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blackminorscales — Upper Body Strength
Published: 2011-08-02 18:09:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 591; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 12
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I should stop drawing the same picture of Scales over and over again. But anyway, this was based off the style that Morenor of FA drew Scales in, which shows off his upper body muscles by removing the scutes. I thought it was a neat approach and wanted to try drawing it myself. Tada.As always, sketches are a penny through paypal.
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I like how you illustrated the upper body!
I know you said you wanted a critique, but do you want a redline as well as a critique? I'm willing to do both, if you're okay with a redline.
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Sure, any form of critique is welcomed
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c: Well okay, then! Here’s your critique to go with the redline. By the by, I didn’t critique his upper torso because I really didn’t see any problems with it! You actually did an awesome job illustrating the side view of his pectoral muscle.
The redline's located here .
1. The spine. I did this a lot, myself, when I was beginning to learn animal anatomy. The spine you drew is far too curved. For some animals, there is an obvious curve to their spines (for example, horses). For others, it’s not as noticeable (wolves, lions, etc.). Given there’s no real equivalent for a dragon, I usually lean towards a combination of horse, lizard, and canid/felid anatomy to construct my dragons. Though a goanna isn’t a dragon, it’s a relatively large lizard ; as you can see, its spine doesn’t have a noticeable dip.
2. Pubic bone? I didn’t redline anything here because I was unsure of whether the structure you gave him underneath his back legs was a pubic bone or not . If you gave him a pubic bone, I say it looks fine! If he doesn’t have a pubic bone, matching the bottom of his tail with his stomach would make the image flow better.
3. Legs, part one. Bringing his hind leg in so much made him seem off-balance. Though I know he’s not a horse, I find looking at the way a horse holds itself can be helpful for any ‘taur. For example, see how this horse shifts its weight? The horse brings its foreleg forward, shifts its hind leg straight, brings its other foreleg back, and lifts its other hind leg up.
4. Legs, part two. In conjunction with the last image, he’s able to lift his leg, now that his legs have been shifted a bit. Additionally, most lizards have a significant difference between their first and last talon compared to their two middle talons. An example of this is located here .
5. Elbow. I noticed that you slightly overexaggerated his elbow and how it connects to his body. You don’t need to exaggerate it unless you’ve got his foreleg really overextending or in motion (for example, like the horse pictured here ).
6. Lower chest. Again, though I know there’s no real equivalent for a dragon, I find comparing bits and pieces of dragons to horses is helpful. The side view of his lower chest was too pointy too soon; you can see here that the horse’s pectoral muscles jut out a bit lower.
7. Wings. I’m not sure if someone’s already stated this or not; if so, then I apologize for being redundant. Though I find you draw wings very well, how exactly does his dual pair of wings work? I’m not saying that you have to change this—it’s your character and your design—but I don’t know if I visualize flight with two pairs of wings. Actually watching a bird fly here made me wonder if the two pairs of wings would bump against one another all the time.
Regardless of the critique above, I want to say that you’re pretty spot-on for his upper torso, head and all. His upper torso may be a little too long, but that could be because of the extra pair of wings (in effect, another pair of pectorals, which would elongate his torso).
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Thanks for the critique, I'll be sure to learn from it! As for the wings, they're mostly for show. In all reality, a taur probably couldn't fly no matter what, especially one of his size. They're not exactly aerodynamic
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c: No problem at all!
And hey, wings for show works, too!
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Yes indeed! Thanks again! C:
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Shoot, you gotta dance the Limbo just to walk around the inside of the average Human home.
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You're welcome! Say, are you ever gonna finish The New Kid series you were writing? Not that I'm impatient.
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I'm probably not, in all honesty.
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