#humanoids

How much creechure can we fit in one post, you ask? Well, @artfight is upon us, and the Fossils and Crystals are having it out by depicting each other's original characters—so the answer is a lot of creechure. But maybe not enough?  

Featuring lots of mutual appreciation (artists spending hours with each other's ideas!), incredible character design, and beautiful depictions thereof, take this as your invitation to get involved. You can sign up and start fighting (using your artistic talents), or simply enjoy the wealth of beautiful art styles and cool ocs coming to the fore. This is but a small selection, may you peruse the rest at your leisure.

@lingrimmart:

@ikrutt:

@chalkrub:

@little-eye-guy:

@bobacupcake:

@germanich:

@arrimorr:

@wszczebrzyszynie:

@yyshm:

@crab-milk:

@gojinka:

@marella-moon:

@vinnybox:

@herman-draws:

@possessedpasm:

@halotrope:

@megawaahhh:

@gryffoon:

@tickfleato:

@xxmoonduskxx:

@ghostlygooberart:

Different kinds of Haelumians!

In animals, small creatures tend to have proportionally bigger eyes heads and thinner limbs, while larger creatures have proportionally smaller eyes and heads, and much thicker limbs to support heavier bodies.

How would those translate to tiny humanoids like pixies or goblins, or enormous humanoids like giants, ogres or trolls? For the latter the best I could think of was something resembling the Monsterverse version of Godzilla, with a very tiny head and huge, thick legs.

that is a pretty good rule of thumb for vertebrates!

there are limitations to it, I think. for the head size, as an example, you'd still want it to be proportionally capable of holding a brain that suits the humanoid in question, and a mouth that can eat whatever food that large body needs. and for a smaller humanoid, the head can't be so big that the body fails to support it.

you can look to hominids like homo habilis and homo floresiensis for an example of smaller humanoids, to see how the proportions change. it's not a very extreme change at that size, to be fair, but there's a difference. a more extreme example would be like, a big work horse compared to a smaller pony, or small dog breeds vs big dog breeds.

but here's a sketch of some humanoid figures at different sizes: