Q&A for How to Draw Accurate Human Body Proportions

Hands are very difficult to draw, even for an artist! They take much practice to draw. Check how-to-draw books, find tutorials online, or use a reference picture of the position you'd like. For proportions, if your character's arm is at the side of the body, the wrist starts at the crotch and the hand goes to around the middle of the thigh.

Keep the head the same size, and simply make them 5 or 6 heads tall instead of 7. You can do this by shortening the torso or the legs.

They measured how long an average head is and how tall an average person is. Then divided the height by the length of the head. They did this with many different people's heights and head lengths and found it was 7.

It's when each part is the appropriate size relative to the other parts.

Yes, proportions are different for different ages. A baby starts out with a very big head compared to their body, and as they grow up, proportions slowly even out. As a general rule, a baby is around four heads long and a child is around five heads long.

Double the width of the head. Longer than the waist in males and shorter than the waist in females.

In this case, you might want to use a ruler or something with actual numbers on it so you can do the math yourself. Don't forget about foreshortening, a technique that alters proportions depending on how something is angled at the viewer.

Yes that's fine, if they are naturally short or just a kid. Children's heads are proportionally larger than their bodies. Babies' bodies are usually 4 heads long, and kids' bodies are 5-6 heads long (6 if they are tall)

This is just to show how to draw proportions on the overall body. The face is not important here.