Hi I was just wondering how do you figure out how the height and weight of your ocs cus I find it really confusing with the measuring system anime uses and I wanted to do a proper info page for an occasional of mine ( ps I love your art and you inspire me to push myself to do better)

pompadorkery:

Measuring system anime uses?
Do you mean the metric system?
Like, centimeters and kilograms?

Figuring out heights and weights is actually pretty easy for me. *shrug*
The average height of white males is 5′10
And the average height of white females is 5′5.

Around 4′8 and under is where someone can be considered a little person I believe(for a fully grown adult), and around 6′7+ is where you can start seeing problems as well(not saying everyone that tall has joint/bone problems, but its more common).

So I just kinda think of that when making characters. Obviously, if you’re making characters of a different race, you’d have to look up the average heights for that race.

As for weight, I usually just google “average weight for *insert height here* male”, or whatever. And then I decide if I want them heavier, or lighter than the average. Muscles are heavy, so contrary to what alot of people seem to think, a heavily muscled character isn’t gonna be light, just cause they’re in shape.

If coming up with a non-human character, think about the weight of appendages. Do they have extra arms? An average arm weighs around 6-8lbs.
Maybe a tail? How thick is the tail? Is it mostly muscle, or is it something like fur with a skinny base?
How about horns? Those can add some weight as well depending on their size. A bighorn sheep’s horns can weigh up to 30lbs.
AND WHAT IF THEY HAVE WINGS!?
If they have wings and need to fly, their wings are either gonna have to be enormous, or the individual with the wings is gonna have to have hollow, light bones, like a bird. How much do a bird’s bones weight per square inch?

(i’m probably going way too deep into this, and fantasy nonsense can be applied to most of this lol)

BUT ANYWAYS.
Try taking examples from real life too. Look at someone who is a certain height and think, “Hm, would my character be shorter or taller than them?”

As for the metric system.
You can literally just google like, “What is 5′3 in centimeters” or, “What is 150lbs in kilograms?”