Deer anatomy/painting/drawing tutorial

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Here's a link: http://design.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-draw-animals-deers-species-an...

I didn't make it, but I thought it could be very useful to this community Smiling Enjoy, guys!
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*glomps Mis* VERY HELPFUL

*glomps Mis* VERY HELPFUL
You do not have a soul. You ARE a soul. You have a body.
~ C.S. Lewis

.: Thank you so much for

.: Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Ornico: HNNNNGG I MISSED U

Ornico: HNNNNGG I MISSED U 8D

Fainalotea: You're very welcome; I'm happy to contribute to the community! :3
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Missed you too Q3Q

Missed you too Q3Q
You do not have a soul. You ARE a soul. You have a body.
~ C.S. Lewis

.: You are welcome! And I

.: You are welcome! And I greatly respect you for that!
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That's awesome, thank you a

That's awesome, thank you a lot. c:
Starling's picture

Extremely useful, thankyou!

Extremely useful, thankyou!
goodvibration's picture

omg yes, yeeees! Thank you

omg yes, yeeees!
Thank you so, so much for posting this! This is so helpful in many ways.
Tavra's picture

Track

Track <3
Thank you!! Just what I was looking for!


This could be handy

This could be handy mismatched, thanks for sharing it. That being said be careful guys and take this tutorial with a grain of salt, there are some really big errors (like the fawn neck length and how the vertebrae in the skeletons are drawn) that could mis-inform your learning! Always cross reference any online resources like this with photos and videos of real animals (videos are awesome because you can see joint movement and weight distribution) because every artist will include their own bias and errors when they draw.
Hum's picture

Oh bless you, Tera. Yeah,

Oh bless you, Tera.

Yeah, though the artist went in with the right intent, I personally did not find any of the illustrations to be without at least one sort of major anatomical error. (Not even just in execution; the artist's written evaluation of some anatomical details are, in my opinion, incorrect as well.) Tutorials like this can be helpful, both to those who are learning and even to those who believe themselves to have mastered the anatomy of an animal (lol, never). That said, I think they should all indeed be taken with a grain of salt.

I've personally always found that studying the animal itself, rather than what someone says the animal looks like, is the best way to learn any form of anatomy.

All of that said, if this somehow helps you, all the better! Just be wary of picking up bad habits. I've done more than my share of that in the past!
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I was going to leave a

I was going to leave a meaningful comment but hum and tera already did so.




tell me what's wrong with this picture.