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Ash-Dragon-wolf — Canine anatomy: front legs
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this is just to show where to place the front legs.Related content
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well, if you dont study it, then it might come out to have five feet because its one's style. It might not be as obvious as five feet, but its little things. also if you stylize for example the beak of an owl to be bigger than it is, it might come out looking like an eagle. I used to not care about anatomy, but it has helped me alot, not just to make my animals look correct, but for other things. Also one learns the correct way to do it, then bends the rules. 
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i was just saying also, but i dont follow anatomy. i go by my owns rules of it and i do just fine
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i admit your anatomy is good for not following the anatomy rules, but im a convert to following the rules. Ive been showing alot of people this, its hilarious. [link]
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So, on the diagram on both front and back legs, what do the lines (the lower line that the foot rests on and the random line going through the diagram) represent? Is there a certain distance and what is the approximate ratio of the bones?
Great tutorial! This will help soooo much! XP
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oh it shows where the bones should be 
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quite old stuff but i have to say 'GOD BLESS YOU!' >3>
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Very nice reference.
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where do you learn all this?
books, videos, comics? id love to know!
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It's called "studying".
Fancy that!
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ya, but im to lazy sometimes *shot*
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OMG! This is really awesome! Very helpful! Thanks Ash!
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I can't see the difference. I feel so blind! D: (And I'm trying to learn how to draw dogs/wolves/canines...phooey.)
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From what I can see, the demonstration is bone length in certain locations as well as where it connects with the ribs.
In the first example, the shoulder blade comes down and pulls back more parallel with the bottom of the ribs, while the second diagram shows it extend (improperly) down away from the ribs. creating a taller, distorted look.
I hope that helps somewhat, but unfortunately I'm unfamiliar with the scientific terms for a canines bone structure. Hope this helped.
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I think I see what you're talking about. Thanks!
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Yeah sometimes i do it wrong
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Whoa =o I've been doing it wrong all this time. Dang! Thanks so much for zis! <333 Forevah!
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thaz awesome ash. thank your for clearing that up for me
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thank you!!!!!!!! i can never figure out how to do front legs!!!!! yay!!!!!!!
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Thanks for this great Reference! ^-^
I adore the poses at the bottom. <3
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this will help with this new art I'm making right now
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thank you soooo much I really needed this XD
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Ah, so cool and helpful! You should do something like this for the head of a canine (I'm having a bit of trouble with them
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thanks for this, i've always had trouble with front legs
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This is really neat.
Thanx ash, this will be helpful for me to draw poses for animals. Now I know where my mistakes are.
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Very helpful. I can see where I've been messing up for a long time. Thank you for the sketch/diagram.
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well this will be helpful, that's for sure ^^
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Oh wow, thank you this will help alot with me drawing dogs =3
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these tutorials are really great! they're simple, but they show the subtle differences that make ALL the difference!
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dang i need help on back legs more than the front xD
but this will help. thanks for making it
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So what you're saying (to sum it up) (this might be useful to put this in the description of the image) is:
"The elbow is in line with the bottom of the rib cage, it is not higher than that, it is not lower than that."
Yes?
Something I've known for a long long time - but something I don't do very often.
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Ha, Got a little confused looking at this trying to find some big problem like bone length or something with the shoulder. X3
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I'm pretty sure I was doing these wrong too, so again I thank you for these pics.
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It's a bit difficult to spot the difference on this, actually. I can see the difference with the first one but *shrugs*
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o.o So that's what I was missing.
The entire shoulderblade.
>.> It's no wonder I could never get it to look right.
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This is actually pretty helpful to look at, good work.
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Nice tut, but Humerus should be more curved instead of straight
Other than that it looks good
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