Your paws are hawt

Great study X3

To add more, while I'm still working on hindpaws in general, I do have a problem with the whole standing up position. dunno, just is harder for me to grasp when I try it. digitigrade is always hard to draw as it is :P

To help understand the anatomy better, I personally find it easier to grasp if compare it to human anatomy -- a dog kind leg is basically exactly alike to a human leg except the area from knee to ankle is MUCH shorter, and the area from ankle to toes MUCH longer.

Well yeah, but what i'm referring to is the toes manly. They're like squishy orbs or so, but it's still more to that which takes practice to get a mindset on.

YAY.
Finally something like this!
SO many people need help with this kind of stuff.
Much thanks!

Interesting observation! Thanks for sharing~

Awesome. :P

Whoa! That is magic!

Well I'll be damned. Great find man.

oh neat! yeah true, that really does make it easier^^

Thank you SO much! :D That's awesome! ^.^

now to find the "geo-metree" of purfect feetpaws! Lol This is awesome!

Hind paws are win!

Who knew geometry would ever be useful.... Lol, but that's a great technique....

Painting is -all- about geometry :P

ditto

LoL right xD

Geometry, it is everywhere.

That's really helpful and well done.

This is magic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96kwILL35ig

pawwwww

Wow, cool and useful. ^__^

This is awesome reference, thanks ^^

genial!!!! =O

You are a genious! thanks :3

they do!
kinda like fritos.

So do male rats. 0.0

I'm always baffled by this observation, as I've never thought that Mischa's paws smell much like food. Mind you, he's a malamute and they don't smell much like other dogs anyway.

But then, corn chips aren't so common in central Europe, so maybe one day I'll get fed something when I'm in the US, and say, "Hey! This tastes like my dog's feet!"

I bet that would make people look very strange at you

Oh, hey! That's cool!

magic? it's mathmagic! (I coulda sworn the cartoon in question was called Donald in Mathamagic Land, not Donald in Mathmagic Land)

im definitely going to use this

I got the lawls in my pawls.

Ooooo! Very very useful indeed! Maybe my canine-paws won't such so much anymore. xD

THis would also be very useful while actually modeling an anthro in 3D as well. Thanks!

Wow! This is a very interesting observation! :D I will fav this to look at later. <33

awww thanks for sharing. this will help a bunch.

lol you said thusly xD

this was really helpful :3

That is most useful, thanks!

It was only about a year or two ago that I figured out dogs' two middle toes reach further forward than their flanking toes so dramatically!

Now I just have to work on their pads appearing properly rounded instead of flat.

Ahh...how I love your magic.

cat paw?

So simple, yet useful. :)

omg thank you >__<

Excellent tutorial!

Another Mystery of the Universe solved!

Interesting.

Day-um, this is awesome! I'll have to try this for sure! Thanks for the tips! :D

Not only does this get saved, it gets printed out right now for reference. Thank you for posting this.

That's pretty cool.

Tis troo.

Love it! Would you use this method on anthros?

For hind-paws I don't see why you couldn't, I use it for anthros myself but some people like to draw more humanish feet on them. Also, I should have specified that this is for hind-paws mainly, front-paws on dogs are a little different with the additional dew-claws and carpal pads. The general paw shape is relatively the same tho. :]

Would you ever consider a tutorial for anthro front-paw-hands? Many artists draw anthros with human-like hands. I prefer them to be a good mixture of both front-paws and human hands, buuuut I just don't get it, and references are not that easy to find - especially nature has a certain lack of them... ;)

I thought you might've, I'm often trying to figure out the difference between your two sketching styles (i'm not sure who i'm typing to right now X3), sometimes your foot-paws are rather wide around the larger pad, rather than being thin like in this tutorial. For example in... *searches for a good example* Midnight Sun http://www.furaffinity.net/view/933844/ I guess it's just about widening the initial pentagon (not that i use construction lines like this, it's just good to have a mental image).

Yeah, thats great, but I cant evendraw a straight line

Here, try this.

What is that? A guessing stick?

Math? Geometry? Burn the witch!

Genius and simple! X3 Thank you <3

I knew it had to be something simple I was missing! that's pur magic!

Holy shit this is magic. I have no idea why I haven't thought of this myself!

Did you happen to find one of these for the topside of a paw? Or a quarter view?

Hahaha! You gotta love sudden insight! the "Ah HA" moment. Faved.

The basic of Biomechanic at its best. ^^

Wounderful how geometry and nature are one.

that makes everything so much easier O_O thank you!!!

It's magical . . . quick, sell this to Apple. iPhone 5, NOW WITH PAWS.

Devil magic for sure.

Mathematics strikes again!

Fantastic!

Also, I love your writing, aaaaugh gimme.

You have my respect, Blotch. Sharing techniques or artistic ideas isn't something you see every day with accomplished artists. Keep up the excellent work!

*waggwagg* Very cool blotch! *nuzzles the paw you drew*

For Science!

Haw haw, paw-lygon, you made a funny |D

No but really this is pretty cool XD Totally faved :D

If ONLY schools made it this interesting to learn geometry. XD

well that's interesting

FFFFF-
This is awesome! <3

Woo thanks for this!
Are you going to expand on the how to draw/sketch series for anatomy you did a while back?

damn I gotta try this!

thanks u so much!!now i can try to draw dog paws...

Great observation!...the eyes of a true artist 83

IS MAGIC PAWS!

Haha, your title is punny. :B

:D!
Like magic!
Thanks for sharing :3

oooo that's useful information. Thank you ^^

This is very informative, i have always had trouble drawing paws and this helps greatly, thanks. ^^

Thanks for the pointer, and I chuckled at the title. Very nice.

Wow, this trick is VERY usefull

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Finally something to help someone such as myself which have a primarily mathematical rather than artistic mind...

This is great, thank you! It's certainly not the way I'm used to drawing my paws, but it will definitely help in the future. Thanks! ^^

Neat tip :D

I truly appreciate this. I have such a big problem with drawing believable looking canine paws. How about a top view, and how the paws work for "Digitagrade" characters?

The power of geometry!
Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. The math is everywhere! XD

Yeah it's amazing how you can simplify drawing almost anything with it.

again, science over nature prevails!
:D great observation, study, and tutorial. i look forward to testing this out on a future work i have planned!
*Tanek*

Wow thats clever! Ill have to try it out some time.

Math. Who needs it. lol

Blotch, u sure ur not a mathematician?

Win! :D ( see, -this- is where the " yer gonna use math in the real world" actually applies for once )

I wonder, why perfect creatures are so simply built?

Wow... Awesome!

I never thought of that, a Pentagon.

Wow, I never knew that before

I'd been using calculus to draw my paws

I'll pass it along to my artist friends :)

Ah, good trick.

now i know!

Doggie feetz made simply. =)

yay, amazing stuff. will keep it in mind next time ill draw k9`s. may be ull add some more other tutorials about anatomy?

pleeeeeeas :)

:O very helpful!

I am wondering if the same thing can be done with feline paws. just that you have to count in the retractable claws. So do you think this is possible?

you got hot paws

Thanks for sharing

Now show us the quadratic function you use for drawing cocks! :D

x=-b +/- 8===>

THUS SAITH THE ALL ENLIGHTENED SAINT BLOTCH :3

This is awesome. I would LOVE to use this if I ever start drawing. ^_^

incredibly usefull

The power of geometry does it again!

Very nice. That reminds me of using the circles with the bodies for the ppl that I use to try to draw. Wow that was way back in like middles school. Good for you though.

This...actually helps quite a bit. Thank you :)

Awww~ yes~~ thanks a lot!
It makes everything easy~~ XD

great tip :3

this is MADNESS!
(and hella useful too o3o teacher always told me I'd use geometry)

Thank you

AAAAND you've just defined a new paradigm for furry artwork, like floppy hairdos between pointy ears, or tails sticking at right angles out of the L5 vertebra.

Except that this one's a lot better.

Thank You Mr. or Mrs. Blotch!

A magic trick!!!

Thank you =)

*looks his handpaws* Itsa true! ^^
Ingenious idea!! :3

Surely that only works if paws are only flat, for folded ones some would need to understand using planes ;)
Thusly the understanding of the paw bone structure should be studied(for those that dont know paws that well) before attempting to simplifying something to a blocked in shape ;)

Nice. Simple yet useful

THANK YOU.

Holy noodle-cakes, this is ingenious!

"How to draw a dog paw using The power of Geometry!!!"

made me lol :3


Nicely drawn and awesome find^^ Love them doggypaws

I don't know what it is about pawsies but they ARE fun to draw. Very nice little tutorial!

interesting.. very helpful indeed

This is great, thanks so much for posting it!

GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Always appreciating a tutoral :)

- Shado

I appreciate this greatly and if I ever pick up a pencil for non-language use, I will be sure to employ it!

OOOOOOH ill try i love paw's

This is both super cool and damned impressive.

Wow that is really neat! I had never noticed how closely a pentagon can describe a dog's paw

<3 wuv it ^^

WOW epic and very simple thank you very much guys

please give more tips hehehe

IT IS MAGIC.

Thanks for showing us this!

Cool.

Wow... so simple :)

OMG ur magic how do you do it??

Ahhh... dang, that does make it a lot easier! Great guide for non-anthro type paws. Thanks for sharing!

Who knew, you're good at math too!
*grin*

Thanks for the tip :)

useful

ty.

Considered referencing animal track identification stuffs also.

http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html

Mathtastic!

Concise, informative, funny... it has it all! Learning CAN be fun!

(super bonus points for "thusly")

THIS WILL BE HELPFUL!

this is awesome, I find it extreamly helpfull :)

I actually used this while just doodling out of boredom. It works amazingly well. I think you should do tutorials on the full figure now :3

Helpful! Thanks for the tip :)

Wow, a great and simple trick for drawing paws. Thanks for the tip. :D

Interesting techneque. Been using that for some time, but nice to see some one els knows that trick.

The power of SCIENCE!

I mean, MATH!

I'm really sorry, but "divide" is spelled wrong x3

Setting my grammar-nazi side to... well, the side, this is an INCREDIBLY useful tutorial and I'm SO glad to have stumbled upon it. And allow me to add my voice to the chorus of "hand-paw tutorial please!"

fasinating how to geometry

This is good ref material for someone who doesn't really draw canids that much, so appreciated =]

ooo
how helpfully tutorial :D nice

tHIS IS CRAZY USEFUL i D BE EXCITED IF YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR VAST KNOWLEDGE OF AWESOMESAUCE TECHNIQUES ^^

sorry about the caps...I didnt mean to be overly emphatic bordering insanity...

I love this WORK!

My response: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4452682

Its genius!!! :D

this is magical :D. THANk YOU!!!!!

Knowing is half the battle

The other half is blowing stuff up. ^.^;

Awesome. I cannot thank you enough for this. >.>
I really hope to see more of these in the future!
Art lessons kick ass.

wow it really is magic! thanks so much!

Except borzoi paws and much different! lol
They look like "oo"
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Great method, I will definitely keep this in mind. Thank you so much for sharing!!

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can we have one for cat paws please? kthxbai

oooh yay! thankies for sharing! :D

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW THE RAIN IS GONE<33

OH MY GOD WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS BEFORE!? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THIS WILL HELP ME A TON!!!! <3333
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yus, this is ausum, easy and handee as fuck!

Well, it can be useful.
Thanks

I'm confused, is this supposed to turn me on. Wait, no, I got it. It is supposed to help me turn other people on.

ooo i liek this

@.@

holy sht you are amazing