Questions about realistic human body model proportions

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Hi guys!

So I have a few questions about human body ratios for models aimed at being realistic looking human bodies.

I am making a ton of progress with getting my body models much more accurate though I still have a long ways to go.

The next step for me is to look at my body proportions. Yes, I tried google searching this but was not able to find helpful information

For example, one question I have is, is there a ratio for the length of an arm to the length of a leg?

What about arm span to overall height?

The issue that I am currently coming across is that after I create my model, it tends to look off in terms of body proportions. Either the legs look far too long or the arms do not come down enough.

I am trying to learn to get my proportions right to make my model look more realistic.

Is there any books on animation or just a guide that anyone can recommend? Both my google-fu and youtube-fu have failed me on this search.

I attached a picture of the model I am working on. It is my first attempt at a more realistic human body and for a first attempt I am happy with the progress but the proportions look very wrong and I am having a lot of trouble getting them right.

And yes, I do know that no 2 people are exactly alike, but I have to imagine that there is a rough guideline on what the proportions generally tend to be close to.

Thank you guys in advance!

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Even though every body type is different, there are always a consistent proportions/ratios among body areas of the individuals

Checkout Loomis’s books on human figure, you can find free downloads of those books.

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Hi, may as first start look for “Golden Cut” in art.

https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=deutsch&rais=1&oiu=http%3A%2F%2Fsinn-frage.de%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F05%2FVitruv-Goldener-Schnitt.jpg&sp=987d6365289709cc86ef714eb7a17877&t=default

Cheers, mib

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For a list of concrete measurements, try searching for “anthropometric data”.
My first try landed me here:
https://dined.io.tudelft.nl/en/database/tool
You select one of the free data sets (like durch adults), age groups, male or female or both. And then place a checkmark for the sizes you want to compare, like height, arm lenght, shoulder height, elbow height, etc. And you get the average measurements (aka. mean, or 50% precentile).

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