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Human anatomy is related to three dimensional form in a variety of ways. Having the proper proportion and scale of human body parts plays a major role for creating a sense of illusion and realism. For example, a viewer can look at a drawn human figure and tell that the drawing is a human representation because all the details and proportions are located in the accurate position. In other words, the viewer's eye is fooled by the sense of illusion. Also, creating correct proportions are the foundations for character modeling and animations. For character modeling, if the concept of the character is not proportionate all around, then the rendered character will be unequal and less believable to a potential viewer. Also, if the rendered character

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