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I do so enjoy Photoshop. Using the previous drawing, I copied and pasted the posterier half to make it into a whole. The feet look a bit odd, and there's a line separating the midline, but oh well. I'm happy.

Please take special notice of of the ears, pelvic region and the wings. I worked damn hard on them!! The wings and tail are obviously bird. I used my wonderful Manual of Ornithology, which, unfortunatly, has poorly shaded muscles. The muscles that act upon the ears were taken almost directly from horse ear muscles.

I made the latissimus dorsi and the trapezius very big and attach to the wings. Next to the latissimus dorsi is the rectus longus, which acts on the arm humerus.

I tried to make the legs thinner, with the muscle bellies higher up and elongating the tendons. That will make keeping the legs in place easier during flight. If you compare the gluteaus maximus on the shakusan with the corrisponding muscle on the human, you will note that the muscle takes up more area on the shakusan. It is flatter and wider than a humans' to act as a base for the legs' power. The thin muscles that run between the gluteaus maximus help lower the tail.

I am highly disgusted that I can't find any detailed referance ANYWHERE on bat musculature! So I had to modify the human stuff. And add birdy stuff. And abuse my bat Zoobook.

This is MINE. The species is MINE. But you can refrence it all you like, so long as you give me credit.

Description
I do so enjoy Photoshop. Using the previous drawing, I copied and pasted the posterier half to make it into a whole. The feet look a bit odd, and there's a line separating the midline, but oh well. I'm happy.

Please take special notice of of the ears, pelvic region and the wings. I worked damn hard on them!! The wings and tail are obviously bird. I used my wonderful Manual of Ornithology, which, unfortunatly, has poorly shaded muscles. The muscles that act upon the ears were taken almost directly from horse ear muscles.

I made the latissimus dorsi and the trapezius very big and attach to the wings. Next to the latissimus dorsi is the rectus longus, which acts on the arm humerus.

I tried to make the legs thinner, with the muscle bellies higher up and elongating the tendons. That will make keeping the legs in place easier during flight. If you compare the gluteaus maximus on the shakusan with the corrisponding muscle on the human, you will note that the muscle takes up more area on the shakusan. It is flatter and wider than a humans' to act as a base for the legs' power. The thin muscles that run between the gluteaus maximus help lower the tail.

I am highly disgusted that I can't find any detailed referance ANYWHERE on bat musculature! So I had to modify the human stuff. And add birdy stuff. And abuse my bat Zoobook.

This is MINE. The species is MINE. But you can refrence it all you like, so long as you give me credit.