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Basic Animal Anatomyby `majnouna

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*I have run into a tutorial on dA that copy-pasted a part of the tutorial above without my authorization. So as much as I hate doing this: NO PART OF THIS TUTORIAL MAY BE REPRODUCED. I will NOT allow it even if you ask and/or credit me. Any piece I find that reuses parts of my work will be taken down. If anyone runs into such a piece I'll be grateful if you inform me of the rip. Thank you. *

Faced with the mindboggling task of explaining how to draw animals, I decided a progressive approach. This is a base tutorial focusing on the bone and muscle structure of some of the most commonly drawn animals. I present them in such a way as to make comparison easier, as I believe that once you understand the general idea of the anatomy it is relatively easy to adapt it to all vertebrates. You'll probably find it helpful to take a look at my tutorial on human anatomy first [link] as this one tends to assume that you read that one first.
It will be followed by a series of species-specific tutorials that will fill in all the details I don't show here: details of head and body, movement, youngs, birds, reptiles... If you can think of anything that would be useful to include in those, let me know so I can try to include it.

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~PadPL 1 day ago

My God O.o

Thanks!

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`majnouna 1 day ago Professional General Artist

Welcome!

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~YouHaveNeverHerdOfMe 5 days ago Hobbyist Digital Artist

kangaroo...of all animals

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`majnouna 4 days ago Professional General Artist

And why not?

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~YouHaveNeverHerdOfMe 4 days ago Hobbyist Digital Artist

touchè

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~GreyPebbles May 8, 2012 New member Hobbyist General Artist

I've been going about google for days searching for how-to's and reference pictures. And then I found your profile and gallery full of amazing, well-illustrated, informative tutorials. Thank you!!

`majnouna May 19, 2012 Professional General Artist

Sweet, you're welcome!

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~OddFoxxeP Apr 27, 2012

I love you.

Like I've understood about how animal joints are similar to ours but reversed, and this articulates the concept I was grasping at perfectly. You probably saved me a good 6-8 hours of frustration. thank you so much!

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`majnouna May 6, 2012 Professional General Artist

Great!

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*PostBoxRomance Apr 24, 2012 Student Digital Artist

This is really useful, thanks!

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