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Please leave me any tips you found helpful while drawing animal anatomy; Canine, Feline, Equine, Cervidae (hooves animals), etc.
I am a new "artist" I mostly paint landscapes and when I do draw animals it's mostly non-detailed silhouettes in the background. I want to challenge myself and my skills and branch out into a new level/field of art I haven't ever tried before. But I need help, I could go online and watch hundreds of 'How to Draw' videos, but it's never a bad thing to ask for advice as well. |
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for canines, i always used to draw the paws boxy and the back haunches very long and round until i looked at real pics of wolves and i was like UH OH. i recommend looking at pictures of wild wolves and copying the anatomy to your best ability! even tracing over real pics can help (as long as you dont claim the finished drawing completely as your own lol). when i first started drawing, i always used the same pose, which made it hard for me to do other poses, ect, so maybe try out different angles, and maybe even play around with lighting and that problem wont appear in the future like it did for me! |
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Hmm. For canines (Or more like wolves). I do the simple, two large circles for the chest and back, then the smaller one for the head. Okay soo....I would try doing sides first since it's more simple, look at real wolf pictures too, so for the hind legs (Bear with me, I'm not good at explaining) I would draw a short-ish almost half circle? Like if you draw a half moon, like that but more...Maybe a little more downwards, then with a dull lump or something to show where it starts going into the paw area, then go straight down then do a small straight line slightly inwards to show the paw, then for the paw, do a little line then a gentle curve, then at the top do a little dip to show the paw, the do the front of the leg, which is very easy to do.
For the head: So do a thinner rectangle then put in the details, such as the nose, if the mouth is open, such as snarling, do a half circle, start the half circle at the mouth area of the rectangle, then put in teeth, and for a more aggressive look, narrow the eye/eyes slightly at the start so it looks like it's glaring, and maybe put a little sharp end at the pupil. If I knew how to stick pictures on here, I would do it.
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Looking for references and real pictures of your subjects is super helpful! I mostly draw equines and canines, and I noticed my biggest leap after I studied the way the animals move through pictures and videos. Even if you are just drawing a still figure, knowing how joints and muscles move with the animal makes the drawings 10x better. Also just going in with the mindset of you being a "new artist" helps you from getting frustrated. Try not to compare your art to people that have been drawing the same subject for years and years.
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