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[ARTISTS] Ref sheet question: Ratios, or no ratios?
10 years ago
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I annotated the Rooth'roo reference sheet. Should I include ratio markings or not? As an artist, would they bug you to see them in a ref sheet, or would they be helpful, or do you not even care?
With ratios: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kqj8wq78x.....os_FA.png?dl=0
Without ratios: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hd06vxvkc.....ed_FA.png?dl=0
My thoughts:
I'm not particular about the exact ratios. If an artist draws his tail somewhat shorter (4 in this case) or longer (8), I don't really care. But some artists try to keep the same ratio of things as in the ref, and assigning relative numbers to different parts would be helpful.
I used '8' as the height because eights are common in human proportions. But I can make it '1' instead, and make everything else some kinda fraction (decimal, or fractional notation?). What would make more sense?
sixthleafclover
~sixthleafclover
Leave 'em out :P
BlackTalons
~blacktalons
Yeah, I'm with SLC, ratios aren't necessary. If anything they complicate things really. The more specifics you have to worry about the less fluid the workflow becomes and the piece ends up suffering. Ironically ratios would be the most helpful to have when making a ref sheet xD Pretty much everywhere else it's better to be a little lenient with them because sometimes making minor changes to things can improve composition ect. But that's my opinion anyways!
