The general proportion of the fashion figure is what we call in the industry a 10 head high figure. Most fashion models have long necks and long legs. Their body length can be average. The average female is about 7 or 8 heads high. What do we mean about that? I am enclosing here a chart for you to go by, when you are learning to draw a fashion figure. When you are starting to draw your designs you will want them to look like these tall models, but remember, other proportions of the body need to make sense, If you are not an artist and have not drawn the human figure you might get the proportions of the body wrong and then wonder why your designs do not like look like the ones you see in magazines. Check out the sketch I have enclosed. Study it and make yourself a chart like mine to learn about the proportions to make your designs look great. You will first draw the head and the neck. this is head high one. I use the standard 1 inch for each head. This fits easily on an 8×10 space. If you like to draw larger use a 1 and 1/2 head and neck height. Complete your chart down the page in a straight line to create your master chart. Later I will show you a chart with the figure in action. When you get to the shoulders make sure they are wide enough for a good illustration. Most shoulders are drawn at least ,what we call,two heads wide. Draw the rest of your body on the chart from the neck to the chest to the approximate waistline. Then the upper hip to the widest point of the hip down to the bottom of the body as on my chart. This length can vary but usually the whole body is around 4 heads high. Now we have 6 heads left for the long legs of a model. Tall people all seem to have really long legs. Illustrators usually use proportions similar to the ones on my chart or longer, Fashion designers will draw legs as long as they want sometimes only drawing a suggestion of the feet. Go ahead and get started. Have fun with it. Later I will show you haw to give action to your Illustration

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