(02-10-2016, 09:55 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The children as adults thing is certainly true. Though in that case they precisely don't have these proportions. The VM proportions do resemble those given dwarfs and pygmies in certain Roman and Egyptian art. Especially also the wide upper legs are often seen in dwarfs. Though then again, I can't think of any reason to put a manuscript full of dwarfs or pygmies...
People tend to draw what they know (especially if they are not artists and not skilled at drawing in a variety of ways) and it's not uncommon for people to draw others with proportions similar to their own, or similar to members of their families with whom they've been raised.