ARM MOVEMENT AND BODY PROPORTIONS
aceouiow peocess—, Note on shoulder
Normal figure height from top of skull clavicle positions:
to floor is usually about the same as SOAPLLA SMAny arm movement
distance between finger tips when +
arms are extended outward -
parallel to floor. . top butNittle because
‘This way figure k °
fits into square. \
between humer-
us and acromion
process of
scapula.
Movements
above E
necessi-
tate
\ radical
~<-Llifting of
scapula &
ctavicle.
scribed \
by fin-
gertips—
Circle:
Be \
of neck \
— -
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Sh
Location of armpit ~~
| goes up and in as
arms are raised.
cen-
ter é
‘Navel becomes center
of circle made from
No. 1 is armpit with } floor to finger tips
hands at side. No. 4 / when arms are
with hands extended 7 directly overhead,
overhead.
Crotch is
Nipple begins rise equidistant |
from arm J's po- from top of |
sition as dotted | K head to
floor. |
. |
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Notice how are Refer to reach over- Radii from navel run-
of finger tips ‘z" head of arm I as being ning through arms I
cuts half way same distance from and H are equal to
between figure's pit of neck x as fin- radii running through
center point +" gertips of arm A. legs M and N, but
and bottom of from arm G down, the
knee. fingertips leave the
great circle.