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"For the human body is so designed by nature that the face, from the chin to the top of the forehead and the lowest roots of the hair, is a tenth part of the whole height; the open hand from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger is just the same; the head from the chin to the crown is an eighth, and with the neck and shoulder from the top of the breast to the lowest roots of the hair is a sixth; from the middle of the breast to the summit of the crown is a fourth. If we take the height of the face itself, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the under side of the nostrils is one third of it; the nose from the under side of the nostrils to a line between the eyebrows is the same; from there to the lowest roots of the hair is also a third, comprising the forehead. The length of the foot is one sixth of the height of the body; of the forearm, one fourth; and the breadth of the breast is also one fourth. The other members, too, have their own symmetrical proportions, and it was by employing them that the famous painters and sculptors of antiquity attained to great and endless renown.
Similarly, in the members of a temple there ought to be the greatest harmony in the symmetrical relations of the different parts to the general magnitude of the whole. Then again, in the human body the central point is naturally the navel. For if a man be placed flat on his back, with his hands and feet extended, and a pair of compasses centred at his navel, the fingers and toes of his two hands and feet will touch the circumference of a circle described therefrom. And just as the human body yields a circular outline, so too a square figure may be found from it. For if we measure the distance from the soles of the feet to the top of the head, and then apply that measure to the outstretched arms, the breadth will be found to be the same as the height, as in the case of plane surfaces which are perfectly square." ~Vitruvius Pollio from "The Ten Books on Architecture"

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvius Man".

This was done for Bio as a study on human anatomy. There are some things I will fix/change on the piece to show pronation and supination of the lower arm.

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:iconschwarherz:
Nice, good job...wish I had something more constructive to say but I'm in awe

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Sometimes the only difference between imagination and reality is perspective
:iconreverseblade:
Thanks! There's a few anatomy fixes I need to make, but it came out better than I thought.
:iconschwarherz:
only thing that really puzzled me was the man's right foot. it looks funny to me for some reason but I can't recall if the Vitruvian Man's foot was like that as well.

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Sometimes the only difference between imagination and reality is perspective
:iconreverseblade:
Here's the [link] for the original. Leonardo put those legs/feet at angles that would break that hip. XD
:iconschwarherz:
ah yep ok, that was the problem I always had with the Vitruvian Man...couldnt remember for some reason

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Sometimes the only difference between imagination and reality is perspective
:iconreverseblade:
I never really noticed until I did this piece. Then it REALLY stood out to me. The head of the femur had to be manipulated to accommodate the funky turn of the foot da Vinci did.
:iconschwarherz:
wonder why he did that?

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Sometimes the only difference between imagination and reality is perspective
:iconreverseblade:
It was probably just a study for himself, is my guess, when it comes to the sides of the feet, ankles and knees. I'm not too sure.
:iconschwarherz:
well some people can put their feet like that so maybe thats why *shrugs*

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Sometimes the only difference between imagination and reality is perspective

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