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This tutorial is about calculating the general size of the costume/prop, compared to your size in real life. It will be followed by another one about calculating the proportions on details.
One important thing before the tutorial itself: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PROPORTIONS RIGHT IN COSPLAY? Because you will look a lot more like the character/reference and because overall you won't end up having some parts too big or some too small, which sometimes ends up a bit ridiculous. Also, many characters are really tall and thin and if we can find way to "trick" that, we won't look like onigiris dressed up in costumes

So, my example here is what I did with Lissandra. I was never great at math, except for geometry, long ago, so in time I just ended up picking up a simple option for calculating proportions: cross-multiplication. I either print certain images and measure on the paper the parts of the reference that interest me, or I do it directly on the screen. BE CAREFUL! If it's a model viewer where you can move around the model, do all the measurements without changing the image at all, or you will get really wrong results! Also, try to get your view perpendicular to your reference, calculating different parts while they are in perspective will also give you wrong results.
Let me know if you have any other questions about calculating proportions!

Description

This tutorial is about calculating the general size of the costume/prop, compared to your size in real life. It will be followed by another one about calculating the proportions on details.
One important thing before the tutorial itself: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PROPORTIONS RIGHT IN COSPLAY? Because you will look a lot more like the character/reference and because overall you won't end up having some parts too big or some too small, which sometimes ends up a bit ridiculous. Also, many characters are really tall and thin and if we can find way to "trick" that, we won't look like onigiris dressed up in costumes

So, my example here is what I did with Lissandra. I was never great at math, except for geometry, long ago, so in time I just ended up picking up a simple option for calculating proportions: cross-multiplication. I either print certain images and measure on the paper the parts of the reference that interest me, or I do it directly on the screen. BE CAREFUL! If it's a model viewer where you can move around the model, do all the measurements without changing the image at all, or you will get really wrong results! Also, try to get your view perpendicular to your reference, calculating different parts while they are in perspective will also give you wrong results.
Let me know if you have any other questions about calculating proportions!