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Measure With Head Scale

Artists use the head to measure body proportions. The average adult human height is about 7 to 7 1 ⁄ 2 heads.

Eight heads is the idealized height for adult figures. Children and teens range from 4 to 6 1 ⁄ 2 heads tall.

Fashion illustrators use heights of 9 and even 10 heads to create tall, elegant figures. This figure is 7 1 ⁄ 4

heads tall.

Try It!

Try drawing some figures with different head to body ratios. The key to

keeping the figure proportional regardless of head height is to pay careful

attention to the alignment of features and the relative length of one body

segment when compared with another. For examples of head scale, take

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