Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-69.169.149.237-20140108093910/@comment-3250527-20140807202433

Digression from main topic....

Measuring in head lengths is a general length for measuring proportions, as not all humanity are the same height. This is the standard way of drawing a human character in proportion. Based on age, one's body is proportional to the length of their head.


 * Infant/Toddler (<4 years of age): 4 heads tall
 * Child (4 to 12 years of age): 5 heads tall
 * Adolescent (12 to 18 years of age): 6 heads tall
 * Adult (>18 years of age): 7 heads tall

If you look up any drawing tutorial, it will teach you to proportion your character based on your character's head: the ideal adult character height being 6 or 7 heads tall, but adults are considered 8 heads tall in fashion design (in order to show as much clothing design as possible).

Heads are not a measurement. Heads are only an estimate, as they grow in proportion to one's body. This is a reference, as people cannot determine the exact measurements of a character's head length, neck length, arm length, torso length, and leg length.

And for the sake of this argument, I can vouch that Reki did not give information about the lengths of the 5 elements stated above. So, head lengths.