I was in the mood to draw something simple, so I did a tiger eye since yesterday’s daily wasn’t a colored tiger
© My art
© My art
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Tiger
Size 835 x 732px
File Size 114.8 kB
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Well before I started drawing big cats and normal cats I drew canines so a few things to keep in mind is probably obvious to some but it to remember that felines snouts are shorter than canines also a bit wider too. Felines typically have rounded paws and their claws in the center of their toes. These are just a few things I keep in mind when drawing them.Big cats tend to have a bigger built compared to canines (Ex: More muscle in the forelegs). Overall start getting familiar to the anatomy of the feline you want to draw. Always use references, you'll learn a lot that like movement, fur direction on the body, fur thickness and anatomy. I strongly suggest looking up sketches from your favorite artists of the animal you like, they can help you break things down if you struggle to but do not try to go for realism right away unless you really want to. I'm sorry if this doesn't help much but gives you an idea of what I do and if it does help then I'm happy to have helped ^-^
On the same note as the other person as far as tips - doing studies is amazingly helpful. Collect pictures of what you're trying to draw(big cats) and sketch them as you see them. If you need to, definitely start small by picking individual features(such as paws, for example) and drawing them as you see them in the pictures until you feel like you understand that feature. Eventually you can combine features or go a step further. There's a lot of ways you can do studies - I did one this morning for lions, it was a pretty bare-bones one though(no pun intended) for basic skeletal structure.
http://i.imgur.com/XYB0BA3.png
It's not perfect, but as I keep working with this subject it'll get a lot better, and that's the idea is to keep at it until it makes sense to you.
Working digitally I find it easy, when I'm having a hard time with a feature, to roughly line over the problem area in red - you can see I did that on the lower half of the skull and the paw. And of course to put the skeleton inside of the body, but... You get the idea. Collect references, study them, sketch them over and over again. That's all I can say. c:
http://i.imgur.com/XYB0BA3.png
It's not perfect, but as I keep working with this subject it'll get a lot better, and that's the idea is to keep at it until it makes sense to you.
Working digitally I find it easy, when I'm having a hard time with a feature, to roughly line over the problem area in red - you can see I did that on the lower half of the skull and the paw. And of course to put the skeleton inside of the body, but... You get the idea. Collect references, study them, sketch them over and over again. That's all I can say. c:
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