i’m no expert, but i’ve been reading a figure drawing book by loomis and he breaks down male and female proportions very well. i’ll try to apply some of the concepts he talks about.
it’s pretty crude, so just stick w/ me. hahaha. if any of the more experienced peeps would like to help me out or point out if something i say is wrong, please do so!
here’s your picture with my very ugly proportion lines on top of it. (i don’t have a tablet, just using a mouse)
the RED LINES indicate the [color=Red]TRUE proportions, based on loomis’ “ideallized 8 heads.” that is, an idealized human body stands 8 heads tall, male or female. note, comic book and “heroic” characters may stand 8 1/2 or even 9 heads tall, but i think you’re asking about realism and 8 heads is the accepted standard.
the meeting line of each of these sections is a landmark on the body.
the GREEN LINES indicate the areas where your drawing doesn’t match up with the landmarks.
let’s go through them.
1) the RED line should be at her heels, this is close enough, but consider that if her legs are together, her heels will extend past this line, and perhaps even past 8 1/2 and closer to 9 heads.
2) for an 8 head sized female figure, this line should be at the BOTTOM of the knees. your bottom of the knees rests at the 2 [color=#fffffe]i’ve painted. so the shins are a bit short in proportion with the upper leg
[color=Red]3) this line should be at the middle of the upper leg/femur, looks good. BUT, the arms should end JUST above this line. yours are a bit short and this is the primary problem with the figure vs. realistic proportions.
4) this is the middle point of the model and it should be at the crotch, looks good.
5) this is where both the waist and elbows should be. your torso is almost spot on (the line rests right at the top of her hips now, should rest a bit higher), but your ARMS are short. i’ve marked in green 5 where your elbows are, they should be at red 5. you might also see that i’ve marked 5 1/5 in blue.
the green 5 1/3 shows that your arms are 1/3 head length too short. this might remedy the arms not ending at red 3 as well.
6) this is spot on. it should be at the widest point of the shoulders, right above the nipples. blue 6 1/3 is where it’s supposed to be at the bottom of the breasts.
7) red 7 should be at the chin, and it is. this means the distance between your 6 and 7 is right, but what’s in between is a little off. though i know you meant for the neck to be long, the blue 7 1/3 mark shows you where the shoulders would go on an ideal figure and where it is at the green 7 1/3.
the YELLOW lines are width measurers. the widest point of the shoulders should be two heads wide. the waist should be one head. the hips should be 1 1/2. and if the legs where together, the widest part of her calves would be 1 head wide.
overall this is a pretty accurate representation of the 8 headed female body, the torso, width and height, are almost spot on. the problems rest in the arms, and knowing that you did it w/ no reference and just symmetry is pretty impressive.
hope this helps a bit.
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sideview should be up soon. (but better wait for some comments :rolleyes: )
perhaps you should add a little mass around the shoulders/chest. From the looks she’s working out regularly (or killing villains or smth) so bigger shoulders should be nice.
I’m not so good with photoshop though, but I’ll get on it. Should have an update later on in the day. 
