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Published: 2019-01-14 17:10:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 6338; Favourites: 217; Downloads: 44
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luxbee poked me, and thus, this tutorial was made!
This right here, is my thesis, I've taken everything and squeezed it down into one long page instead of 100+ pages of dense writing.
If you can speak/read Swedish and want to take a look at my thesis you can read it at this link drive.google.com/file/d/1q5W5w…
Something to think about when deciding a winged creature's function is what its tail looks like. If you give it a long tail it'll be good at maneuvering but very slow, conversely if you give it a short tail it'll be really fast but rather clumsy.
By the way, don't look too much into this tutorial when it comes to how humans perceive a creature's/character's size and shape, instead google/bing/duck "shape language" you'll get a much better explanation from artists that have actually studied the subject.
The many types of avian wings
Part one, Standard wing types: fav.me/danpkgt
Part two, Aspect ratio and wing loading: fav.me/dao4odc
Part three, Wing types based on flight patters and foraging styles: fav.me/daq3zns
Creating winged creatures
Part one, Wingspan: fav.me/dbkv0l3
Part two, wing shape: fav.me/dcx1xpf
Part three, abilities:
Part four, extant and extinct animals:
Part five, mythological beasts:
Part six, creating your own creature:
Stock
Most photographs found in this tutorial belong to the contributors of Wikimedia.
Some stock images come from the wonderful photographers of Deviantart.
Peregrin falson, by Juan Lacruz (2012) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…
Northern Goshawk, by Iosto Doneddu (2014) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…
Arctic Tern, by Dirk Ingo Franke (2007) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…
Crowned eagle, by Derek Keats (2016) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…
BELOST Great tit belost.deviantart.com/art/Spar…
netbandit Andean condor fav.me/d7bb4n4
FeatheredSamurai American kestrel fav.me/d70ljhf
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Ooooh, that's a tough question, I'd say that" short and broad" is probably the best of the bunch since it gives you access to forests which (before humans) is the largest terrestrial Biome.
But don't put too much weight on that statement ^__^;
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Yes, people must leeeeaaaarrrnnnn!!!
Mmm, I've noticed that as well, there's just so much more you can do with wings than you first think. That really does apply to anything, but at least if we make tutorials then newer artists don't have to find all of this out the hard way.
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Hey! this looks like an awesome series of tutorials :0 the detail is amazing and it's so clear. COuld I be cheecky and ask for a tiny bit of advice/help?
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Thanks mate!
Sure thing, what do you need help with?
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No problem! I'm having trouble drawing peacock/pheasant wings folded (broad short wings in general really) since the primaries are pretty much completely hidden by the rest of the wing. Can't find any tutorials that specific haha, I've tried looking at photos and some videos but nothing's clicked yet :') Thanks for offering some help
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Well, now that ain't easy. (Hot damn I love peacocks, they're like bird dragons, so boss).
Something I do when I need to figure a wing out is to watch High-Speed footage of it to get a sense of how it moves and folds. When you're having a really hard time understanding what's going on you can try to do something like this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDS_rM…
Does that help or do you need something more in depth?
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(yes they're so very boss)
funny thing is i watched that exact video to try and see X) The diagram helps though!
My main beef is how it looks folded, like when they're walking around, I can never seem to get it right because not many of the primaries stick out
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(I have a folder on my computer dedicated to peacocks)
I figured you had ^__^;
Uh, I'm not super good at folded wings, but I'd suggest you do what I've done here. Just trace the hell out of the wings to try to figure them out, I usually just end up glaring at them for several minutes.
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>:0 those are so helpful thank youuuu!
(om yes i need that, diskspace whyy)
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You're welcome, I'm glad I've been able to help you c:
If you need anything else in the future, just send me a message and I'll se what I can do!
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eee I'll definitely keep that in mind! thank you so much. Have a good one!
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Wow this was incredibly informative! Thank you so much for taking the time to make all of these fantastic tutorials C:
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Good to hear I reached that goal c:
No problem, I love making these!
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This is just awesome! Thank you so much for making it, it is really helpful
I just hope it didn't give you much trouble 
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No problem, I'm glad that you find it useful c:
Pff, no problem, you really just gave me the motivation to do it. Sometimes you just need to hear that someone needs you, and it becomes much easier to do.
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This is wonderfully helpful! Thank you so much for making this!
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I'm so glad you like it ^w^
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Wow, this really helps, thank you for making this dude!
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This is a really cool, interesting, informative tutorial and it covers some topics I'd never considered before! Awesome work, thanks for making this! ^^
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Thank you! It's always been my goal to open peoples eyes to the wonders of wings, I'm so glad that I could give you some new insight into them ^w^
And, no problem, I love making these!
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