Through the waterways

Through the water ways

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Saturday, October 04, 2008

Feet? /8:14 AM

It's suddenly struck me that I haven't really drawn any nice feet!

Then it struck me that I CAN'T LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF MY OWN FEET AND DRAW THEM AT THE SAME TIME! (Of course unless I hold them up at my face, that would really hurt. Or look at the mirror! But who knows how long I can hold out for either!)

Isn't there a formula for drawing feet, like there is a formula for drawing hands or faces or bodies? I think there should be one.

Ohoh! And I must put this down, this amuses me so. Part of it was taught by Luanie, and I discovered the rest along the way. It was quite fun writing this out! Do you know that dentists study teeth in the same way? In fact, the essays I can write on a tooth might actually be longer than what I wrote here on a hand. ^o^

The formula for drawing hands (Frontal and Ventral planes)

The palm of the hand is roughly square.

The four fingers of the hand fall within a square of the same dimensions of the palm.

If open, the first three fingers have the same vertical line axis as the palm. The last finger is at an angle.

Placement of the fingers.

The thumb is usually slightly more than half of the palm. The thumb has two joints. It branches of midway of the palm, the first joint usually placed about 3/4 way on the palm, from the wrist up. The thumb extends slightly over the first joint of the first finger. It is usually tilted to distally from the long axis of the hand.

The first three fingers extend parellel to the long axis of the palm. Thus their branching off point is around the same. Each of them have three joints. The height of these fingers are variable, but the middle finger is usually the longest.

The last finger may be parallel to the long axis of the palm, when the fingers are placed side by side. When opened, the angle from the third finger to the last finger is considerably larger than the other finger to finger spaces. This makes it look like it is tilted at an angle. The second joint of this finger is located midway between the first joint of the third finger and the last joint of the last finger is located at the seond joint of the third finger.

There is a curve that runs through the fingers. It starts from the first finger and ends at the last finger. The crest of curvature is at the middle finger. The gradient between the first and middle finger is gentle, and it dips steeply till it comes to the last finger. The second and last joint of the fingers follow this curve when the hand is closed. When opened, all the joints follow this curve.

Divisons of the fingers

The thumb has two joints. The line below the first joint towards the palm is not a joint, just a flap of skin.

The rest of the fingers have three joints and therefore, three parts. The length of the fingers can be divided into four equal units. The ratio according to parts starting from the wrist can be written like this: 2:1:1 The finger nail is about half of the last part.

Lines of the palm

The length of the palm can be divided into four parts. 3/4 way from the wrist, two lines start from each side of the palm. The line towards the thumb curves towards the wrist and branches of into two lines. The line away from the thumb curves away from the wrist. The lines usually extend to about three fingers long.

Nene! Do you think you can write one on the foot as well?

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