Height Comparison Tool

[TheKillerBs]

A useful tool I found for comparing the heights of people. It's aimed at artists, but I think it might be help authors visualise characters too, especially with differently-sized races such as halflings or giants.

Comparing Heights

 

[glutton]

For fun I decided to compare Cart-Dragger (5'1 MC of the series titled after her) and Strength, one of the 4 imperial generals from the same books (7'0, she is female too BTW). The contrast looks so bae, especially knowing that Cart-Dragger dunks over Strength in ring(basket)ball!

 

[SeverinR]

So a 4 ft character could castrate a 12 ft giant if they leaped. It looks to be mid thigh to the 12ft giant.

 

[mariaerick]

A useful tool I found for comparing the heights of people. It's aimed at artists, but I think it might be help authors visualise characters too, especially with differently-sized races such as halflings or giants.

Comparing Heights

 

[minta]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[xena]

Nice find! That seems really helpful.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

Lol Adding just 2 feet to the average human height of 6 is already an insane difference.
Most of my races are vaguely humanoid with extra 'features' but I do have giants and dwarfs.
Though my dwarfs would be considered 'tall' for most fantasy dwarfs (and yet they are short for most humanoid species, and are very aware of this)

 

[pmmg]

Yes, an ogre of just 10' towers above a 6' human type, and the tool does not really show the extra bulk. I called one immense in one of my stories, and my editor said it was large enough to be immense...sorry, but yes it is.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

Yes, an ogre of just 10' towers above a 6' human type, and the tool does not really show the extra bulk. I called one immense in one of my stories, and my editor said it was large enough to be immense...sorry, but yes it is.

Depends on what kind of Ogre though?
Our Boi Shrek is roughly human sized though he does tower over certain humans in his series slightly.
Orcs Must Die has the Orcs having various types/species of them, some human kind, some the giant kind, some tall and lanky etc.
What would really help visualize the height difference, a background image behind the humans of different building types.
1 Story house, two story house etc

I don't think my Giants are much bigger than average humans, ranging 9-15 feet, my Orcs/Ogres are around human size but they do have that bulk, and yes, the bulk counts as part of their scale.

My Dwarves are in a weird spot. They range from what you typically 'expect' a dwarf to be sized at, to 'almost' human sized, but still laughably short for a human like. They just can't win.

The Fae in my story are bigger than most would depict them (they're enormous compared to say, the ones in say Ferngully) but they can also briefly transform into human versions of themselves.