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requested me to draw a tutorial for how I draw muzzles, so I quickly doodled up an example of how I draw mine. (This is certainly not the only way of drawing muzzles, this is simply how I draw them.)
I also decided to do some paw examples, for all you paw lovers out there! *couch*
*cough*Head: I generally begin with a circle, and draw lines to indicate the direction in which the character will be facing (as pictured by diagram 1)
Afterward, I draw the outline of the muzzle, and determine the angle of the muzzle (where the nose and beginning of mouth will be) to corellate with the angle of the head (diagram 2)
And lastly, I determine the placement of the eyes, and draw the muzzle, nose, and eyebrows.
The paws are fairly straight forward, I usually start by drawing the general shape of the paw before drawing 4 ovular shapes for the individual toes, and add the paw pads afterward (if there are any.)
Hopefully this will be helpful for someone! (I'll probably move this to my scraps later.)
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Oh hey! this is great!!! Thank you so much for doing this, Im looking at it and its all super helpful! My hardest challenge is in step 2 of the face,you have teh circle, and you draw the snout line, Ive always had problems figuring out teh angle at which to draw the snoutline so it just doesnt look...iunno wrong or off. Your version is very simple, but it seems super duper effective! Ill give it a shot when I get the opportunity for sure and report back!
I hadnt initially thought about this, but can we feature this in the new traditional artists group here on fa? http://www.furaffinity.net/user/traditionalart/
Im sure they would be super excited to have a great tutorial like this!
I hadnt initially thought about this, but can we feature this in the new traditional artists group here on fa? http://www.furaffinity.net/user/traditionalart/
Im sure they would be super excited to have a great tutorial like this!
Oh! and the paws!! They look great too lol.
I love how simple you make it look, but the end result is perfect, and I love how you left in teh sketch lines to show the progression. I love those...iunno what to call them, WIP sketch lines lol. like the circles and the lines you use to show the angle and stuff...whatever those are called (the ones that end up getting erased before the final pic). I find this very very useful! Great job and thanks so much!
I love how simple you make it look, but the end result is perfect, and I love how you left in teh sketch lines to show the progression. I love those...iunno what to call them, WIP sketch lines lol. like the circles and the lines you use to show the angle and stuff...whatever those are called (the ones that end up getting erased before the final pic). I find this very very useful! Great job and thanks so much!
Really as far as other tips/tutorials, if you were interested in explaining how you choose where to space out/position the eyes in relation to the muzzle that could also be useful for myself personally. Sometimes I feel like I put the too far up or down, and I just cant seem to make them look correct. Do you happen to have a particular method when positioning eyes?
Also what about hand paws...? lol those are just hard. Ive done a few things with grabbing an object, but most o fteh time I end up hiding them in pockets or behind back lol. Making fingers/hands look like...well hands lol is so hard!
Last question, and wow I didnt realize I had this many, but yet another thing you always do so well, is your proportions. My biggest trouble is trying to understand how long the shoulder-elbow section is, and from elbow to wrist/hand section. Ive been trying to work more on my anatomy and thats one thing I always have troubles with. Often I end up feeling like I dont give enough room for the arm in general, but when I make it longer it seems just that, too long. So I guess ultimately...do you have any reference points you use? I read somewhere on tumbler where someone referenced drawing cylinders for the arm, but they didnt mention how to know the right number of cylinders/how large or small teh cylinders needed to be lol.
I know thats a lot, and I certainly dont want to burden you, but if you had time to tutorial/elaborate on that, Im sure it would be very helpful as well!
Thanks for your time, and as always, keep up the great work!
Hope you are havin a hoppin great day!
Also what about hand paws...? lol those are just hard. Ive done a few things with grabbing an object, but most o fteh time I end up hiding them in pockets or behind back lol. Making fingers/hands look like...well hands lol is so hard!
Last question, and wow I didnt realize I had this many, but yet another thing you always do so well, is your proportions. My biggest trouble is trying to understand how long the shoulder-elbow section is, and from elbow to wrist/hand section. Ive been trying to work more on my anatomy and thats one thing I always have troubles with. Often I end up feeling like I dont give enough room for the arm in general, but when I make it longer it seems just that, too long. So I guess ultimately...do you have any reference points you use? I read somewhere on tumbler where someone referenced drawing cylinders for the arm, but they didnt mention how to know the right number of cylinders/how large or small teh cylinders needed to be lol.
I know thats a lot, and I certainly dont want to burden you, but if you had time to tutorial/elaborate on that, Im sure it would be very helpful as well!
Thanks for your time, and as always, keep up the great work!
Hope you are havin a hoppin great day!
Ohh! I could do a tutorial on eye placement, if that would help! (in that tutorial, I could go into detail about where to place the eyes to make them proportional to the rest of the face.)
I really also should do a tutorial on paws as well, and I admit, I occasionally have difficulty with them as well. I could go into detain about different configurations of the hands to indicate different actions, and that would also help me to further work on my techniques.
My proportion techniques honestly come from usually watching cartoons, and reading books on anatomy. (Since I study human physiology in my spare time, I have a "generally" good grasp on proportions of anatomical structures, though it is less applicable to toony characters.) I also sometimes hunch over my drawing table, so I can better visualize the proportions to make them on the same scale of measurement.
For me, to begin with a body, I decided which way it will be facing, and what the pose will be. I also took a few art classes at my school to help me to create lines of movement, which are essentially the "bare bones" of the action of the model. These, like the lines which I draw for the circles when designing heads, help you to know the general location of the body's limbs, and what way they are moving in (if at all). This makes the picture flow a bit better, and is definitely helpful!
After drawing the lines, I then draw circles to flesh out the body (I always start with the torso and work my way down, though that may not work for all people). From there, I draw the arms by using lines to indicate their position, then fully flesh them out, if they are in a more simple position. Ifthe picture is more detailed, I'll use shapes to help a bit. (Though occasionally I find that using only lines can be more helpful, and it's less time consuming in some cases.)
I hope you are having a great day as well!
I really also should do a tutorial on paws as well, and I admit, I occasionally have difficulty with them as well. I could go into detain about different configurations of the hands to indicate different actions, and that would also help me to further work on my techniques.
My proportion techniques honestly come from usually watching cartoons, and reading books on anatomy. (Since I study human physiology in my spare time, I have a "generally" good grasp on proportions of anatomical structures, though it is less applicable to toony characters.) I also sometimes hunch over my drawing table, so I can better visualize the proportions to make them on the same scale of measurement.
For me, to begin with a body, I decided which way it will be facing, and what the pose will be. I also took a few art classes at my school to help me to create lines of movement, which are essentially the "bare bones" of the action of the model. These, like the lines which I draw for the circles when designing heads, help you to know the general location of the body's limbs, and what way they are moving in (if at all). This makes the picture flow a bit better, and is definitely helpful!
After drawing the lines, I then draw circles to flesh out the body (I always start with the torso and work my way down, though that may not work for all people). From there, I draw the arms by using lines to indicate their position, then fully flesh them out, if they are in a more simple position. Ifthe picture is more detailed, I'll use shapes to help a bit. (Though occasionally I find that using only lines can be more helpful, and it's less time consuming in some cases.)
I hope you are having a great day as well!
lol tutorials for everythings! Those would be stupendously helpful most def!
Yeah Ive been working a lot with trying to learn the concept of an action line and how that works as well. Part of me gets it..but I dont understand how to apply it. Its a fairly new concept to me, but once it was pointed out I realize that I think cartoons are some of the most amazing examples of good flow/action line/movement/thingy! Like..I know it when I see it but I dont understand what it looks like to apply it lol.
Thanks for explaining that part of the process too, I think I understand what you mean! Or majority of it at least lol
I also appreciate your super awesome willingness to help out and teach and give tips and stuff, thats really amazing of you!
Yeah Ive been working a lot with trying to learn the concept of an action line and how that works as well. Part of me gets it..but I dont understand how to apply it. Its a fairly new concept to me, but once it was pointed out I realize that I think cartoons are some of the most amazing examples of good flow/action line/movement/thingy! Like..I know it when I see it but I dont understand what it looks like to apply it lol.
Thanks for explaining that part of the process too, I think I understand what you mean! Or majority of it at least lol
I also appreciate your super awesome willingness to help out and teach and give tips and stuff, thats really amazing of you!
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