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Another ~~late-night~~ early morning drawing bout. I’m quite pleased with this, though it’s not the first Thestral I’ve drawn, I’m possibly most pleased with this one. I haven’t tried shading in a looong time, and never really experimented with crosshatching. I’m glad I didn’t screw it up, heh.
I like drawing Thestrals. They’re very interesting, and fun. Fun, because since they’re basically horse-skeletons with skin on the top I clearly don’t have to worry about the logistics behind the wings [I intended the bottom leathery part to be attatched to the side of the back, but then I drew that hind leg, which I quite liked, and decided that it didn’t matter –it’s clearly a magical creature] I’ll find my other Thestral pictures from last year someday and post them. A question, though, to anyone that’s familiar with horse anatomy – just how shallow should the Thestral’s chest be with no muscle? I have a feeling it’s actually quite shallower than I’ve drawn it…
Oh, and the thickness of the upper legs? Pretend that’s tendons, or something. My point is, were it a non-magical horse, it wouldn’t be living. Heh.
Check out the Chibbi Thestral I scrawled afterwards and threw into my scraps … aww, cyooote!

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Another ~~late-night~~ early morning drawing bout. I’m quite pleased with this, though it’s not the first Thestral I’ve drawn, I’m possibly most pleased with this one. I haven’t tried shading in a looong time, and never really experimented with crosshatching. I’m glad I didn’t screw it up, heh.
I like drawing Thestrals. They’re very interesting, and fun. Fun, because since they’re basically horse-skeletons with skin on the top I clearly don’t have to worry about the logistics behind the wings [I intended the bottom leathery part to be attatched to the side of the back, but then I drew that hind leg, which I quite liked, and decided that it didn’t matter –it’s clearly a magical creature] I’ll find my other Thestral pictures from last year someday and post them. A question, though, to anyone that’s familiar with horse anatomy – just how shallow should the Thestral’s chest be with no muscle? I have a feeling it’s actually quite shallower than I’ve drawn it…
Oh, and the thickness of the upper legs? Pretend that’s tendons, or something. My point is, were it a non-magical horse, it wouldn’t be living. Heh.
Check out the Chibbi Thestral I scrawled afterwards and threw into my scraps … aww, cyooote!