As mentioned in the other parts of this series, this Paw Study is part of the Balaa’s “Artist Conspiracy” series, who’s whole purpose is to provide both good reference pictures for artists as well as inspiration to try them out in new artwork! There are nine pictures in this series, with the “number zero” having been posted a long, long time ago now: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/432365/

As this /is/ a Paw Study, I thought the very best candidate for modeling would best be a kitty with very large and imposing paws, who doesn’t mind showing them off. So, logically, that led me to The DrifterMan, who was more than happy to volunteer.

This is somewhat of a two-parter, where Drifter is actually grooming his face. Even so, many of the same features of the underside of the paw can be seen here, with the location of the dewclaw opposite the “thumb” pad being ever more obviously displayed.

I like this picture, as it captures one of the more calm and serene moments, where Drifter is relaxed enough, even with my standing there with an annoying, clicky thing, to take care of those daily, important, necessities.

It might also be noted - though unrelated to paws - that nose colorations are unique to individuals, even though there is believed to be some genetic influence of species. In this case, Drifter has a rather darn-colored nose, whereas many cougar have a light, “skin-tone” nose. So there’s a bit of feline trivia for you!

So this is the second image of the Drifter paw Study. Enjoy!

This picture was taken 20-Jul-03. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/250 shutter, f/4.5. This image was shrunken down for space conservation.