Child's eye level, 1.0 m
Adults, a table and a door from a camera 1.0 m off the ground.

What to look at
The horizon crosses the adults at the waist; the table top (0.75 m) is just below it.
Everything taller than a metre looms; this is how a picture book sees a kitchen.
Same objects as the seated and standing references; only the camera height changed.
What this scene is for
The same furniture as the seated and standing references from a camera 1.0 m off the floor: a child's view, or a picture-book view. Use it for children's illustration, pet-level shots, and any scene that should feel slightly overwhelming.
The mistake it settles
Drawing the room from an adult height and then adding a child. If the viewpoint is the child's, the horizon must drop with it: table tops rise to become horizons of their own, adults are seen from the waist up, and door handles sit at eye level.
The camera
| Lens | 35 mm on full frame |
| Camera height | 1 m above the floor (low) |
| Rotation | 25° to the scene's axes |
| Tilt | level (verticals stay vertical) |
| Objects | 2 × 1.75 m figure · 1.6 × 0.8 × 0.75 m block · 2.1 m door |
| Floor | 1 m squares |
Measured off this render
Taken from the same camera model the tool draws with, on the 1340 × 754 PNG above.
| Angle of view | 54.4° across (35 mm on full frame) |
| Horizon | 407 px from the top, 54% of the image height |
| Depth-axis vanishing point | 63 px from the left edge |
| Width-axis vanishing point | 2,124 px beyond the right edge |
| Object | Distance | Height on the render | Below the horizon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 × 0.8 × 0.75 m block | 3.5 m | 279 px | all of it |
| 1.75 m figure | 4.2 m | 570 px | 57% |
| 2.1 m door | 5.5 m | 547 px | 48% |
| 1.75 m figure | 6.7 m | 351 px | 57% |
Draw it from these numbers
- Rule the horizon across the sheet at 54% of the picture height — 407 px down on this 754 px render. Every other line in the scene is measured from it.
- Two vanishing points on that line: 63 px from the left edge, and 2,124 px beyond the right edge — far enough out that you should match the grid angles instead of chasing it.
- Set the scale from the 1.75 m figure at 4.2 m: 570 px tall, with 57% of it below the horizon. That share is the camera height divided by the object's height (1 ÷ 1.75 m), and it is the same for every object of that height anywhere in the picture.
Open the reference in the tool to move the camera, change the lens, or add your own objects at real sizes; the share link keeps your version. Draw over the PNG at 30–50% opacity in any app with layers.
Question
What eye height should I use for a child?
Roughly 1.0 m for a five-year-old and 1.2 m for a nine-year-old. What matters more than the exact number is that the horizon lands below the table top: that single relationship is what makes a picture read as a child's view.