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Deertush — Deer Hind Leg Study

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Published: 2019-01-27 19:40:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 56546; Favourites: 2443; Downloads: 0
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Description I was wanting to do a deer tutorial when I realized I actually don't know as much as I'd like! I didn't name out each part mainly b/c im (1) too lazy and (2) positive I messed some things up :'D I didn't realize the metatarsals were comprised of two different metatarsals instead of just the one so that affected some things. I was also unsure of how big to make the vastus lateralis/rectus femoris so I just based it on the reference images used. I also had to completely redo the muscular structure on the first leg because I realized I did everything wrong, not to mention I didnt even include the gluteobiceps asdfghjkl 

I also included how I breakdown the hind leg when I sketch it for anyone wondering how I do it! I like to simplify the final lines in my pieces to make a piece look cleaner and less bumpy and ugly so that's included as well ♥

Walking deer reference : www.foap.com/photos/eastern-wh…
Stotting/Jumping deer reference : www.flickr.com/photos/scattere…
Muscle/Bone references:
"Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Element of Form" by Eliot Goldfinger 
"An Atlas of Animal Anatomy" by Ellenberger/Dittrich/Baum
"Drawing Animals" by Norman Adams/Joe Singer
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Comments: 26

TheArtisticLeopard [2022-07-11 21:07:36 +0000 UTC]

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OddDoggo123 [2021-10-11 03:26:56 +0000 UTC]

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GingerVRD [2020-05-27 15:20:57 +0000 UTC]

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Deertush In reply to GingerVRD [2020-05-27 15:48:59 +0000 UTC]

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Random-Derp [2019-03-04 17:23:50 +0000 UTC]

Most people rarely do solid and sensible studies nowadays, much respect for that! Keep up the good work ^^

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xXWolves20Xx [2019-01-30 22:57:15 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait to see more studies. This will help a lot of people i'm sure (:

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Dromaeus In reply to xXWolves20Xx [2019-02-01 19:52:14 +0000 UTC]

True!

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Mew-Shadowfang [2019-01-28 17:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Are there more of these for all kinds of animals and where can I find them

I need this in mah life!

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Deertush In reply to Mew-Shadowfang [2019-01-28 22:49:33 +0000 UTC]

I plan on doing more studies in the future! Just keep an eye out

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Wirlog [2019-01-28 16:52:55 +0000 UTC]

The rear legs for this kind of animals are always a trouble to me, thanks for this help!

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Deertush In reply to Wirlog [2019-01-28 22:49:45 +0000 UTC]

No problem! Hopefully it helps! 

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SleepySundae [2019-01-28 16:15:08 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial!  This will be very useful to me for my comic.

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Deertush In reply to SleepySundae [2019-01-28 22:51:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! There's always room for more deer!

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StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 09:53:39 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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Deertush In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 20:22:47 +0000 UTC]

It’s obvious this is a bot but all the responses made me fuckin laugh, thank u

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Jared-The-Rabbit In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 19:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Begone,bot!

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sunnyswag In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 18:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Stop it, you idiotic bot.

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Isuffocatechildren69 In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 17:55:27 +0000 UTC]

No

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SinisterNoodles In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 17:01:09 +0000 UTC]

B E G O N E T H O T ! !

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gullaxy In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 14:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Thot.

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Nuclear-Powered In reply to StacyRPoulin [2019-01-28 13:25:16 +0000 UTC]

Begone.

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Traue-Niemand [2019-01-28 01:42:28 +0000 UTC]

I always think Deer are hard to draw. >v<
I'm used to horse anatomy and still struggle with their hind legs sometimes. X. X

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Deertush In reply to Traue-Niemand [2019-01-28 04:42:00 +0000 UTC]

Breaking down the hind legs into simple gesture lines and/or simple shapes really helps! The more you can bring the shape and form into an understandable layout, the easier it'll get

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Spottedhyenabr [2019-01-27 22:17:30 +0000 UTC]

Lovely, this will help in some references! Thank you for making this

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Deertush In reply to Spottedhyenabr [2019-01-27 23:19:00 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helps! ♥

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DatKitsu [2019-01-27 22:14:23 +0000 UTC]

This is actually really helpful! And amazingly drawn and worked out. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this.

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Deertush In reply to DatKitsu [2019-01-27 22:22:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad someone can find use out of it! It was super fun to figure out. ♥ I appreciate it! 

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