = a third of the way down module 2
-Nipples = module 2
-Space between nipples = 1 module
-Nabel = just below module 3
-Elbows, waist = just above module 3
-Pubis, wrists = module 4, is in the exact center of the body
-Hand = face high
-Arm length = 3 and half modules
-Knee = just above module 6
-Standing in profile the calves project beyond the shoulder blades and buttocks
-Godlike Grandeur
-Mastering the canon and proportions is fundamental for human figure drawing as well
as 3D characters modeling
