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Animal Anatomy - Cats Part 1 by =akeli:iconakeli:

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©2009 =akeli
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So, people keep requesting an anatomy tutorial. Here it is:

This is probably the #1 anatomy mistake I see from people trying to draw cats. I'm not sure if it comes from drawing dogs too much or if it is a side-effect of the Evana craze. The side-legs can be a cute stylization, but if you're trying to get closer to real life, it doesn't work.

Hope this helps! :)

As always -
Art copyright to :iconakeli:


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Another note, here is a great reference that shows the muscles better. It's from one of the books I have called Animal Anatomy for Artists (which has many other great drawings of lions/horses/dogs): [link]


PS! The cats in this tutorial were referenced from live footage and photographs I took myself. I wanted to make sure I mostly had everything right on this tutorial.

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=Hotica Nov 13, 2009, 1:36:31 AM
*goes and checks out if she did the same mistakes*
I love this tutorial. :D
I'm a canine artist aswell so this is really nice to go by.

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=PearlEden Nov 13, 2009, 1:37:11 AM
Awesome!!
I was looking for good cat anatomy references for quite time because I still cant 100% get right with cat anatomy. Thank you for sharing! ¤stares at your pretty coloring style on tiger¤

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Mood: Love ~MaftetArt Nov 13, 2009, 1:38:25 AM
Remarkable tutorial! I now draw a tiger.

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=traediras Nov 13, 2009, 1:41:49 AM
Thanks very much for this! :D I'm sure this will help me immensely even though I'm a feline artist :P

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~darkstarsfire Nov 13, 2009, 1:43:51 AM
AWESOME! this is the most helpful cat tut i've seen in...well, a long time. IT ROCKS!

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*Chireiya Nov 13, 2009, 1:47:07 AM
This is amazing, thank you so much for this! :D I know I can still learn a lot from you.
I really hope you will be doing one of these for the hind legs (they always give me the most trouble) and maybe one for Snow leopards too. :3

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~Blue-Uncia Nov 13, 2009, 1:48:26 AM
Dang, I keep making the same mistakes! Only I didn't start by drawing dogs, but by drawing horses...

*Sigh*

Ah well, lesson learned. Thanks a lot, Akeli! :D

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~Lea007 Nov 13, 2009, 1:49:35 AM
This tutorial is awesome! love it! :D:love:

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~silentpilgrim Nov 13, 2009, 2:02:07 AM
Thank you so much. :D

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~Twister4eva Nov 13, 2009, 2:03:36 AM
Wow.
I'm sure this will be extremely useful to people.

Well done. :clap:
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