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Tutorial - Canine Leg Anatomy by ~Bonz847:iconBonz847:

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©2006-2009 ~Bonz847
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I see a lot of people struggle with drawing canine legs and finally after seeing a post on furry paws asking for a tutorial, I figured... why not? x] I'm no expert, and I strongly encourage you to study real pictures of dogs to see for yourself their range of movement and structure.

There are of course, plenty of other smaller bones in the legs and toes that I haven't mentioned because this isn't meant to be a scientific study. I haven't even used proper names because most of you would scratch your head if I told you to remember the 'os calcis' when drawing a hind leg.

Blue is where the main bones would be located.
Green indicates muscle.

I've also shown how you can utilize this basic knowledge even when drawing cartoon-like canines. Hope this helps some :]

Art © myself (Bonz847)
Do not take, alter, etc. without my permission. This is to be used as a reference only.

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~One-WingedWolf Jul 29, 2006, 9:37:39 AM
VERY helpful! I was struggling with canine legs yesterday, when trying to draw myself a fursona. Thanks for making this tutorial, I know it'll help me a lot!

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=ZenirixWolf Jul 29, 2006, 9:56:33 AM
Canine anatomy is really hard to understand for alot of people, and I think this would help them. 0: I don't really use refs for all of my pictures, and I figure I should start, eh? x3
But this helps tons. :heart:

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~Bonz847 Jul 29, 2006, 10:10:03 AM
Thank you :aww:

Refs are always helpful when it comes to anatomy... and what you learn from actual photos can be applied to any style. You may want to consider using them every so often, though I very much like your anatomy and canines, Zen :]
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=ZenirixWolf Jul 29, 2006, 10:11:38 AM
No problem. ^^

They are. But lately with dial up it's really hard to get around. I need a good website with alot of canine images in different poses, but it's hard to find some. Know any good sites? And thank you!

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~Bonz847 Jul 29, 2006, 10:21:59 AM
I don't know of any specific websites with a bunch of of canine pictures... I just search around a bit until I find something I like or I'll look at a few different ones to come up with the pose I want. I don't use reference pictures too much, either... which explains my horrid anatomy most of the time x3 I should start doing so more often to brush up on my own anatomy a bit :]
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=ZenirixWolf Jul 29, 2006, 10:33:04 AM
Yeah. Though once you use enough refs for a bunch of drawings, you should get it memorized in your head in what the anatomy looks like. I can draw a realistic wolf head no problem, it's the structure that kills me. x_x; Though I use ask.com all the time to look for images when I know for a fact, google always gives you more. I think you're pretty well with anatomy, I can't even tell if you used a ref or not on your old account, they all look fairly correct to me. o:

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=howler445 Jul 29, 2006, 10:34:55 AM
thanks for making this o.o; I was looking last night for something like this and had no luck at all. :/

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~colonel-strawberry Jul 29, 2006, 3:27:39 PM
Nice idea, i have issues drawing legs half the time X___x
You should definatly make one of a walking dog or something too, cause i suck with that as well XD
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~Jiryal Jul 29, 2006, 4:19:23 PM
Woah, must bookmark!
Not to mention add to favs :heart:
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~NHShadowWolfen Jul 29, 2006, 4:35:34 PM
Thank you SOOO MUCH! I've needed somthing like this forever... after all these years, i still cant draw canine arms for crap...

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