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MinasTirithGuard
May 16th, 2005, 05:31 PM
I want to do a sculpture of Mei (Zhang Ziyi) in the House of Flying Daggers. I want to proportion it to 7 heads and need a picture for the armature. Can anyone help me out?

Elwell
May 16th, 2005, 05:48 PM
I want to do a sculpture of Mei (Zhang Ziyi) in the House of Flying Daggers. I want to proportion it to 7 heads and need a picture for the armature. Can anyone help me out?
Any particular reason you're using a seven-head figure?

MinasTirithGuard
May 16th, 2005, 06:14 PM
The actual actor is 7 heads tall. I normally use 8 headed figures and have a good sheet for that, but they usually turn out a bit lanky. Also, I only have a male anatomy sheet and I cant seem to find a good female one. I guess it doesn't really matter too much, but I'm still looking.

Elwell
May 16th, 2005, 06:31 PM
Just checking. I know she's small, but seven may end up looking a little too short anyway. You may want to push it to seven and a half. Loomis has a diagram showing how proportions change with age, but only for males (FDFAIW, p.29 (http://www.saveloomis.org/FigureDrawing/29.htm)). Peck's Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist has similar diagrams for both sexes, but you're not going to find that on line.

MinasTirithGuard
May 16th, 2005, 07:08 PM
Seven and a half it is then. Thanks alot.