Retaining proportions between characers can be incredibly difficult, especially if height difference is either very dramatic, or subtle but visible. As you grow as an artist, you’ll pick up thumbrules about height ( how the length of certain limbs correspond to the length of another, or how the full height of a character corresponds to a certain set of heads ), but while practicing these anatomical thumbrules, which happen to fluctuate between characters as well ( which is why you sometimes might feel like you have to start over, when learning the height and proportions of a new character ), there’s a few methods and tools that you can use to reference the height of your characters.
Mr Initial Man
This tool can’t show you any characters in motion, but it’s a good and quick tool made for you to gain a quick overview over the height difference between characters, based on their height in numbers. Through here, you can type in their height either in inches or in cm, and it will be converted to a very simple graphic. This is a tool i use a whole lot when constructing height chart sheets. And let’s talk about model sheets.
https://www.mrinitialman.com/OddsEnds/Sizes/compsizes.xhtml
Model sheets
A lot of animated shows, movies and productions make these height-chart sheets. This particular one is from the Hellsing anime, where the height-difference between characters is rather dramatic. If you’re planning on drawing two or more characters a lot, i’d recommend making model sheets, especially if you’re planning storytelling projects. Once again, this chart can’t show you how to retain proportion when drawing the character’s in action. But it can give a rough idea as to how the basic difference looks, from which you can make adjustments as neccessary.
Terawell Designdoll
Posing software is probably one of the more versatile and easiest ways to set up a reference that you can use when drawing your characters. However, naturally this software needs to have customization available for your reference dolls, so that you can tweak them to fit the size difference you need. Terawell’s DesignDoll has a selection of tweakable features and a posing software that should help you get started with that.
https://terawell.net/terawell/?page_id=20251
Other than that, it’s just about going through the process of laying out your characters and their poses again and again, while keeping their proportions in mind. You know the drill, practice, practice, practice. ‘’
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