--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "inkwell_01" <inkwell_01@...> wrote:
>
> Determining The Trios figure measurements will be a
> tad tricky.
>
> Jim never created any model sheet turn-abouts for the
> characters physical attributes.
>
> Jim draws the poses as he sees them in his mind, hence,
> the physical attributes are sized more to the content
> of a particular drawing - not a constant set size carried
> over from drawing to drawing; this causes a wide variation
> as to the real size of any physical part.
>
> You have to use a number of the girls folios to get an
> average of the girls 3D dimensions.
>
> With a height of around 4 1/2 feet, the girls are quite
> small, circa, human kid age around 9 or 10; however Jim
> didn't draw them as small children. It's not a human kid
> body with a cartoon animal head stuck on top; But there
> are enough similarities to use the human system to get
> a rough idea of the girls figure measurements.
>
> A preliminary study was done long ago on Natasha which
> points to a bust size just shy of 38D. I think her waist-hip
> ratio was around 0.6. (Close to the 0.7 ideal ratio.) The
> numbers need to be rechecked.
>
> Anyway, the new character design might change the
> whole figure attribute set of the girls. (Jim can updates
> us on that.)
>
Yeah, the new redesigns will change their figures a bit (but not much). The trio is between 4' 5" and 4' 6" (Lori). When standing still, they stand straight up, and on the full of the foot. When walking, they stand on their toes, but lean forward. Despite shifting forward, their height remains nearly the same (factoring in the additional height of the extended foot).
Bear in mind, these characters have fur-covered bodies. Depending upon the thickness and layering of the fur, they may appear to have larger measurements than they actually have. Fur would make the breasts seem larger than they actually are, as well as making the hips or waist appear different. I'm not drawing the characters as if they are colored human forms, with no distinct fur texturing or anything. The black fur on the trio's bodies' is coarser than the white fur, which would have a softer, fluffier texture to it. Many species would have different densities of fur in the same region, too.
Here's another reason why it would be tricky to determine something like bra size; all the different species are different sizes. Humans are fairly similar. They don't range from 4 feet to 10 feet in height. As an example, Koth (Onika's ancestor) is 3' 2". That's about as tall as the average doorknob. Onika is about the height of a 6-year olgirl. While her breasts might appear large on her form, they wouldn't be very big when compared to a 9-foot-tall Clydesdale. There's too much scale difference to be able to easily categorize such measurements, I think...
--JMH
Received on Wed Sep 02 2009 - 19:59:34 CDT