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How To Draw Manga Vol. 36 Animals PDF
How To Draw Manga Vol. 36 Animals PDF
Animals
Pets, Wild Aninrals, and Birds
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The ABCs of Drawing Animals ....... 5 Lizards I Geckos ..................................................... 79
Introduction Simplify ..............................................6 Iguanas I Chameleons ...........................................80
Making Animals with Matchsticks ..........................8 Alligators and Crocodiles ....................................... 81
Head-to-Body Ratios Crayfish I Scorpions ...............................................82
The S-shaped Legs ................................................ 1o Crabs ....................................................................... 83
Sample Drawing: Starting with a Diagram Turtles ...................................................................... 84
Taking a Step
Stages in Leg Movement Chapter 3: Wild Animals ......................................85
Hind Legs in a Seated Position Gorillas ..................................................................... 86
Seated Poses Orangutans .............................................................. 87
Relaxed Pose Chimpanzees ..........................................................88
Assorted Angles and Leg Positions Japanese Macaques ..............................................89
Animal Faces .......................................................... 20 Lions ........................................................................ 90
Stylizing to Create Facial Expressions Tigers ....................................................................... 92
Suggesting Coats and Coat Patterns: Animal Colors .. 24 Spotted Big Cats ..................................................... 93
Assorted Hamster Coats and Colors .....................25 Wolves .....................................................................94
Sizing Up: Animals vs. People ...............................26 Bears ................................................................... .... 96
Polar Bears .............................................................. 97
Chapter 2: Pets and Other Familiar Animals .........27 Zebras ......................................................................98
Dogs: Pointed-eared Dogs ..................................... 28 Giraffes ....................................................................99
Floppy-eared Dogs Hippos ....................................................................100
Drawing Dogs with Distinctive Forms (Short to Elephants ............................................................... 101
Medium Hair) Rhinoceroses ........................................................102
Drawing Fluffy Dogs (Long Hair) Wild Boar ...............................................................103
Drawing Dogs with Thick Fur Deer .......................................................................104
Rising from a Sleeping State/Scratching Camel ....................................................................106
Walking/Running Kangaroos .............................................................107
Comparing Positions from the Same Angle Koalas ....................................................................108
Sniffing, Licking, and Eating Pandas ................................................................... 109
Portraying Puppies Raccoons .............................................................. 11 o
Cats: Common Japanese Housecat/Long-haired Lesser Panda ........................................................112
Cats (Persian, Himalayan) ............................. 38 Foxes .....................................................................114
Drawing the Mouth Open Ears ........................................................................115
Common Housecat I Long-haired Cat Raccoon Dogs .......................................................11 6
Walking Giant Flying Squirrel .............................................118
Stalking and Pouncing Flying Squirrel .......................................................11 9
Sleeping and Rolling to the Side Armadillos I Tapirs ................................................120
Grooming Anteaters I Sloths .................................................121
Holding a Cat River Otters ........................................................... 122
Kitten Sea Otter ...............................................................123
Ferrets .....................................................................48 Sea Lions I Seals .................................................124
Chipmunks .............................................................. 51 Dolphins I Orcas I Whales ..................................125
Rabbits .................................................................... 54 Rays I Sharks ........................................................126
Prairie Dogs ............................................................56 Octopuses I Squid I Blowfish.............................. 127
Meerkats ................................................................. 58 Jellyfish .................................................................128
Hedgehogs ..............................................................60
Skunk....................................................................... 62 Chapter 3: Birds ....................................................129
Hamsters ................................................................. 63 Songbirds .............................................................. 130
Horses ...................................................................... 66 Crows .................................................................... 134
Donkeys................................................................... 71 Chickens ................................................................ 135
Cattle/Bison .............................................................72 Waterfowl ..............................................................136
Sheep .......................................................................74 Raptors .................................................................. 137
Goats ........................................................................75 Seagulls .................................................................138
Pigs ..........................................................................76 Penguins ................................................................139
Frogs ........................................................................ ?? Tropical Fish I Goldfish......................................... 140
Snakes .....................................................................78
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Chapter 1
The ABCs of Drawing Animals
~~Simplify Abstract and simplify while drawing the animal's entire
figure. You can still draw an animal without reproducing each
strand of fur on its body.
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Making Animals with Matchsticks Using a matchstick to portray the animal's
head and back makes drawing any number
of positions a snap.
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Head
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from a 3/4 angle.
from the front. Add some
form of mark at least to
indicate where the back
is positioned.
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Add a "fleshed-out" oval to
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the back.
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Head-to-Body Ratios These ratios serve as a guide when determining the length of
the face or body seen from the side.
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The S-shaped Legs When we crawl on all fours, our
limbs also take on an S-shape.
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Ex.: Dog
On a human, this is
• where the foot's arch
On a human, this is where would be located.
, WJ - the palm would be located.
~Toe
• Animals' elbows and knees
are located fairly close to
their trunks.
• Animals tend to stand on
their toes or toe tips.
Knee
-· - Flat of the
foot ~-- Flatof
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Sample Drawing: Starting with a Diagram S-Curves l Give S-curves to the matchsticks you use
) for the skeletal structure. This is the secret
to successfully drawing animals.
The shoulder should be
approximately one head's distance
from the neck.
Shoulder
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Taking a Step
Problem: Where does the right A) Figure with the right hind leg B) Figure with the right hind
hind leg go? forward. leg back.
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The legs of dogs, cats, and horses The legs of elephants and camels
take on a wide triangular shape. do not form a wide triangle.
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he key is to determine the
Hind Legs in a Seated Position knees' locations.
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the overall shape.
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CV Sketch a layout of the front @ When sketching the hind legs, be conscious of the legs' located midway
legs and pelvis. S-curve, which will determine the knees' location, along the body.
despite that this curve is not evident in this position.
@ Roughly sketch in the outer contours. @ Only draw precisely placed lines at @ Draw the head and other body parts
Make the rear (the thighs) round and the knees. to finish.
plump.
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Seated Poses When drawing an animal seated, be sure to round the back.
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Relaxed Pose Each animal folds its front paws differently when relaxing.
Knee
Elbow Heel
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Wrist
Dog, cat, mouse, etc. Deer, horse, and other hoofed animals
Deer
Cat
Ferret
Rabbit
Camel
Hamster
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Lying Down The animal lies with its head on the ground or resting on its
forelegs. The elbow is extended forward or is pulled back.
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Assorted Ang\es and Leg Positions
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Animal Faces
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Dog: Rectangular Cat: Oval
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Hamster, ferret:
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(longish Roundish Trapezoidal
horizontally) triangle (roundish triangle)
These animals have similar
head shapes:
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draw a circle in
the lower half.
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nose's positioning.
Dog Cat
hexagonal, but
vertically longish.
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Dog Faces: Dogs' noses Cat Faces: Cats have shorter
determine the faces than dogs.
length of their
faces.
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{ Ferret, Hamster, and Rabbit Faces
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Draw a circle with a beak. For the rabbit, make
Ferrets have Make the mouth, eyes, and the mouth large and
small ears. ears larger for a hamster. add bunny ears. ,
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Stylizing to Create Facial Expressions
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Modifying the
Chipper Angry
eyes creates a
more manga- (
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Grumbling Sleepy
Worried Prim
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Maximizing Distinguishing Features An effective way to stylize an animal is to take full advantage of each
pet or animal's individual physical differences and distinguishing
personality traits.
Droopy eyes
Modified face
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Suggesting Coats and Coat Patterns: Animal Colors
If you are unable to add color, then use
hatching or tone to suggest fur color.
Face
Body
Tabby Cats
Inked with a felt-tip pen Hatching added Tone added Adding black patches to
red mottling creates a
calico cat
Striped Cats
Hatching added Adding a light tone creates Adding gradation tone creates a
an orange striped kitty kitty with black stripes on grey
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Sample Drawing: Hamster Coat (For a Bi-colored Teddy Bear Hamster)
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Chapter 2
Pets and Other Familiar Animals
When drawing, give consideration to the following three points:
Dogs 1) Are the ears pointed or floppy?
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2) Is the muzzle long or short?
3) What size is the dog: large, medium, or small?
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Floppy-eared Dogs (long and Short Muzzle): Great Pyrenees, Golden Retriever, Poodle, Pug, English Bulldog, Etc.
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the Mouth Open
Layout of
the lower jaw
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Drawing Dogs with Distinctive Forms (Short to Medium Hair)
Eg.: Akita
Forelegs
The portion touching
the leg is the elbow.
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hand The flat of the dog's foot
is the equivalent of the
human hand.
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Drawing Dogs with Thick Fur
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Eg.: Siberian Husky
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Scratching
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Walking
Running
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The ears are close together
Japanese housecat to fluffy puffballs, like the Persian or Himalayan.
(about half the distance of
Common Japanese Housecat an ear's actual width).
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Common Housecat
Portion normally
touching the ground
Long-haired Cat
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Walking
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Sleep1·ng and Rolling to the Side
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Grooming
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Holding a Cat
Lifting a Cat
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Kitten
Kitten shown at the same
size as an adult cat
An adult cat
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Ferrets Ferrets are members of the weasel family. They have long bodies, and their tails occupy about
1/3 of their overall length. Their lithe bodies require sinuous lines to draw the figure's contours.
Keep the nose and mouth on the short side. The distance between the eyes The semicircular ears almost
The distance from the nose to the top of the
is about three eyes in length. perfectly stay within the face's
head occupies about 3/4 of the head overall.
contours and do not jut out.
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The forelegs are
approximately as
long as the head.
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Chipmunks Draw the head on the large side. The key to drawing a chipmunk is to create
a 3-shaped curve with hills and valleys running from the neck down the back.
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The back sports three stripes, while the sides, two (each).
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underneath the nose. retains its pentagonal ,
shape even from a low
angle. There are four toes
on the front paws.
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Drawing a Chipmunk Frolicking
(Standing)
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are white, but lay '-<-~ Draw outlines in black
Do a layout sketch of Draw the figure's down thick black of those areas to be
the overall figure. contours and sketch in lines first to achieve white in the final image.
Determine the entire the back's stripes. the general look. _· 1recommend using a
figure 's proportions non-photo blue pencil
according to the head's to mark guidelines
size. when you are planning
on using tone.
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Drawing a Chipmunk with Full Cheek Pouches
Draw an upside-down triangle. Draw the ears and semicircles for Draw the eyes along a line
the cheek pouches. connecting the nose to the base of
the ears. The mouth should form a
"W", while the nose forms a "U".
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Use zigzagging lines for the cheeks' Add whiskers to the sides of the nose. Complete the silhouette and the
contours to make them appear fuzzy. You may omit these in the final image. details and blacken the eyes to finish.
Be sure to alternate
.j white stripes with
dark brown stripes.
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Rabbits This is a full-cheeked, trapezoidal head with
the ears about as tall as the head.
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Stretched out, the body is about four the same length as the ears.
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barely discernible.
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Sitting
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Prairie Dogs The top of the head is a curve so subtle it is almost flat. The ears
attach toward the rear of the head. Draw the head on the large
side and the limbs thick, crafting an overall stocky, roly-poly figure.
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The ears are not visible from the upper and lower eyelids.
a straight-on front view.
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Prairie dogs raise their
tales slightly just like
a dog.
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Meerkats The distinguishing features for this animal are its flat head and pointed
snout. The hair surrounding the ears and eyes is black, making the
meerkat appear from far away to be wearing a black mask.
The forehead occupies
The ears are attached about 1/3 of the head.
toward the back of the
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The stripes along the back
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Draw the hedgeho a . .
a carapace of nee~l esson
If depleting
Its back. a pointy- nosed rat wearing
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two spots on the head
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Determine the head's size to
establish the entire body's
length.
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Skunk Draw the profile with the snout turning up. From the front, the head with its full cheeks
should form a pentagonal shape. The fur covering the trunk gives it a stout appearance.
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a long rhomboid shape. (
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Hamsters The hamster is a rodent whose sticky-out ears are approximately 1/3 the head's size. Its legs are stubby, and
its abdomen lies close to the ground. Be sure to give both the head as well as the body a sense of roundness.
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Manga-fied Hammies
Draw the eyes as perfect
circles and the mouths as
a simplified "W" to turn
your hamster into a manga
character.
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Horses From straight on, a horse's eyes appear to slant upward, giving them a stern
expression. Prevent the legs from appearing to be simple sticks by drawing chunky
joints, thus giving the legs some curve.
The horse's ears should
be about as long as the
horse's forehead is wide.
The ears should be
spaced closer
together than the
eyes.
Picture the
horse's head as
a rectangle.
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equivalent of the
sole on a human.
The legs are about 1.5
times the trunk's height.
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Riding a Horse
Stirrup
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Note the appearance of the horse's
face (particularly the mouth), the
position of the ears, and the motion in
the mane and tail when in full gallop.
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Sheep Since sheep are covered in soft wool, I recommend drawing the figure with
gently rounded surfaces. The trick here is to keep the distance between From the front, the face appears
the eyes and the nose on the long side to suggest a flattish face. an inverted triangle with a round
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be spaced about one head apart. the legs appear short- about 1/4 of
the total height.
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Frogs Drawing your frogs with their elbows pointed outward produces
that distinctive supercilious air that frogs seem to have.
Foreleg
Underside of
the head
Triangular Heads of
Poisonous Snakes
Nonpoisonous Poisonous
Lizards wiggle
five slender toes. when they move.
Geckos
Geckos tend to be tubbier
than most lizards.
Chameleons
The eyes are capable of rotating 360°
independently of one another.
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Scorpions
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Crabs
Mobile claw
Hermit Crabs
Add a carapace to
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Correct proportioning:
The carapace is four heads in length.
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Chapter 3
Wild Animals
Gorillas Make the area above the gorilla's brow, the forehead, expansive. Give the gorilla strong,
bulging shoulders. The neck is incorporated within the trunk and is typically not very visible.
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Orangutans Give the male orangutan a largish head and cheek pads
about as wide as the distance the eyes are space apart.
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Chimpanzees Chimpanzees' heads seem to rest immediately upon their shoulders. Draw
them with slender hands and feet, long fingers and toes, and big ears.
The ears are approximately half the head in height. The hairy forehead occupies about
1 2 1/4 of the head.
Foot
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ground when walking.
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. II walks on all fours. Its ears are
Japanese Macaques The Japanese macaque typl.ca Yb f r such as in the winter and
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sometimes obscure ld be omitted when drawmg .
other occasions (and shou The eyes are spaced
The mane radiates from the head. The forehead occupies 1/3 of the face
in profile and the muzzle, the other 213.
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Spotted Big Cats These are big cats with patterns on their fur. Draw
them with large paws and a powerful trunk.
are slender.
Panther
Mountain Lion
The mountain lion has no spots and closely resembles an African
or Asian lioness at first glance. Draw the mountain lion with
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Wolves To distinguish the wolf from a dog, draw the wolf
with a longish snout and piercing eyes.
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should be solid in
appearance.
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Bears The space between the ears is wider than those The ears are semicircular.
of the eyes. The forehead forms a gentle arc.
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The polar bear has a more squarish face than the The ears are positioned toward the back of the head,
Polar Bears average bear. A distinguishing feature lies in its large spaced as distant from the eyes as the eyes are from
paws, which are about the same size as its head. the nose- a distinctive trait of this species.
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The nose is black.
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Zebras The ears are spaced approximately the
equivalent to half the head 's full width.
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Giraffes
The giraffe has a
protuberance on its
The ears are shaped like long scoops.
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forehead.
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forms a
vertically
long
hexagon. Figure shows face ' foreshortened when
looking down slightly looking upward.
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representing a fold
of loose skin is
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Elephants The elephant's head is essentially a vertical ellipse whether viewing it from the side or
straight on. I recommend drawing the Asian elephant's ears about half the size of the head.
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Rhinoceroses The rhinoceros should be drawn with a rectangular face and conical
(trumpet-shaped) ears. The black rhino and white rhino closely resemble
one another, but may be distinguished using the mouth.
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the width of the head.
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Wild Boar The tusks of some wild boars puncture their mouths. Boar tusks do not
typically grow from the corner of their mouths, but rather close to the snout.
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The boar's cloven hooves
look like women's high-
heeled shoes.
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Deer Deer's ears turn out to the side
in a distinctive manner.
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Camel
In profile, the snout occupies
2/3 of the face and the The mouth is as
forehead 1/3. wide as the face.
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Koalas
Baby Koala
The juvenile koala's head is smaller
but broader than the adult's. The eyes
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Pandas The almond-shaped eyes arc slightly upward. The forelegs' black fur
extends to encircle the animal from the chest to the back.
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Raccoons Black surrounds the raccoon's eyes like a mask as well as enveloping the nose
and its feet. The tail has six rings with the ring size varying for each individual.
The line from the forehead to the tip of the nose forms a subtle S-curve.
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Lesser Panda The lesser panda sports a round head and triangular ears. Growing at
the base of its ears, are long, earlobe-like tufts of fur. While the lesser
panda's back is brown, its legs and belly are virtually jet-black.
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giving the snout a long, cylindrical silhouette.
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Raccoon Dogs From the front, the raccoon dog has a.wide,
hexagonal face. The ears are shap~d like
triangles with rounded points, forming a loop.
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In the winter, the neck and the tail become hairy w!th
long fur. The coat around the trunk grows to twJce Jts
summertime volume. In contrast, the regions from the
wrist and angle downward remain relatively uncovered.
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Armadillos The three-banded armadillo is the only able to roll itself
up into a ball. None of the other armadillo species are
capable of this feat.
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Sloths
River Otters The head is streamlined. 1recommend 1 5
using sinuous lines for the entire body.
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the legs are sh a.re webbed, and
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Sea Lions The hind flippers fold forward,
allowing the sea lion to straighten
its body upright forming an "L".
The flippers'
length is
virtually the
same as the
head's width.
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approximately
midway along
the body. The front flippers
have claws.
Figure showing the hind
124 flippers brought together
The key point to the dolphin is the
arc extending from the dorsal fin to
the tail.
Whales
Right whale
Fin whale
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Rays are flat, rhomt!loid,
shaped animals.
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Jellyfish The jellyfish's movements and the angle from which it is viewed greatly affect
whether it appears flat to the eye or a complicated three-dimensional creature.
Moon jellyfish
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head, and the eyes are almond-shaped.
Finches
Zebra finch
is capable of opening
to half the size of the
entire head.
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Parakeets The parakeet's hooked beak forms an inverted triangle.
Budgie
Lovebird
Pigeons
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Chickens Maintaining the hen's comb at about 1/2
to 1/3 the size of the rooster's will allow
you to distinguish between the two. Chick
Rooster
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Waterfowl Attach a shoehorn to an egg-shaped
head, and voila! A water bird.
Spot-billed duckling
Whooper swan
Mute swan
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Raptors Thick necks, puffed up breasts, wide shoulders, and broad wingspans characterize birds
of prey. Draw these birds with hooked beaks that are likewise thick as well as sharp.
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Seagulls The gull's long bill should be approximately the same length
as its head. Also, adding tiny pupils will help to make your
gull convincing.
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different species.
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Albatroos Black-mHed gull
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Penguins All penguins have black covering them from the head to back and white bellies.
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Like other waterfowl, the bill is the same
length as the head.
Running
In the water
Swimming
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Emperor Adelie Chinstrap Rockhopper Macaroni Humboldt
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almost a perfect square.
Angelfish
Easy Peasy Angelfish
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1. Draw a circle.
2. Draw an arrow.
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Adding highlights to the eyes will
make them look more realistic.
Goldfish
Fringe tail
goldfish
(Ryukin)