Making a Proper Shape - A Guide to Human Proportions

. . . like it is a bad thing.

[14:37] Height Detector (Accurate) - Prim Height: Pussycat Catnap is 1.841478 m (6 ft. 0in.) tall. (counting shoes) - Prim Height
[14:38] Height Detector (Accurate) - Prim Height: Pussycat Catnap is 1.753022 m (5 ft. 9in.) tall. (counting shoes) - Prim Height
[14:39] Height Detector (Inaccurate)- Agent Height: Pussycat Catnap is 1.585441 m (5 feet 2 inches) tall. (counting your shoes)

/me boggles

(first one was with shoes on.)


Is this because of legs or something?

Height: 30
Leg Length: 56
Hip Length: 50
Neck Length: 50
Torso Length: 55
Head Size: 45
Head Stretch: 58

Enough animal avatars and we can hunt them down and use the fur so we aren't naked any longer.

[04:31 PM] Height Detector (Accurate) - Prim Height: Imnotgoing Sideways is 1.553853 m (5 ft. 1in.) tall. (counting shoes) - Prim Height

[04:32 PM] Height Detector (Inaccurate)- Agent Height: Imnotgoing Sideways is 1.405311 m (4 feet 7 inches) tall. (counting your shoes)

Height: 15
Leg Length: 34
Hip Length: 46
Neck Length: 18
Torso Length: 30
Head Size: 49
Head Stretch: 5

Everything fits the way I see it. And, my scaled height bar shows me to be a hair above 5' tall..... Without my hair. =^-^=

Just posted this in another thread. I know it may not be everyone's taste but what do you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29408371@N07/sets/72157621284821989

The neck seems a little long to my eyes. Looks good, regardless. (^_^)

Okay thanks - hadn't thought about the neck. Thanks.

"So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed..."

O.K. I am going to tear through one my kids books and find a cartoon just for you because of this.

Lol

I've heard human skin makes great chamois for scale-polishing...

What? Stop looking at me like that! -.-

off-topic: fixed the head issue. was the shape not size. adjusted it and now looks fine. thanks Briana .

A new proportional shape (with one or two minor corrections still required) at 6' even, and a head which still fits pre-made large size hair, has worked out fantastically well.

I just posted this in another thread today about "Would you change your shape" but it bears repeating here:



The only thing I didn't like about Vaelissa's avatar shape was the head. I felt at 64 it was just too big for the 5'7" body. So I made the head smaller.

Some more tweaking may be in order, but overall the proportions are good - visually pleasing. I may exaggerate some features for a slightly more unique look more in keeping with my original shape.

This has been a good thread, and Vaelissa has done us a great service by summarizing some basic body proportion standards for us all to keep in mind, as we create and tweak our own unique avatar "look." Even using her standard body shape, a great deal of customization is possible to the face and certain aspects of the shape. We won't all look like "cookie cutter" avatars - there is far too much room for variety for that to happen.

Here's what I've got:



AO turned off in the white outfit, so I could get a good position for showing proportions.

Is it possible to resize an avatar proportionally?

Suppose I have an avatar which I like but is 2.2 m tall, and I want to reduce the avatar to normal size. I tried with the Appearance settings, but failed spectacularly

Thank you for the answer!

Yes it is. The main 'height' adjustment slider is not the only nor is it the best way to adjust your height in SL if you are trying to be proportionally correct to some degree.

You can adjust the length of your torso, hips, legs, as well, all of which affect your over all length. I suggest you play with the settings adjusting each slider separately and then checking your height after each adjustment.

With the beta of the proportion kit you can use it to at least make sure your head is the proper size for your height and then the wingspan of the arms etc are easy and varied among humans and certain rules like torso proportions according to head size etc all fall into place.

I do not think 'perfect proportions' should be pursued because imperfections help create more character for your avatar and traits that make you 'normal' and not a 'goddess'.

Have fun! If you need any help just send me an IM!.

Actually I maybe your worse enemy here, but unintentionally. I have an avatar which I like very much, but I suspect she she may be the most realistic in shape, but I like her.
My question was actually, if I can retain the shape as it is, yet make her smaller (less tall), while retaining her proportions. At least she should not be 2.2 meters...
When I tried I always ended up with something very different in propotion.

If I understood correctly I should play with the sliders and pray?

It is a give and take process.

Something has to give if you want to take your height down a bit.

I am not sure what you would mean and have to see you. Unfortunately i am going to bed right to catch a quick 5 hours.

Be back around 3-4am.

No problem, sweet dreams

Properly proportioned base female shape:

body: 70/30/0
head: 50/60/50/60/55/50/37/13/35/45/38
eyes: 48/64/50/56/0/36/13/0/0/70/50
ears: 36/52/0/15
nose: 11/39/35/72/28/21/57/40/60/27/50
mouth: 28/32/30/42/37/61/75/35/50
chin: 69/65/23/100/56/35/27/0/20
torso: 59/47/59/12/64/40/43/58/12/65/23/0
legs: 45/65/50/34/35/20/34/0

Mod to suit. Enjoy.

Oh and btw you should back up your settings to a file on your hard drive. Shapes happen to change by themselves over time. In fact that is an old body spec so the hands may now be too large and have to be dropped to zero. Most of the time it is the jaw that "gets jacked up" over time.

I.e.; nothing about your shape is safe so take precaustions.

Thanks Brianna! My height has crept up to 6 feet in sl - I am immediately gonna go in and set myself straight.

I copied down in a spreadsheet the properly proportioned female numbers from the kit from Vaelissa Cortes. Then I copied down all of my current avatar numbers in the next column. I adjusted my av to be closer in size to the numbers in the kit for they body and parts of the head, but was able to keep most of my own original face without too much modification. So I still look like me, only smaller. Off the top of my head, I don't know how Ann's numbers compare to Vaelissa's, but I can drop the kit on you inworld if you want to play with it. Let me know. I can give you a spreadsheet too if you'd like. I have one for male and female. The kit produces the equivalent of a 5'7" female, or a 5'10" male. They can be tweaked accordingly. I try to make my changes be proportional by percentage of change.

And I know many people like the fantasy element of being able to be any size, unrelated to real life measurements. The reason I changed my avatar was because we are building a model house in SL based on RL measurements and proportions, and we needed to be the proper size to walk through the doors, etc! My alts still have much taller, larger bodies! And I do find that the hands set to zero work better for the smaller proportioned avatar.

Princess Ivory (who is still trying to get used to a realistic sized avatar in a world of giants!)

Good luck!

My hands are set to size 10.